The Museum of Impossible Forms is delighted to host, for the first time in Helsinki, acclaimed black feminist writer, researcher and organiser Lola Olufemi. Her work interrogates the structures of oppression while imagining liberatory futures rooted in collective struggle, radical politics, and care. Her work bridges activism and theory, advocating for abolitionist politics, reproductive justice and community-led organising.
On 21 March, Olufemi’s lecture and workshop will explore the uses of the political imagination as it relates to crisis, cultural work and the archival material of radical social movements.
PROGRAM
15:00–16:00 | Workshop by Lola Olufemi (fully booked)
18:00–19:30 | Talk by Lola Olufemi @lowlamichelle
19:30–20:30 | DJ set by Wekesa @sophiawekesa
Dr Lola Olufemi is a black feminist writer and Stuart Hall foundation researcher from London who recently completed her doctorate at the Centre for Research and Education in Art and Media at the University of Westminster. Her work focuses on the uses of the political imagination and its relationship to cultural production, political demands and futurity. Olufemi is the author of Feminism, Interrupted: Disrupting Power (Pluto Press, 2020), and Experiments in Imagining Otherwise (Hajar Press, 2021). She is a member of ‘bare minimum’, an interdisciplinary anti-work arts collective. Her forthcoming publication Against Literature is published in 2026.
DJ Wekesa is a Helsinki-based DJ and a dancer. Wekesa is a socially skillful DJ, who can read the dancefloor while serving surprises and their own strong artistic view. Throughout their DJ career they have given their input for safer space practices to the Helsinki club scene.
The event marks the inaugural gathering of SLOW — Seasonal Laboratories for Other Worlds, a series of exhibitionary workspaces for collective labouring and alternative connections between bodies, places and economies. Curated by Micol Curatolo @micolcuratolo in collaboration with the Museum of Impossible Forms @museumofimpossibleforms.