Alongside poetry performance and an excursion back to ‘Things Fall Apart’, the Lagos Book and Art Festival will focus on the lives and works of some of Nigeria’s acclaimed artists today, Tuesday, November 5, at Freedom Park, Lagos.
Here are the highlights of the programmes:
10am: DESIGN SYMPOSIUM @Kongi’s Harvest
Event: The Demas Nwoko Symposium
Theme: application of critical design and technology in practice and through education.
Keynote by Demas Nwoko, eminent architect, protean artist and designer.
2pm: BOOK PRESENTATION @Kongi’s Harvest Arts Gallery
Event: Presenting the book, Victor Ekpuk: Connecting Lines Across Space and Time (Ed. Toyin Falola, Phd.) The book captures the full essence of Ekpuk’s work as an artist of global reputation, “a master of mysterious scripts, and ancient signs and symbols.
Guest of Honour: OmoOba YemIsi Shyllon, art patron/collector; founder, OYASAF
3.30pm: ART SEMINAR @Esther’s Revenge
(Dedicated to Jerry Buhari@60 & Kunle Adeyemi@60)
Theme: Thirty Years of The Boom
Synopsis: Artists and art historians reconstruct the history of Nigeria contemporary art practice by retracing the scenes of the mid-late 80s, and reviewing the careers of artists whose career began or flourished in that era, some of whom would participate in the conversation.
Moderator: Kunle Filani, Painter, Art Historian.
Panel: Chinwe Uwatse, Painter, Art Activist. Jerry Buhari, Painter, Art Educator; Tunde Olanipekun, Painter, Art Writer; Kunle Adeyemi, Painter, Art Educator
5pm; EXHIBITION OPENING; @Museum Building
Event: Opening of AND THE CENTRE REFUSES TO HOLD:
Theme: Homage to Things Fall Apart@60
Synopsis: A celebration of post-coloniality in Africa, with Things Fall Apart as the centralising spin-off, the exhibition is an eclectic collection, including drawing, paintings in various media and techniques, sculptures, installations and mixed media. Opening preceded by Artists Roundtable
6pm: READERS’ PARLIAMENT @Kongi’s Harvest
Event: Joy of Reading
Theme: What’s Reading all About
A gathering of writers and book lovers on the importance of Reading — in homage to the written word.
Moderator: Chuma Nwokolo, writer
7pm: THE POETRY OF ARRIVAL @Foodcourt
The session presents new and young poets expressing themselves in poetic form on new and fresh ideas that could contribute to the process of nation building. It features exclusively members of the Poets in in Nigeria initiative (PIN) — (Curated by Eriata Oribhabor for the POETS IN NIGERIA) www.poetsinnigeria.org.ng
8.30pm: FILM SCREENING @Foodcourt
Film: THE POETS: The documentary follows two acclaimed West African poets, and lifelong friends, Syl Cheney-Coker and Niyi Osundare, as they travel through their home countries of Sierra Leone and Nigeria to explore what has shaped their art. As the film unfurls, they find answers all around them; in the stunning landscapes, the culture, the history, political strife, terrible tragedies, their family homes, and their friendship. Weaved with the poetry of Cheney-Coker and Osundare, The Poets is an exploration of how art is shaped by life experiences, and of the power and urgency of art in the face of political adversity.(Directed by Chivas DeVinck NY, Distributed by Icarus Films.)
Signed:
Jahman Anikulapo
Programme Chair, CORA
RSVP:
Feyi Adelakun
Programme Officer
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