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PAPA-Lab Lagos Nigeria has taken place from 7th till 28 th of September 2009. The hosting organisation is The African Artists’ Foundation. Final presentation Exhibition Initial Pattern on Friday 25th of September 2009 at African Artists’ Foundation. PAPA-Lab Lagos has worked with a mixed group of artists and photojournalists. Director: Lino Hellings Participating artists: PAPA Nigeria are: Toye Gbade, Tuoyo Omagba, Israel Ophori, Folarin Shasanya, Andrew Esiebo, Adolphus Opara, Eremina Jumbo, Babasola Bamiro , Zemaye Okediji, Godswill Ayemoba. The program has been mainly be developed on the spot.
Monday 7th of September 2009
Lagos -
This is a cobbler, He does his trade on the streets looking for clients while walking.…
Tuoyo Omagba –
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Mai kakari (Hausa for manicurist). One can easily contract anyform of infection from his tools that are not well sterilised, they usually just apply Soapy fluids to soften the nails…
Tuoyo Omagba –
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In a society (Nigeria) where dependency of energy is vested on the government. Fortunately or unfortunately this leader have failed in creating this energy dependency making million of Nigerian to…
Andrew Esiebo –
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We are too busy with activities. We forget about our vegetables. How can we protect them?…
Eremina Jumbo –
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It is very uncommon to see a human being climbing in a bamboo like this. You need to have spiritual forces hidden in your body to do this. The tribe…
Israel Ophori –
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Praise the lord is what you need in this mad traffic. Lino told us cars in Holland can have a sign of a fish on the back, meaning these people…
Tuoyo Omagba –
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Street Hawkers (Mobile shops) emerge to do their trade while the hold up continues, left with them the traffic should go on as it makes them do their trade. Different…
Tuoyo Omagba –
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Bread hawkers in Lagos used to go around with butter or margarine; some people who buy the bread would like to have it cut in half with butter richly spread…
Toye Gbade –
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The Central Bank of Nigeria recently fired the leaders and boards of directors of several banks. In a country hit hard by the economic crisis, many of these powerful banks…
Folarin Shasanya –
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A lot of the people running the public transport system work all night. They take naps in the midst of a vast chaos of sounds and smells.…
Adolphus Opara –
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The Marian Shrine located in the garden of a catholic church gives people an opportunity to drink holy water for free whenever it is open. This “installation†has taps on…
Folarin Shasanya –
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A local barber shaving a customer’s hair with unsterilized sharp objects. Chances are that he may contract a HIV virus from the blood of several customers who have also had…
Israel Ophori –
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Life in Lagos is completely mobile. Everything that doesn’t work in Lagos – and that is a lot – is made operative by the people themselves. The shopkeepers and…
Lino Hellings –
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Hi sweetie no traffic at all. I'll come home soon.…
Eremina Jumbo –
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You cannot imagine it maybe, but there is a market under this bridge on the left in the picture. We are to busy. Where are we hurrying to? Eremina Jumbo…
Eremina Jumbo –
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There are taps in some of the houses but the water that comes out is dark brown. ‘In need of water? Find the boy who bought it from people…
Israel Ophori –
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This photo was erased but brought back into the world by the genius Tuoyo. We took a walk over the bridge today and met a lot of hidden forces in…
Lino Hellings –
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At about 8 in the evening at Tafawa Balewa Square, a worker is still able to make a call or buy units for his phone at one of the thousands…
Folarin Shasanya –
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The mobile shopkeepers and craftsmen look so well dressed and clean. How do they do that? ‘This is a girl who is supposed to be in school but is out…
Tuoyo Omagba –
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From nowhere young men in bright coloured shirts appear and start organising the traffic. Organising a way out for the boss?…
Eremina Jumbo –
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Nearly every Nigerian man supports at least one international club and hardly any of them support Nigerian teams. Every now and then they argue about whose club is better. Wearing…
Toye Gbade –
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Almost everywhere you go in Nigeria you are likely to find signs like this (FOOD IS READY) it’s about the most enterprising business for small scale people mostly women and…
Tuoyo Omagba –
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To finalize our research we made news about the forces in Public Space which pop up when you go slightly out of the script. In a positive and a negative…
Lino Hellings –
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The Lagos State Rapid Response Squad uses these huge armored vehicles to stand guard over petrol stations and other locations that require extra security. This is probably due to the…
Folarin Shasanya –
Lagos Lab