One African sculpture fit cross border with label wey tell you more about di person wey collect am than di people wey make am. Wetin performance fit tell audience wey di label leave out? One public discussion wey dem plan for Saturday, 7 November, for Centre for Contemporary Art for Lagos go consider that kind question.
Third Space Art Foundation give details about di Lagos programme for one statement on 3 November. Di foundation and di centre dey present di West Africa edition of 1922 Revisited. Di programme get im name from exhibition wey show 33 African sculptures for Venice Biennale for 1922. Di first part of dis present-day project happen for Venice for May dis year.
Two places dey for Lagos wey person need separate. Di organisers name National Museum for Onikan as di starting point for Nigerian artist Jelili Atiku work Eyes No Dey Forget Wetin Heart See, wey dem plan for 4 November. For di planned route, people go pass Military Street and King George V Road before dem return to di museum. Na wetin dey di organisers programme be that.
Saturday discussion get another address. Dem plan Decolonizing the Archive Through Performance from 10:30 for morning reach 12:15 for afternoon at CCA Lagos, 9 McEwen Street, Yaba. For di foundation list, Atiku dey alongside people like artist Taiwo Aiyedogbon and researcher and filmmaker Jumoke Sanwo. Di foundation call am public discussion.
One difference wey di programme point out na between object and di knowledge wey follow am. To return sculpture raise question about where dem suppose keep am. To explain wetin e mean, person fit need listen to people wey their own history no enter exhibition label. Di organisers wan use performance and talk explore that second question.
Wetin e mean for you. If you wan hear di speakers, na di Yaba address and Saturday morning time you need. Di announcement talk about discussion on memory, how people collect objects and how dem return dem. E no announce any Lagos exhibition of di 33 sculptures wey people see for Venice one century ago.