“Urban canvases: Kampala’s visual culture through posters” was an exhibition at the Makerere University Art Gallery in Kampala, Uganda, 14-18 November 2025. It was produced in collaboration with Dr Angelo Kakande and Miti Kinaawola as part of the bigger project “Urban visual cultures and heritage in Kampala, Uganda”, funded by the University of Melbourne. We displayed 141 poster-size photographs of public images from the streets of Kampala, taken over three years of field work between 2023-25. These were organised into 13 thematic categories and accompanied by short captions.
Categories — artistic murals /\ billboards /\ commercial buildings signage /\ event banners /\ healer posters /\ land (not) for sale /\ paint companies /\ removed images /\ shop signs /\ Stecia /\ wall branding /\ warnings.
I was sad not to be there for the exhibition but my colleagues nailed it and we have more goods coming from this project soon. A review from a local newspaper, our concept note, and plenty of photos are on the project page.
SABINA ANDRON 