Josèfa Ntjam

Underground Resistance – Living memories is an aquatic augmented reality world that exists
within the streets surrounding The Photographers’ Gallery in London, created by artist
Josèfa Ntjam.

Reveal hybrid creatures and mythological symbols by walking along the Soho Photography
Quarter, and by pointing your device at printed photomontages.

The work intertwines mythical water narratives, historic resistance groups, and influential
black artists and cultures. By doing so, it proposes a lively digital world.
Underground Resistance – Living memories is the second commission for Open Space – an
augmented reality initiative by The Photographers’ Gallery digital programme comprised of
artist commissions and a mentoring programme for young artists. It is curated in
collaboration with Zaiba Jabbar (HERVISIONS).

Josèfa Ntjam is an artist, performer and writer whose practice combines sculpture,
photomontage, film and sound. Gleaning the raw material of her work from the internet
and books on natural sciences, Ntjam uses assemblage – of images, words, sounds, and
stories – as a method to deconstruct the grand narratives underlying hegemonic discourses
on origin, identity and race.

Artwork by Josèfa Ntjam
Curated by Zaiba Jabbar and The Photographers’ Gallery digital programme
Technical Direction and AR Software Development by Oliver Ellmers / Pretty Lucky
Animation by Alice Aires
Supported by Nicoletti Contemporary
Produced by The Photographers’ Gallery
Supported using public funding by Arts Council England