Revolving Art Incubator

Alternative art space in Lagos Nigeria

Revolving Art IncubatorFormation| 2016

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Founder| Jumoke Sanwo
Location|

* 2nd Floor Silverbird Galleria, Victoria Island, Lagos

Website| https://www.revolvingartincubator.com

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]

## History

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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

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

## Exhibitions and shows

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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]

## Purpose

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Revolving Art Incubator was founded in 2016 as an interstitial place for creatives in Lagos to rethink creation of the Now for the Future. Its multidisciplinary and collaborative approach allows innovative and experimental creatives to participate in and harness cross-disciplinary synergies, transforming them into artistic and cultural treasures.

Since its inception, RAI have introduced creatives in the city of Lagos, to the transformative qualities of cross-disciplinary engagement, immersive technologies; and the possibilities to develop digital assets such as NFTs, through its collaborative projects with tech incubators and hubs locally and internationally

It has showcased over 50 artists, in solo and group exhibitions, and impacted thousands of creatives in the city of Lagos, through our exhibitions, events, workshops and conversations; engaging memory, contemporary happenings, and future technologies.[citation needed]

## Rating

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RAI was listed in a February 2019 The New-York Times article, as one of the sharpest artist-led spaces in the city of Lagos.https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/08/arts/design/lagos-nigeria-art-x-art.html[citation needed]

## References

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1. ^ a b c 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.

### External links

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* Revolving Art Incubator