CATPC

CATPC - in full "Cercle d'Art des Travailleurs de Plantation Congolaise" or "Congolese Plantation Workers Art League" - is an art cooperative of plantation workers from Lusanga, DR Congo. It was founded in 2014, together with well-known environmental activist René Ngongo. In 2017, the New York Times called their solo exhibition at the SculptureCenter "the most challenging show of the year". With the proceeds of their art, CATPC has built a practice of securing hundreds of hectares of former plantation land for future generations. In the midst of this land, they have built a museum: the White Cube. In one of CATPC's recent video works, this white cube is indicted for its involvement in colonialism and forced labour. On this land, they are restoring worker-owned, ecological and inclusive food forests: the Post Plantation.