The Ma Research Project Crowdfunder
BFA are fundraising to create a film documenting our research into matriarchal and spatial practices on the African continent.
LOOKING BACK TO LOOK FORWARD
Learning from the past and researching the present, our insights will inform our emerging practice, exploring an approach to designing and city making that is equitable, environmentally and socially sustainable.
TIMELINE & PROGRAMME
A rammed earth workshop in collaboration with Hive Earth. This workshop will take place in London. It will be an opportunity to explore the use of earth as a building material and as an application of the philosophy of learning from the past to inform future practices and innovations. (Sankofa)
A research trip to Dakar, Senegal taking place during the Dakar Biennale in May 2024. While in Dakar we will engage with practitioners primarily through interviews,
A film documenting our learnings from the trip. This will be our primary research output, archive our engagement with the people we meet, the spaces we experience, the practices we learn about and the cultures we encounter.
Using the film as a stimulus, our members and wider community will be invited to respond to a brief inspired by our research in Dakar with work the produced shared at an exhibition taking place in November 2024.
The research programme will culminate in a publication that will be released in early 2025. This will act as a permanent record of the year’s activities.
5 WAYS YOU CAN SUPPORT
Donate to the Crowdfunder - There are different rewards for example access to the exhibition, a rammed earth workshop etc.
Share with at least one other person on socials or via your newsletter, here are our graphics!
Book a CPD with BFA on a Friday lunch-time in July for your practice, slots here.
Offer your organisation’s venue and provide refreshments for our events, email us.
Help with press, write or feature us in an article or online platform. Access our comms pack.