With the series of „Resistance Fighters“ CATPC presents portraits of heroic figures, prophets, politicians, freedom fighters, scientists and artists that inspired them in their own artistic practice. Anonymous plantation workers are shown next to queens and famous resistant fighters of history, like Patrice Lumumba, alongside self portraits of the artists themselves.
Knitted by hand, the embroidering of cotton and raffia threads on the bags used to transport the cocoa (jutes) was inspired by the artist Ibrahim Mahama who exhibited in the White Cube museum in Lusanga — „the judgment of the white cube“. These same jutes have been reused by CATPC as the basis of their textile works.
While the selection of heroes and heroines pays a respectful tribute to their unique stories of resistance, the artists of the collective are showing solidarity and connection with other plantation communities, offering their own perspectives for liberation.
