An Afro-Brazilian heritage symposium and workshop
Remi Kuforiji, an architect, spatial practitioner, and researcher in residence at G.A.S. Lagos, invited members of the creative community to apply to attend Playful Preservation, a free workshop on 4th April 2024 at G.A.S. Lagos, to collaboratively propose alternative ways of preserving Afro-Brazilian history and culture in Lagos.
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This opportunity was open to diverse practitioners, including artists, architects, artisans, performers, and other makers and thinkers interested in the subject matter. Participants were involved in a symposium discussing issues around preserving the unique urban fabric of the Afro-Brazilian community on Lagos Island. In response to this discussion, participants proposed alternative realities through collaging, drawing, and experimenting on top of archival and current photographs of Afro-Brazilian architecture in Lagos.
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Finally, the participants played a prototype of Anti-Monopoly: Brazilian Quarters - a board game devised by G.A.S. resident Remi Kuforiji where players win by preserving the most Afro-Brazilian buildings in Lagos Island. Instead of developing land, you restore buildings; instead of paying rent, you pay visiting fees; instead of going bankrupt, you run out of the preservation budget. Through this playful process of world-building, participants interrogate issues of preserving the cultural memory of the relationship between Lagos and Brazil.
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Event Details
Title: Playful Preservation
Apply by: 2nd April 2024
Event date: 4th April 2024
Time: 12:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Venue: G.A.S. Foundation, 9b, Hakeem Dickson Drive, off TF Kuboye Road, Oniru, Lagos.