CCA,Lagos Artist-in-Residence Albert Potrony Talk, Sat 27th Nov 2010, 2pm

Albert Potrony, Artist in Residence at CCA,Lagos

In another pioneering initiative Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos is pleased to present a collaborative international art residency programme. In collaboration with the internationally renowned London based art organisation Gasworks, we are pleased to present artist Albert Potrony who will be based at CCA, Lagos for 5 weeks from 1sth November to 7th December 2010.

Artist-in-residence Talk, Saturday 27th November 2pm

Meet, greet and interact with Albert after his presentationand his research interest whilst in Lagos.

During his stay in Lagos his research will focus on Lagos Churches and Pastors

I would like to contact male and female pastors from a variety of churches that represent various sections of the population. I am interested in having a conversation about their journey to becoming a pastor, looking at various elements of the religious discourse/language – Their Calling, their Mandate, moments of Epiphany, what Deliverance means to them and their relationship to ‘miracles’.

The 2nd part will focus on Lagosians

In a very simple way I would like to document conversations with Lagosians asking them a few simple questions:

What Faith means to you? How Faith affects your everyday life? Have you had any moment of ‘epiphany’ or of understating something about yourself through your beliefs? What does ‘deliverance’ mean to you? Do you believe in miracles?

For examples of previous work please go to www.albertpotrony.com

This residency has been supported by Gasworks, London


LAST CHANCE. ENDING SATURDAY 27TH NOVEMBER 2010. DO NOT MISS!!!!!!

J.D. 'Okhai Ojeikere:Sartorial Moment and the Nearness of Yesterday.

Due to the unprecented interest the exhibition Sartorial Moment and the Nearness of Yesterday has been extended till end of November 2010. Focusing on a small part of Ojeikere’s archive we present works that highlight the fashion of the 50s, 60s, and 70s, in Nigerian as well as in Western Styles. Also included are his internationally acclaimed hairstyle and headtie styles.

J.D. 'Okhai Ojeikere:Sartorial Moments and the
Nearness of Yesterday continues...

Due to the unprecented interest the exhibition Sartorial Moment and the Nearness of Yesterday has been extended till end of November 2010. Focusing on a small part of Ojeikere’s archive we present works that highlight the fashion of the 50s, 60s, and 70s, in Nigeria as well as Western Styles of the day. Also included are his internationally acclaimed hairstyle and headtie photographs.

We welcome the opportunity to tour this exhibition.
For more information contact info@ccalagos.org

CCA,Lagos
9 McEwen Street, Sabo, Yaba, Lagos

Work-in-Progress re-launches at CCA,Lagos at 2pm on Saturday 20th Nov, 2010

WORK-IN-PROGRESS

Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos re-launches the professional development platform called Work-in-Progress on Saturday the 20th of November 2010. 2pm

WIP provides an opportunity for artists, critics, curators to present a project during the developmental process and in return receive constructive critiques from an engaged audience.Work-in-Progress provides a much needed platform to flesh out problems, elaborate on ideas, to explore varied possibilities and to get feedback from colleagues.The aim is to tackle the isolation cultural practitioners sometimes feeling in creating new work and developing their idea and moving to an advanced level in their work and experimentations.

Expected Results include:

• presenters benefit from early feedback from their peers and colleagues.
• Presenters can hone their ideas further, take what is useful, play around with what is not so useful and make useful what is useless.
• Presenters can develop their communication skills and learn to articulate their ideas fully within 15mins.
• Audience member will also develop their communication and critical skills. They must be able to convincingly substantiate/argue their points for and against a particular idea.

WIP 2 Saturday 20^th November 2010 2pm - 4.30pm

Uchay Joel Chima,Visual Artist.

Uchay Joel Chima will talk about his recent residency in Amsterdam which focused on developing his skills in video art. He will also touch on one or two of the works created as a result of the residency.

Andrew Esiebo, Photographer, video artist

Andrew will be exploring new creative territories, integrating multi-media practice with the investigation of issues on football, sexuality and identity.

Abraham Oghobase, Photographer
Abraham will present We Are All Human Beings This current body of work is about previously inhabited spaces, vacated apartments in my neighbourhood in Maryland, Lagos that echo with the life they once harboured. The ghost of things that former occupants (childhood friends, a primary school teacher) left behind form a history that is hard to ignore, hence my desire to explore them.

9 McEwen Street
Sabo, Yaba
Lagos