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The Open Research Room is the second and final public activation of G.A.S. Foundation’s Annotations Programme curated by Adeyosola Adeniran, Osayame Emokpae-Ozoro, Neil Grasty, Amaya Loubeau, Ufuoma Ogbemudje and Robyn Simpson with Annotations Co-Curators Naima Hassan and Maryam...
The Communications and Events Coordinator will play a pivotal role in developing and managing all communications and event-related activities for G.A.S. Foundation under the direction of the Executive Director (G.A.S.) and Communications and Projects Manager (Yinka Shonibare Foundation) in...
G.A.S. Foundation is thrilled to invite you to a virtual conversation with 2023 G.A.S. Fellowship recipient and forthcoming resident Kosisochukwu Nnebe and distinguished Ghanian artist, Ibrahim Mahama, taking place in the context of The Seeds We Carry, Nnebe’s latest...
Are you interested in exploring the G.A.S. Library and Picton Archive? Five weeks into the Annotations Programme, G.A.S. Foundation invites you to share in our learnings on archival practice, and to explore our research into Pan-African Festivals such as FESTAC '77. Join us for a...
Four weeks into her residency program at GAS Foundation, Katesi Kalange has delved into extensive reading and research on the potential of recycling non-biodegradable materials like single-use plastics and second-hand clothes. Drawing inspiration from Nigeria's vernacular architecture,...
A Gathering on Art and Land is a day centring art and design-led approaches to planting, farming, seeding, gardening and burying. Through conversations and presentations, the event explores our relationship to the land, using ground and soil practices to start ecological conversations and reveal...
To conclude a collaboration with Peter Abayomi of Eran Jije Project initiated on arrival in Lagos, Katesi Kalange returned to Bariga to share the outputs of her residency with the local residents some of whom had been instrumental in helping her shape her residency...
Annotations is a six-month project that explores major African cultural festivals and their dual nature as historic events and repositories of postcolonial pan-African encounters. Led by co-curators Naima Hassan (Interim Picton Archivist) and Maryam Kazeem (iranti press), Annotations will...
METAmorphosis concluded Katesi Kalange's 10-week residency and acted as a forum for her to synthesise her research and experiential observations, and share them with our community in Lagos. The title is representative of the transformation that is inherent in her...
The Annotations Research Associate Programme is designed to explore African art festivals, such as FESMAN, Panafest, Zaire 74, and FESTAC’77. The seven-week-long programme falls under the wider scope of G.A.S. Library and Picton Archive’s Re:assemblages project. We are pleased to...
Across the autumn of 2022 and summer of 2023, Raqs Media Collective spent time across various sites in southwestern Nigeria conducting research and recording material for a new artwork titled Na-Bam : Measure without Measure. This meta-narrative contextualises the work and its impulses.
G.A.S. Foundation is pleased to partner with Spelman College, and the Atlanta University Center Art History + Curatorial Studies Collective (AUC Collective) to facilitate internships for three of its student members under our Annotations programme. Housed within the Department of Art &...
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