#PeoPL by Laura Nsengiyumva
“#PeoPL addresses the figure of Leopold II in the public space of Brussels. And more generally, it refers to its phantasmagoric presence in the Belgian consciousness;(in official celebrations, folklore,language : «King «Builder»). The figure of King Leopold II becomes the instrument of a biased and uncomfortable patriotism.
The disappearance of the colonial discourse has as melting ice a subtile temporality; happening but invisible to the naked eye. This installation is a leap of faith in this change of mentality and an ode to the decolonizing forces behind it; activists, vandals, academics, and other citizens.” Laura Nsengiyumva
