A Rest Guide for a Tired Nigerian Artist: Recent Episodes
Tired Nigerian Artist
“A Rest Guide for a Tired Nigerian Artist” is a podcast and a series of illustrated “guide books” based on conversations hosts and editors of the project, Rahima Gambo and Innocent Ekejiuba, had with artists in 2021. Each episode of the podcast features a conversation with a Nigerian artist or art worker about their lived experiences and histories. For the first season, we ask 5 Nigerian artists to list their 10 instructions for “Rest”. The illustrated guide books and will be published and exhibited during IDFA in Amsterdam, November 2021. “A Rest Guide” is an off-shoot project of Rahima Gambo’s experimental collective narrative blog that began in 2020. This project is produced by A Walk Space Studio and commissioned by IDFA Doc Lab, one of the leading platforms for interactive documentary art and storytelling.
Amanda Iheme is an architecture photographer and psychotherapist living and working in Lagos, Nigeria. She studied at the University of Cape Coast for a Bachelor's degree in Psychology and received a Master's degree in Clinical Psychology from Swansea University. She currently runs her private practice called Ndidi while working as an artist.
In this episode Amanda Iheme speaks about her refusal to succumb to a victim mentality, knowing when to show up as a therapist not an artist, the anxiety of working and travelling with the rising insecurity and how to call BS from a mile away. Each episode of this podcast features a conversation with a Nigerian artist or art worker about their lived experiences and histories concluding in their instructions for rest and wellbeing for artists.
You can find Amanda Iheme's illustrated guide for rest at our website arestguide.com and installed during the IDFA Doc Lab exhibition in Amsterdam in November 2021. If you enjoy this series, please like and subscribe to receive updates. This project is produced by A Walk Space Studio and commissioned by IDFA Doc Lab, one of the leading platforms for interactive documentary art and storytelling.
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Olatunde Alara is a self-taught multimedia, visual artist based in Lagos, Nigeria. His works are driven by a DIY ethic. Drawing from a range of influences which include graffiti, elements of street art, contemporary art, abstract art, and experimental art, Olatunde Alara has an interest in challenging the conservative attitudes of a Lagos art scene still bound by respectability politics and profit. He uses media such as drawing, performance art, site-specific installations, collages, and public art, to recenter critical thought as an important aspect of art-making in Nigeria.
In this episode, he speaks about the unreasonable demands of capitalism on the artist, who gets to truly rest in such systems, and how intersectional feminism is the foundation for any pathway to true rest. Each episode of this podcast features a conversation with a Nigerian artist or art worker about their lived experiences and histories concluding in their instructions for rest and wellbeing for artists.
You can find Olatunde Alara's illustrated guide for rest at our website arestguide.com and installed during the IDFA Doc Lab exhibition in Amsterdam in November 2021. If you enjoy this series, please like and subscribe to receive updates. This project is produced by A Walk Space Studio and commissioned by IDFA Doc Lab, one of the leading platforms for interactive documentary art and storytelling.
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Halima Abubakar Idirisu is a Nigerian photographer, researcher, archivist and artist with a particular interest in the conservation and preservation of historical and cultural heritage. Through her long-term projects, Halima aims to question her surrounding environment by depicting her life experiences. Using a combination of colour, texture, patterns, and symbolism—she uses a conceptual approach to the visual narratives she weaves, often through the form of self-portraiture combined with expressionism and diarist styles.
In this episode, she speaks about her journey into the arts after she turned away from pressure to become a medical doctor, and saved up her National Youth Service allowance to buy her first camera. Each episode of this podcast features a conversation with a Nigerian artist or art worker about their lived experiences and histories concluding in their instructions for rest and wellbeing for artists.
You can find Halima Abubakar Idrisu's illustrated guide for rest at our website arestguide.com and installed during the IDFA Doc Lab exhibition in Amsterdam in November 2021. If you enjoy this series, please like and subscribe to receive updates. This project is produced by A Walk Space Studio and commissioned by IDFA Doc Lab, one of the leading platforms for interactive documentary art and storytelling.
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Jerry Buhari is an artist, curator and professor of fine art at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria. His work, sometimes serial in pursuit, often experiments with non-traditional materials and processes. His abstract works are known for their vibrant use of colour to convey intensity and emotion. His abstract language is used as a vehicle to explore larger political and social themes.
In addition to his professorship at Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria, In 2019, he curated Arthouse’s long-deserved exhibition of the Zaria Art Society. He also served as chairman of the Visual Arts National Arts Festival (NAFEST) in 2012 and Consultant to the Central Bank of Nigeria Currency Notes Museum.
In this episode, he speaks about his journey into academia, the state of art education in Nigeria, and the role of the artist in society. Each episode of this podcast features a conversation with a Nigerian artist or art worker about their lived experiences and histories concluding in their instructions for rest and wellbeing for artists.
You can find Jerry Buhari's illustrated guide for rest at our website arestguide.com and installed during the IDFA Doc Lab exhibition in Amsterdam in November 2021. If you enjoy this series, please like and subscribe to receive updates. This project is produced by A Walk Space Studio and commissioned by IDFA Doc Lab, one of the leading platforms for interactive documentary art and storytelling.
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Ayodele Olofintuade is a queer, non-binary black feminist. She is the author of Lakiriboto Chronicles: A Brief History of Badly Behaved Women (2018) and Eno’s Story(2010) - shortlisted for the NLNG Prize in 2011. Her short stories and essays have been published in several literary journals, her latest essay is Lost In Translation(ByTruly.co). She is an investigative journalist/researcher and is presently focused on Yoruba women in Ifa and pre-colonial histories. She’s been running an online Feminist and Queer ezine, 9jafeminista since 2012.
In this episode, Ayodele speaks about navigating societal expectations, exploring the concept of ‘work’ beyond its role as social capital, and balancing energies. Each episode of this podcast features a conversation with a Nigerian artist or art worker about their lived experiences and histories concluding in their instructions for rest and wellbeing for artists.
You can find Ayodele Olofintuade's illustrated guide for rest at our website arestguide.com and installed during the IDFA Doc Lab exhibition in Amsterdam in November 2021. If you enjoy this series, please like and subscribe to receive updates. This project is produced by A Walk Space Studio and commissioned by IDFA Doc Lab, one of the leading platforms for interactive documentary art and storytelling.
Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/tirednigerianartist)
Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/tirednigerianartist)
“A Rest Guide for a Tired Nigerian Artist” is a podcast and a series of illustrated “guide books” based on conversations hosts and editors of the project, Rahima Gambo and Innocent Ekejiuba, had with artists in 2021. Each episode of the podcast features a conversation with a Nigerian artist or art worker about their lived experiences and histories.
For the first season, we ask 5 Nigerian artists to list their 10 instructions for “Rest”. The illustrated guide books and will be published and exhibited during IDFA in Amsterdam, November 2021. “A Rest Guide” is an off-shoot project of Rahima Gambo’s experimental collective narrative blog that began in 2020.
This project is produced by A Walk Space Studio and commissioned by IDFA Doc Lab, one of the leading platforms for interactive documentary art and storytelling.
Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/tirednigerianartist)