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KiluanjiKiaHendaisanartistandfilmmakerfromLuanda,Angola,whousestextandimagestoprobethesorespotsinhistory.Hedoesnotshyawayfromconfrontingtraumas,butisabletolookthemintheeyeandsharethemusingfictionandpoetryinhisvisualnarratives. ResettingBirds’MemoriestellsthestoryofKinaxixiSquareinthecentreofLuanda.Thesquarewillcometolifetroughthebodyofanactress.Thissquaresymbolisestheviolentpast,withsuccessiverulersplacingmonumentstothemselvesonit,glorifyingtheirideologies.KiaHendarevealstherelationshipbetweenpre-colonialAngolaandthepresent-daynostalgicviewofthatera.Theperformancehasapoliticallayer,butisnotaliteralillustrationofthishistory.Rather,thepoetryofthisworkinvitestoreflectontheperpetualchangingworld.Changesthatareoftenrepresentedthroughmonumentsinpublicspace.