Artists ascribe meaning to their materials. Clockwise from top left: Savant Noir puts feathers, which invoke ancestors’ aid, on a
Western-style suit mocking rampant consumerism. Arnold Etabe uses plastic rings, and Shaka Fumu Kabaka toothpaste tubes,
to represent viruses. Jared Kalenga’s robot, made of radio parts, warns of misinformation in the media.
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