Lagos Biennial 2021 adopts decentralized digital format with open call for 'refuge' projects
Due to travel limitations imposed by the pandemic, artistic directors Kathryn Weir and Folakunle Oshun have transformed the 2021 Lagos Biennial into a decentralized digital initiative. Scheduled from December 4 to 16, this event showcases eleven independent projects centered around the theme 'refuge,' all accessible via the biennial's website. These initiatives will serve as a foundation for the upcoming 2023 edition, which plans to revert to a conventional exhibition format. Featured projects include 'Alien in Eritrea' curated by Sephora Woldu, 'As the Carbon We Are' by Jade Montserrat, 'Eworo Yi Ngbe: Plant Temple' by Yussef Agbo-Ola, 'Hanging Imaginaries' by Ayodele Arigbabu, 'Mare a Mare' by Anïssa Touati, and 'Musing the Border' by Paula Nascimento and Suzana Sousa, among others.
Key facts
- The 2021 Lagos Biennial runs from December 4 to 16
- Artistic directors are Kathryn Weir and Folakunle Oshun
- Theme is 'refuge'
- Format is digital due to pandemic travel restrictions
- Eleven independent projects are featured
- Projects were developed through an open call
- Projects will form nucleus of 2023 edition
- Organizers hope 2023 will return to traditional large-scale exhibition format
Entities
Artists
- Kathryn Weir
- Folakunle Oshun
- Sephora Woldu
- Shushan Tesfuzigta
- Rezene Tsegai
- Nahom Abraham Wael
- Gzoly Vishnu Balunsat
- Jade Montserrat
- Alexandra Moore
- Yussef Agbo-Ola
- Olaniyi Studio
- Feda Wardak
- Kassir Kossoko
- Platform Aman Iwan
- Ayodele Arigbabu
- Meriem Chabani
- Zoe Paul
- Mohssin Harraki
- Leone Contini
- Asuncion Molinos Gordo
- Anïssa Touati
- Helena Uambembe
- Kiluanji Kia Henda
- Paulo Moreira
- Marina Camargo
- Sammy Baloji
- Paula Nascimento
- Suzana Sousa
- Martinka Bobrikova
- Oscar de Carmen
- Anto Lloveras
- María Alejandra Gatti
- Adéọlá Ọlágúnjú
- Anna Ehrenstein
- Vidisha Saini (Fadescha)
- Rebecca Pokua Korang
- Blair Opara
- Clinton Opara DNA
- Shaunak Mahbubani
- Temitayo Shonibare
- Nolan Oswald Dennis
- Evan Ifekoya
- Raymond Pinto
- Adeju Thompson
- KJ Abudu
- Colleen Ndemeh Fitzgerald
- Julia Cohen Ribeiro
- Lina Lasso
- Jasmin Sánchez
- Florencia Victoria Gomes
- Kukily
Institutions
- Lagos Biennial
- ArtReview
Locations
- Lagos
- Nigeria
- Eritrea
- USA
- Philippines
- Germany
- UK
- France
- Algeria
- Morocco
- Italy
- Spain
- South Africa
- Angola
- Portugal
- Brazil
- DRC
- Slovakia
- Argentina
- India
- Liberia
- Colombia
- Afghanistan
- Benin