West Port were appointed in 2025 by the Barbican Centre to deliver the exhibition design for Project a Black Planet: The Art and Culture of Panafrica, a landmark exhibition opening in the summer of 2026. Tracing the profound influence of Pan-Africanism on global culture from the 1920s to the present day, the expansive showcase features a massive collection of over 300 works, including paintings, independent journals, and films.

While Pan-Africanism has historically been examined primarily through the lens of twentieth-century sociopolitical history, anti-colonial resistance, and transnational solidarity, this exhibition offers a groundbreaking shift in perspective. With an exhibition design theme meant to evoke world-building, Project a Black Planet stands as the first major international survey to centre the critical role that artists and cultural producers played in actively shaping, designing, and visualizing these transnational visions.

Install photos by Max Colson