LagosPhoto 2014: Staging Reality, Documenting Fiction
- gergel
- Nov 9, 2014
- 2 min read
The fifth edition of LagosPhoto is currently underway, under the theme "Staging Reality, Documenting Fiction". This years theme examines contemporary photographers working in Africa who negotiate the boundaries and relationships between photography, beliefs, and truths. Incorporating conceptual and performative strategies, these artists imagine different futures and charter fictive worlds, using photography as a catalyst to investigate the changing realities of Africa today.
Participating Artists:
Ade Adekola (Nigeria) | Laurence Aëgerter (France) | Leonce Raphael Agbodjelou (Benin) | Jenevieve Aken (Nigeria) | Seun Akisanmi (Nigeria) | Aisha Augie-Kuta (Nigeria) | Ricardo Cases (Spain) | Edson Chagas (Angola) | Kudzanai Chiurai (Zimbabwe) | Pierre- Christophe Gam (France/Cameroon) | Angélica Dass (Brazil) | Cristina de Middel (Spain) | Delphine Fawundu (Sierra Leone/USA) | Glenna Gordon (USA) | Hassan Hajjaj (Morocco)| Jacqueline Hassink (The Netherlands) | Nicolas Henry (France) | Jan Hoek (The Netherlands) | Sam Hopkins (UK/Kenya) | Namsa Leuba (Switzerland/Guinea) | Lowe Cape Town (South Africa) | Thomas Mailaender (France) | Dillon Marsh (South Africa) | Jide Odukoya (Nigeria) | Abraham Oghobase (Nigeria) | Karl Ohiri and Riikka Kassinen (UK & Finland) | Bayo Omoboriowo (Nigeria) Zac Ové (UK/Trinidad) | Augustin Rebetez (Switzerland) | Viviane Sassen (The Netherlands) | Mary Sibande (South Africa) | Anoek Steketee & Eefje Blankevoort (The Netherlands) | Sésu Tilley-Gyado (Nigeria) | Bénédicte Vanderreyd (Belgium) | Karine Versluis (The Netherlands) | Lorenzo Vitturi (Italy) | Patrick Willocq | Hans Wilschut (The Netherlands)
Exhibitions take place at the Eko Hotel & Suites, Omenka Gallery, African Artists' Foundation, Miliki, Stranger, Constant Capital, and Freedom Park, among other outdoor installations. Visit the LagosPhoto website at www.lagosphotofestival.com for more information about specific exhibitions.
LagosPhoto Festival | October 25 - November 26, 2014 | www.lagosphotofestival.com
Mary Sibande
Cristina de Middel
Ade Adekola
Namsa Leuba
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