Nicola Brandt is a Namibian artist, writer, and the founder of the experimental residency and publishing platform “Conversations Across Place” (CaP). Brandt believes that art and activism can assist in facilitating cross-cultural dialogue, and social and environmental change. Her work has featured as part of intergovernmental talks between Namibia and Germany and has been presented at the National Art Gallery of Namibia, the MAXXI Museum in Rome, Italy, the Universities of Yale and Stanford in the United States, and the Würth Museum in Germany among other places. She is currently working on a photo book with Steidl Verlag that explores the entangled legacies of German colonialism.