In the conception of Panmela Castro's Affective Drift, life is guided by meetings by chance, in a process of feeling liberated to float. Moments of encountering that are aleatory and others that were already written. In this series, the artist let herself go by a movement in territories in which she is taken by a network of affections she builds as she goes.

During the month of March 2023, Panmela goes to the city of Dakar, Senegal, to be part of an artistic residency promoted by the Black Rock Senegal Program. During the residency, she develops her Affective Drift series, painting, meeting new people and learning about the local culture.

Momo is the French teacher who teaches once or twice a week to all Black Rock residents who are not fluent in the language. He also teaches Wolof, Senegal's native language which is used by the people who work in the residence's house. Panmela and Artha, her sister, focused only on French. During this period, they created a relationship with him, talking about the artistic work and culture of Senegal.