Re-(t)exHile, was presented at the 4th Lagos Biennial of Art and Architecture 2024, held in Tafawa Balewa Square — a former colonial racecourse transformed into a post-independence civic space. This historically charged site enabled a critical exploration of territory, sovereignty, belonging, and alliance, functioning as a symbolic node from which to rethink the biennial format. Curated by Folakunle Oshun and Kathryn Weir, the exhibition deliberately moves away from conventional display models to explore open, processual forms where the artwork is not an endpoint but a generative gesture. Within this framework, LAPIEZA participates with the relational installation re-(t)exHile, a project that investigates the environmental and geopolitical impact of global textile waste in Africa and its circulation as postcolonial commodity. Tthe piece unfolds through found materials, migrant textiles and ephemeral architectures, weaving together poetic and critical threads around exile, refuge, and repair. Artists including Martinka Bobrikova, Óscar De Carmen, Adebola Badmus, and María Alejandra Gatti contribute to this polyphonic intervention, in collaboration with Anto Lloveras. The project integrates prior field research in Lagos (2022–2023), visual essays, social media-based storytelling, and a photographic archive by Mide King, forming a living document that amplifies the work’s political and aesthetic layers. This Art Series is part of LAPIEZA’s long-standing commitment to expanded, situated, and relational art practices
Art as refuge
A glance at the 4th Lagos Biennial
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