Don your most lavish attire and (please) arrive on time for a special evening choreographed by the residents of Your pleasure, Our pain - The ethics of luxury. 

Hostign this events are lapidary and educator Rudolf Kangwa (ZM), entrepreneur and educator Bwalya Bwalya Kangwa (ZM), visual artist Victoria Duffee (US/NO), designer, researcher and brand consultant Shaun Borstrock (UK), contemporary jewellery artist Nanna Melland (NO), artist, designer and educator Melissa Schwarz (DE), visual artist Erin Sexton (CA/NO), entrepreneur and fashion consultant Béatrice Sylvie (FR). 

This event is part of PRAKSIS residency 28, Your Pleasure, Our Pain - The ethics of luxury, which takes place from 12 August - 9 September 2024. Throughout their time together, the eight residents are conducting research into, and raising awareness of the urgent issues, surrounding the luxury industry - with a specific focus on the gemstones industry. This unusual and ground-breaking residency is co-developed with lapidary Rudolf Kangwa, Lusaka Centre for Contemporary Art (LuCAC), Goethe-Institut Norwegen and Institut français de Norvège.