Introduction: The Collective as Method and Instituent PracticeIntroduction : le collectif comme méthode et pratique instituanteAude Tournaye & Filip De BoeckPART IGENEALOGIES OF PRACTICE: MEMORY, MATERIALITY, AND EMERGENCEGÉNÉALOGIES DES PRATIQUES : MÉMOIRE, MATÉRIALITÉ ET ÉMERGENCEA Season in the CongoUne saison au CongoSimon NjamiRepresenting the World from Katanga: “Reclaiming” Cultural MemoryReprésenter le monde à partir du Katanga : reprendre la mémoire culturelleBogumil JewsiewickiFuture Genealogies: Tales from the Equatorial LineGénéalogies futures : récits depuis l’ÉquateurSandrine ColardAlchemising Toxicity: The Lubumbashi Biennale’s Transformative Work in the Museum and BeyondAlchimiser la toxicité : le travail transformateur de la Biennale de Lubumbashi au musée et au-delàLotte ArndtPART IIPLOTFORMS AND PLATFORMS: CIRCULATION, COLLABORATION, AND COLLECTIVE WORKPLOTFORMS ET PLATEFORMES : CIRCULATION, COLLABORATION ET TRAVAIL COLLECTIFBetween Autonomy and Alliance: How the Lubumbashi Biennale Came to BeEntre autonomie et alliance : la genèse de la Biennale de LubumbashiDaniella Géo & Sammy Baloji (2018)Platform/Plotform: On Doing Things with ArtPlatform/Plotform : faire des choses avec l’artKim GurneyCurating DazzlementOrchestrer l’éblouissementAnnick M’Kele & Toma Muteba Luntumbue (2015)PART IIITRANSFORMATIONS: URBAN ECOLOGIES, TOXICITY, AND POSTCOLONIAL AFTERLIVESTRANSFORMATIONS : ÉCOLOGIES URBAINES, TOXICITÉ ET DEVENIRS POSTCOLONIAUXToxicity: Presenting the Lubumbashi Biennale 2022Toxicité : Présentation de la Biennale de Lubumbashi 2022Filip De Boeck & collectif PichaRethinking the Colonial Library: The Lubumbashi Biennale as an Antidote Against ToxicityRepenser la bibliothèque coloniale : la Biennale de Lubumbashi comme antidote à la toxicitéFilip De Boeck & Jean-Sylvain Tshilumba MukendiDazzlementsÉblouissementsJoseph TondaOn the Violence of the Imaginary in Central AfricaPenser la violence de l’imaginaire en Afrique centraleToma Muteba Luntumbue & Joseph Tonda (2019)Such Gentle Ways of DestroyingDe si douces manières de détruireMarynet JeannerodNotesBibliographyIllustrationsAuthorsIndexFirst comprehensive publication on the Biennale of Lubumbashi, tracing the city’s and the art scene’s growth through collective practice.Launched by the artist collective Picha in 2008, the Lubumbashi Biennale has evolved alongside the city that hosts it—a place that still bears the traces of mining, empire, and the global flow of resources. This book maps the Biennale’s evolution and the collective gestures that inform it. Through essays, images and conversations, it captures an event that renews itself with every edition, balancing the fragility and invention that emerge from collective practice and everyday resilience. The book’s contributions reflect on what it means to create within a landscape marked by extraction and endurance, and reveals an art world sustained by collaboration and the will to imagine alternatives. Featuring a wealth of visual material, A City in Practice combines historical, visual, and first-hand perspectives from artists and curators, connecting art, urban studies, and social history in an accessible, engaging way.Launched by the artist collective Picha in 2008, the Lubumbashi Biennale has evolved alongside the city that hosts it—a place that still bears the traces of mining, empire, and the global flow of resources. This book maps the Biennale’s evolution and the collective gestures that inform it. Through essays, images and conversations, it captures an event that renews itself with every edition, balancing the fragility and invention that emerge from collective practice and everyday resilience. The book’s contributions reflect on what it means to create within a landscape marked by extraction and endurance, and reveals an art world sustained by collaboration and the will to imagine alternatives. Featuring a wealth of visual material, A City in Practice combines historical, visual, and first-hand perspectives from artists and curators, connecting art, urban studies, and social history in an accessible, engaging way.