Alix Konadu in residency at Espaço Alkantara

The spark for investigating borders comes from a need to discuss the struggles and triumphs of people with a migration background, often addressing issues of identity, displacement, and the search for belonging.

Borders - How do we create them, shift them, break them, redefine them?

During her residency at pIAR in Kumasi (Ghana), Alix documented objects and people within specific boundaries. The next step was a residency at Moussem Nomadic Arts Centre, where she focused on borders as a perception of safety. A prison. A home. A belief.

At Alkantara, Alix will continue to work on the material and will organize an exchange of snippets and thoughts with an audience for the first time.


The boundaries of where I belong. The boundaries of my home.
Home as a shrine.
Home in a traveling object.
Home as a mood.
Home as a feeling.

— Alix Konadu

After Diego Bragà's residency at Moussem Nomadic Arts Centre in Brussels, as part of our annual exchange programme, it's time to receive Alix Konadu in Lisbon. Both Moussem and Alkantara operate from diverse cities with strong diasporic communities and have a keen eye for the relationship between art and society. Through this exchange, we hope to support the development of new narratives by artists who reflect these dynamics in our cities. Past residents include Youness Khoukhou (2023) and Marco Mendonça (2023).

On 8 July, at 7:00 PM, the doors of Espaço Alkantara's studio will be open to anyone who wants to talk to Alix Konadu about the work developed during the residency, identity, displacement and belonging. The entry is free.