The Shinkolobwe Project

The Shinkolobwe project is an artistic conversation between three artists from Congo, Japan, and the USA, respectively, focusing on the Shinkolobwe mine in Haut-Katanga Province of the DR Congo. The mine contained the most powerful uranium ore found on earth and was the source for the uranium used to develop the first atomic weapons. Its astonishing power enabled the US Army to design, develop and detonate the first bomb in just three short years, and go on to build thousands more. The existence (…)