Headlines & Hearsay: Tracing Communication Across Public and Intimate Spheres- Nathaniel Goodnews
What project were you investigating or developing during your residency? My work is centered on my lived experiences and the trajectory of human life, our experiences and how we tend to journey through time. But in Abeokuta, I wanted to investigate how communication has evolved with the newspaper culture because the first newspaper publication in […]
The Built Environment as Archive: Tracing Culture Through Architecture- Orry Shenjobi
What project were you investigating or developing during your residency? I spent my residency researching design, architecture, and cultural preservation through the lens of the built environment. I became interested in the idea that buildings are more than structures; they are records of belief, memory, power, and identity. My research took me across Ibadan, […]
Exploring Multigenerational Living Through Research and Experimentation- Ololade Lawal
What project were you investigating or developing during your residency? Before the 1-98 residency, I had become interested in artistic research and how to situate it within my practice as well as material experimentation on my thematic interests, which centred on multigenerational living. I was drawing from my own family background. On commencing my residency, […]