Galerie Atiss Dakar announces a two-part group exhibition as part of #theOFFisON. Spread across two venues - Galerie Atiss in Dakar-Médina and Atelier Aïssa Dione Tissus in Sodida, Dakar – the exhibition is rooted in a theme that connects the materiality, spirituality, and symbolism of Brazil and West Africa.

The title reflects the many forms of communication through gestures and meanings beyond canonical or indoctrinated language and the systems of power and control from which they emerge. Instead, it favors knowledge passed down through generations, whether ancestral or exploring context, landscape, and environment to reveal what lies beyond the visible. New and existing artworks by an intergenerational group of artists compare physiologies, origins, and histories transmitted across generations, while engaging with themes such as collective memory, ancestors, spirituality, reuse, and reinterpretation.

Materials become essential in linking diverse practices and approaches that ultimately reveal parts of our human history that remain invisible. Forgotten or endangered ancestral and indigenous knowledge is laid bare through textiles, film, drawings, and an installation, combined with the capacity to envision new futures and imaginaries for artistic creation.