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.

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.

Ndiaye is a Senegalese researcher, writer and curator who is interested in how the future can be shaped by personal stories. She was someone Panmela followed on instagram due to her interest in meeting more black people in the art world. When Panmela posted that she had arrived in Dakar, Tabara welcomed her, and in this conversation, Panmela invited her to pose for a portrait. When they met for the painting, they discovered many mutual friends.