Atiéna R. Kilfa: The Unhomely

The exhibition The Unhomely at Camden Art Centre marks the first U.K institutional solo presentation by Atiéna R. Kilfa (b.1990, FR).
Kilfa uses photography, sculpture, video and installation to explore personal and cultural memories that conflict and overlap. Her most recent work draws on her interest in the composition of models, dioramas, still lives, and tableaux vivants, which she reinterprets as sites loaded with inherited narratives and social codes.

Located across Gallery 3 and the Reading Room, The Unhomely is comprised of a new video work integrated into an architectural structure. The work places the viewer within a movie scene, unfolding in an undisclosed staircase. This movement is perceived as a Huis Clos, a never-ending loop whereby the viewer encounters “architectural ghosts” that collapse the distinction between the real and the imagined, past and present.

The exhibition The Unhomely by Atiéna R. Kilfa is co-produced in partnership with KW Institute for Contemporary in Berlin, where an iteration of the exhibition will be staged from 22 October 2023 until 15 January 2023.