By Alithnayn Abdulkareem

Between the 1^st and 11^th of November 2017, two artists, William Ifeanyi Moore and Mickey Moore, aka Akasoluonye will be hard at work developing a series, which will culminate in an exhibition of works by themselves, and through the collaborative process. The residency fuses visual art with written forms of art and is sponsored by the revolving arts incubator in Silverbird Galleria.

According to one of the participating artists, the theme for the residency looks at art expression over a generation. It will feature works of visual art like oil on canvas, photography and poetry. Talking to William Moore, he has expressed that the resulting works from this exhibition will be nothing like the contemporary art scene in Lagos has ever seen. He delves further into the practice, explaining that the work will be focused on “translating beauty in a way that makes sense to myself and to the viewer who is not involved with the arts.”  According to him, this project has been in conception since earlier this year, and the residence is an excellent way to present it to the Lagos scene.

William Ifeanyi Moore and Mickey Moore

The Revolving Art Incubator(RAI) is a space located in the Silverbird Galleria Victoria Island. Dedicated to using performances, exhibitions and talks to explore and push the development of arts in the community. It is known, aside from its talks and exhibitions to host the words as therapy program, which navigates mental well-being using poetry and spoken word. Its Instagram is @revolvingartincubator