Artists: Astrid Seme, Ayọ̀ Akínwándé, Claudia de la Torre, Natalia Orendain del Castillo, Olufela Omokeko, Rahima Gambo
Curated by Leon Hösl, Curatorial Resident of Goethe-Institut
Venue: 16/16, 16 Kofo Abayomi St, 8th floor, Victoria Island
Date: 28th November 2018
Time: 3pm - 9pm
Performance: 5pm
Introduction: 6pm
Every place has particular codes evident to the people living within but enigmatic to everyone from without. Lagos, for example, seems acoustical to an outside observer grappling to understand the city. Things associated with everydayness elsewhere are connected to specific sounds here – electric power means generator droning, moving means honking, newspaper means tooting, a snack means clicking, and finding a tailor means searching for that clanking sounds of scissors blades.
This one-day exhibition titled „A Tailor’s Scissors“ features selected sound works and a performance by six international artists. Their works focus on different systems of acoustical communication and perception. These are ranging from a sonata of singing birds to recordings of political street talk to the intimacy of a letter to a close friend. In all, the use of sound facilitates an exploration of codes of language which will be accentuated by the site-specific installation at different spots around and within the building of 16/16.
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