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the Kimberley Process was a treaty with the intent of eradicating the trade of conflict diamonds and financing of war and rebel groups through its purchase. it works by certifying that diamonds being shipped are not mined under conflict conditions. despite that, the process does not protect miners and populations around mines from the violences of modern day slavery, sexual assault, murder, among other atrocities. the blood in the mining of diamonds in independent Angola dates back to the “civil” war, as a big portion of the trade of diamonds mined in the country during the time was to finance the guerilla.

Kimmy is a multimedia project that came as a response to months of research on the violations of human rights that surround the mining and trade of diamonds in the Lundas, Angola. it responds to found written, video and audio testimonials of barbarities in areas such as Cuango as well as the involvement of the Angolan army and government in such.

the project materializes through performance, photography, text, collage and stop motion animation. it touches on collective trauma, physical pain, corruption and the regime as an instigator of violence upon the individual body.