‘The Other room’ is an interactive exhibition that uses visuals, sound and performance to speak to the different ways in which womxn artists are reconfiguring womanhood in relation to their personal and cultural experiences.  In fact, by offering contextualized and fluid narratives that emphasize healing, resilience and memory, restrictive and archaic definitions of what it means to be a womxn –which are so a widely held in a stubbornly patriarchal  society- are debunked.’’ The term ‘womxn’ is deliberately used to acknowledge that womanhood is in flux, shaped  by a myriad of lived experiences.  Speaking for Myself’ podcast series in six episodes installed in the library section.

In each episode, an influential woman in Nigeria’s cultural sector- a gallery owner, curator or arts writer-speaks to a womxn artist whose life and work has inspired her The Conversations offers intimate glimpses into individual experiences of womanhood as  well as the challenges and joys that these twelve womxn face in their quest to be creative and find meaning in their everyday lives. In all, the exhibition aims to invoke diverse expressions of womxnhood, the multiplicity of experience and  the  importance of representation.

1. Goethe Institut Country Director, Nadine Seigert, listening to Speaking for Myself a Podcast Series, Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos, 31st January, 2022. Photo by Shina Amusan Photography
2. Installation view of Asiwaju by Taiye Aiyedogbon in the ()ther room Exhibition, Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos, 31st  January, 2022. Photo by  Shina Amusan Photography
3. Installation view of Birthplace (Plexi glass/ Acrylic of Various colours and fishing line) by Yadichinma Ukoha-Kalu,  in the ()ther room Exhibition Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos, 31st January, 2022. Photo by  Shina Amusan Photography
4. Installation view of booth, headphone and bookshelf, in Speaking for Myself  a Podcast Series, Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos, 31st January, 2022. Photo by  Shina Amusan Photography.

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