Revolving Art Incubator

Revolving Art Incubator (RAI) is a contemporary / alternative art space in Lagos, Nigeria.[1][2] It is situated in Silverbird Galleria on Victoria Island, Lagos.[1][3]

Revolving Art Incubator
Formation2016
FounderJumoke Sanwo
Location
  • 2nd Floor Silverbird Galleria, Victoria Island, Lagos
Websitehttps://www.revolvingartincubator.com

History

Revolving Art Incubator (RAI) was founded in 2016 by contemporary Nigerian Photographer and Artist Jumoke Sanwo,[4][5] as an alternative art space for multi-creative engagement and contemporary art discourse.[1]

Artists

RAI has featured a number of Nigerian-based international artists including Aderemi Adegbite, Babatunde Ogunlade, Akinwande, Chris Ogunlowo, and other emerging contemporary artists.

Exhibitions and shows

RAI has staged exhibitions with artists working across diverse media. These include:

  • Visual Representations: Past and Present[6]
  • Artist-At-Work
  • Artist Talk
  • Salvage Art Therapy Exhibition.
  • Power Show II: The God-fathers Are Not to Blame by Ayo Akinwande
  • Art + Virtual Reality[7]
  • RAI book-drive
  • Animate Old Lagos project
  • Black Wall Experiment

Revolving Art Incubator also holds outSPOKEN,[8] a fortnightly oral diary of contemporary times through poetry, spoken word, and music.[9]

References
  1. OLUWAJOBA, ADEOLUWA. "THE RISE OF ALTERNATIVE ART SPACES IN LAGOS: REVOLVING ART INCUBATOR (RAI)". OMENKA!.
  2. "Revolving Art Incubator explores local content for cultural, social development". Guardian Art.
  3. "News". RAI. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  4. "Encounters South Africa International Documentary Festival".
  5. "How 'art of alternative space' may shape Lagos in 2017". Guardian Art. 12 February 2017.
  6. Visual representation past and present. Issuu.com: Issuu.com. 31 January 2017.
  7. "Project; VR for Art". Imisi3d.
  8. "Outspoken". Revolving Art Incubator.
  9. Laba, Eseoghene (29 October 2017). "OutSPOKEN … Reflecting on Nigerians' 'Living on the Edge". Guardian Art.
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