AAL Lab Convening: Worlding from Below - Mapping African Literary Spaces

AAL Lab Convening: Worlding from Below - Mapping African Literary Spaces

A Virtual Presentation on African Literary Restitution by Angela Wachuka

Join us on September 30, 2025, for Worlding from Below: Mapping African Literary Spaces, a virtual presentation by Angela Wachuka, Co-Founder of Book Bunk. This event is part of the AAL Lab convening series Contemporary Art and Archive Practices (CAAP), jointly organised by Guest Artists Space (G.A.S.) Foundation and Yinka Shonibare Foundation (Y.S.F.) within the framework of the Re:assemblages programme. Across 2025–26, CAAP will unfold as a constellation of hybrid public convenings exploring the porous borders between contemporary art and archival practice. The series welcomes the inaugural African Arts Libraries (AAL) Lab and Affiliates Network, incubated under Re:assemblages, alongside the wider public.

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Y.S.F. and G.A.S. Welcome The Osahon Okunbo Foundation (TOOF) to Their Global Circle of Supporters

Y.S.F. and G.A.S. Welcome The Osahon Okunbo Foundation (TOOF) to Their Global Circle of Supporters

Yinka Shonibare Foundation (Y.S.F.) and Guest Artists Space (G.A.S.) Foundation are delighted to announce that The Osahon Okunbo Foundation (TOOF) joins our Global Circle of supporters. This significant two year donation will support residencies in Lagos and assist in the realization of the 2025 Re:assemblages Symposium.  

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July and August Residency Update

July and August Residency Update

Across July, August, G.A.S. Foundation hosted three residents whose practices spanned research, performance, installation, and sound, yet converged on shared themes of heritage, ecology, and community. Pelumi Odubanjo traced Afro-Brazilian histories across Lagos, Badagry, and Ibadan, Dr. Ietef Vita rooted his eco-hip-hop practice in Nigerian landscapes, merging music with agroecology, food justice, and ancestral knowledge while engaging local creative and activist communities. Olufela Omokeko deepened his Mobile Food Museum project through sculptural and installation-based works that celebrated Yoruba agricultural identity and reimagined the symbolic weight of everyday tools. Together, their residencies reflect the breadth of experimentation and dialogue nurtured at G.A.S., where artistic practice becomes a means to preserve cultural histories, spark ecological awareness, and foster community resilience.

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Rado Ištok to Research Lagos Art Institutions and Histories During Residency

Rado Ištok to Research Lagos Art Institutions and Histories During Residency

Earlier this week, we had the pleasure of welcoming Rado Ištok, a Slovak-born curator and art historian based in Prague, for a one-week research residency at G.A.S. Lagos. Currently the Curator of the Collection of Art Since 1945 at the National Gallery Prague and a PhD candidate at Charles University, Rado’s work bridges art history and curatorial practice with a focus on solidarities and exchanges between the Socialist Bloc and the Global South during the Cold War.

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Ng’onga Silupya Begins Residency Exploring Contemporary Art, Colonial Legacies, and Cultural Exchange at G.A.S. Lagos

Ng’onga Silupya Begins Residency Exploring Contemporary Art, Colonial Legacies, and Cultural Exchange at G.A.S. Lagos

We are pleased to welcome Ng’onga Silupya, a Lusaka-based curator, cultural practitioner, arts administrator, and art writer, to G.A.S. Lagos for an immersive one-week research residency.  Working across performance, dance, literature, digital culture, ecology, and curatorial research, Ng’onga investigates how contemporary art and cultural heritage can help shape more habitable and equitable societies. Her practice draws on mediation, cultural and visual studies, and art history, engaging narratives and indigenous sustainable practices connected to diverse ethnic groups in Zambia and beyond.

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