the lab.
where research is allowed to remain in motion.
It brings together formall’s ongoing research, collaborations, exhibitions, experiments and works in progress, developed with and for communities, institutions and the public.
here, questions are tested through making, conversation, observation, archival enquiry and collective practice. some investigations become exhibitions, publications or programmes. others remain propositions, fragments and evolving bodies of work.
the lab makes space for both.
It is a place to think through design, to test what we know, and to ask what else might be possible.
s.a.n.a.a stands for the Study of African Nodes of Art and Architecture.
it sits as an extension of the formall design research lab, aimed at
showcasing the wonders of existing African design, designers,
travel, art and artists
agoscription (noun)
a developing practice of producing knowledge through accompaniment.