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.

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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.

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Kenneth was at the Black Rock residence when he met Panmela, who invited him to pose for a portrait. The name of the painting is Kenneth Okorie, the Prince because Panmela nicknamed him the Prince. She thought he was very handsome and nice, so she told him he was a prince, and he said "I am a prince". Panmela never found out if he was in fact a prince.

Kenneth's instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamokoriekenneth/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=