The Re:assemblages Symposium is jointly presented by Guest Artists Space (G.A.S.) Foundation and Yinka Shonibare Foundation (Y.S.F.) within the framework of the second edition of the Re:assemblages programme, which unfolds across 2025-26 through a convening series, a research intensive, collaborative publishing experiments, symposia, and the activation of the African Arts Libraries (AAL) Lab and Affiliates Network. The symposium is framed by four conceptual currents of the edition: Ecotones, which engages with transitional zones as sites of relation and renewal; The Living Archives, which explores archives and libraries as active, future-shaping forms of practice, Annotations, which attends to gaps, silences, and margins in the archive; and The Short Century, which revisits Africa’s twentieth-century histories of independence and cultural production.

As we enter three years of programming and residencies at G.A.S. Foundation, we are thrilled to present our second Impact Report. It chronicles our journey from digital programming to welcoming our 85th G.A.S. resident in June 2025. Throughout this transformative period, we have remained committed to facilitating global cultural exchange and building a resilient cultural infrastructure. The outcomes speak to the tangible value of our work: supporting artists, researchers, and creative practitioners across disciplines, fostering collaboration and mentorship, and expanding access to resources, networks, and opportunities that enable creative risk-taking, innovation, and growth.

On the occasion of the Re:assemblages Symposium, we are pleased to announce a partnership between Guest Artists Space (G.A.S.) Foundation and Contemporary And (C&) to present the C& Cyclopedia in our newly activated Reading Room at the G.A.S. Library and Picton Archive for a period of six months. Conceived as a space for encounters with publications that trace connections across African and Afro-diasporic art and cultural ecologies, the Reading Room features materials from the Re:assemblages programme’s growing ecosystem of contributors, alongside a digital intervention by C&.