Lagos Biennial made refuge a question of community and place

THE STORY, IN BRIEF

Writing in ArtThrob after the 2024 Lagos Biennial, Sinazo Chiya examined how its temporary installations reworked the historically charged Tafawa Balewa Square. Works by Bruce Onobrakpeya, Ibrahim Mahama, Victor Ehikhamenor and Tabita Rezaire tested refuge through material, belief and communal space. The review situated those experiments within the square’s colonial, independence and FESTAC histories, finding possibilities for communities to reshape inherited settings.

Summarised from ArtThrob · Sinazo Chiya. AFROSCOPE Daily has not independently reported this story.