CDCD
CONTESTED DESIRES: Constructive Dialogues (CDCD) is a three-year international arts and heritage program bringing together twenty-two artists for residencies, exhibitions, and knowledge exchange workshops across Europe and Africa. The program explores how centuries of empire-building—from the Greeks and Romans to the Ottomans, Venetians, and later colonial powers—have shaped and complicated cultural identities worldwide. It reflects on how histories of exploitation, trade, and migration continue to influence how communities understand themselves and each other today.
At its core, CDCD challenges the divisive forces shaping contemporary societies, promoting dialogue, collaboration, and understanding across borders. The Nubuke Foundation proudly participates as one of the partner institutions, hosting Ghanaian artists Nana Opoku (AFROSCOPE) and Elisabeth Efua Sutherland, whose practices engage deeply with questions of memory, heritage, and identity within global and local contexts.