Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos
26-31 July 2010

Centre for Contemporary Art, Lagos is pleased to host the internationally renowned artists collective IRWIN, members of NSK (New Slovenian Art). Over a one week period of screenings, lectures and panel discussions, Towards a Double Consciousness: NSK Passport Project will take as its point of departure, NSK’s artistic intervention State in Time and its increasing significance in Africa especially within the context of Nigeria. State in Time, one of the most (in)famous projects produced by NSK, evolved out of their earlier activities, finding formation as a ‘state’ at the collapse of Yugoslavia and the coming into existence of the Republic of Slovenia in 1991. NSK’s State in Time transcends a physical geographical location or a defined statehood within a prescribed ethnic, cultural or religious belief, providing what IRWIN collaborator and writer Alexei Monroe describes as “a conceptual form of identification for individuals from diverse nationalities.”

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IRWIN Exhibition at the Israeli Centre for Digital Art
6.2.2010 – 10.4.2010
Opening: Saturday, February 6th, at 20:00
Curator: Avi Pitchon
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During the last couple of years, more than 2000 of people from Africa, (mainly from Nigeria) tried to contact NSKSTATE.COM by email. WORDS FROM AFRICA is a collection of emails organized according to the words that was used in the messages.

NSKSTATE.COM in collaboration with Irwin presented “Outlook: Words from Africa” (the latest version of the project) in “Utopics” the 11th Swiss Sculpture Exhibition in Biel/Bienne on August 29th. The exhibition will be open until October 25, 2009.

Have you produced your own artworks, objects or designs inspired by the work of NSK and its groups?

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