The Showroom Mural Commission is a unique year-long project for artists to activate the building’s emblematic facade – currently featuring Notes to Self (Intimate 1) by artist Simnikiwe Buhlungu.

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For this second intervention, artist Simnikiwe Buhlungu references strolling as a form of knowledge production and uses text, textile and interactive sound installations to communicate ideas of gathering through a call and response with local communities. Buhlungu’s mural extends from an ongoing mixtape project, Notes To Self: A Mixtapenyana, whereby she explores the idea of self, s(p)lace and strolling as a form of knowledge production, initially developed during her Future Assembly residency between Wysing Arts Centre, Cambridge and London in May 2019. This ongoing public commission at The Showroom encompassed a site-specific installation where passers-by could record their own notes to self, now featured in an online archive with one transcribed upon a new banner since opening post the Covid-19 lockdowns. We invite you to discover and listen to these archival recordings, activating an acute and engaged response to the immediate environment and neighbourhood.