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National Museum of African Art - Smithsonian Institution

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Smithsonian National Museum of African Art (NMAFA), Lagos

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TASTE! TRANSFORMATION

Using sound, photography, and food respectively, artists Emeka Ogboh, Iké Udé, and Temitayo Ogunbiyi with chef Renèe Chuks question assumptions concerning culture, geography, and identity. By appealing to the senses, these artists urge audiences to remember and recognize the complexity inherent in representation; natural, spiritual, and social ecosystems; and the performances within everyday life.
Taste! is a platform for creative encounters centering on a multifaceted, far-reaching Lagos. Realized in collaboration with the Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF), ART X Lagos, and the African Artists’ Foundation. Taste! is the foundation experience of 24 Hours of the Smithsonian in Lagos, the inaugural event that launched the National Museum of African Art’s new international presence.
Taste! Memory in Lagos

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Taste! Memory was a collaboration between Lagos-based visual artist Temitayo Ogunbiyi and Chef Renèe Chuks. Their menu of food and drink (fresh Cuban mint and broccoli leaves grown in the home garden of the artist mixed with Chef Renèe’s locally-sourced squid ink, pineapple, hibiscus, turmeric and bambara) challenged ideas of what is and is not ‘Yoruba’.

Taste! Sound in Lagos

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Taste! Sound was an immersive live listening session with installation artist Emeka Ogboh. Visitors were able to listen closely and together to a soundscape that included field recordings Ogboh made while living in Lagos, recontextualized to highlight contemporary microeconomics, reflect on the social dynamics of immigrant populations, and respond to pertinent planetary issues.

Taste! Memory, Sound and Mystique were part of 24 Hours of the National Museum of African Art in Lagos, an all-day interactive art experience on November 7th, 2021 at ALARA.
Taste! Mystique in Lagos

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Taste! Mystique by Ike Ude was a three-part art experience that included a master class, exhibition, interactive photo studio, and tableau vivant, living installation.