Black-Out is an old world map half covered in black ink. It is obscuring Europe in particular, but also the entire Western Hemisphere, erasing it as it were, while also flooding the rest of the world in darkness at the same time. In Semitic, Europe comes from Ereb (Akkadian Erebu or Phoenician Ereb), meaning “to go down” or simply “darkness”. The title refers to the recurring black-outs in DRC when electricity is interrupted, and the enduring black-outs of historical memories about the colonial past in the Western world. At the same time, ink was the symbol of power in colonial times, as it gave people who had ink and paper control over others, illustrated by the ribbons from old typewriters that were recovered by traditional leaders/chef coutumiers and repurposed as power embodying necklaces.