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Mutemwa Mukelabai | Paramecium
As part of the IZINTU Exhibition, Bo Mutemwa presents Paramecium, a microscopic video installation that brings us into the intimate world of a pair of paramecia collected from a stream in his backyard and captured through the Ikasuwa Microscope. Paramecia are microscopic, single-celled freshwater organisms that move through water using thousands of tiny hair-like cilia. In the video, the pair can be seen moving through the water, retreating from light and seeking shelter amongst clusters of plant matter.
The work comes from a practice of close observation, asking us to pause long enough to notice the lives unfolding around us, including those that exist beyond the scale of our ordinary perception. In watching these tiny organisms respond to light, their environment and one another, we are reminded of the many forms of sensing, moving and belonging that make up the more-than-human world we are part of.
Paramecium invites us to consider what becomes visible when we pay closer attention to our more-than-human kin, and to the connections that exist between us, even at scales we rarely encounter.
IZINTU: Ancestral Currents
11–30 September 2026
Stand 5022 Kabanga Road, Longacres, Lusaka
🟤 Link in our bio to book your guided exhibition visit 🟤
As part of the IZINTU Exhibition, Bo Mutemwa presents Paramecium, a microscopic video installation that brings us into the intimate world of a pair of paramecia collected from a stream in his backyard and captured through the Ikasuwa Microscope. Paramecia are microscopic, single-celled freshwater organisms that move through water using thousands of tiny hair-like cilia. In the video, the pair can be seen moving through the water, retreating from light and seeking shelter amongst clusters of plant matter.
The work comes from a practice of close observation, asking us to pause long enough to notice the lives unfolding around us, including those that exist beyond the scale of our ordinary perception. In watching these tiny organisms respond to light, their environment and one another, we are reminded of the many forms of sensing, moving and belonging that make up the more-than-human world we are part of.
Paramecium invites us to consider what becomes visible when we pay closer attention to our more-than-human kin, and to the connections that exist between us, even at scales we rarely encounter.
IZINTU: Ancestral Currents
11–30 September 2026
Stand 5022 Kabanga Road, Longacres, Lusaka
🟤 Link in our bio to book your guided exhibition visit 🟤
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