Join us for an online lecture by artist and curator 'Tope Ajayi. As part of a lecture series following R27: Party as Form, Ajayi will lead a workshop on culture as form.
The Culture as Form workshop grew out of The Incubator Collective's 2023 project Partying as an Artistic Medium, which explored turning intangible cultural forms into tangible expressions. Culture as Form aims to develop these ideas into a curriculum for both academia and the public. By engaging different audiences step by step, the concepts can be tested and refined into a valuable body of knowledge. This online event, the first public presentation of the workshop, is in partnership with P.A.F. and PRAKSIS, and will be delivered by Tope Ajayi, Chief Curator of The Incubator Collective.
The participants are asked to bring a “party souvenir” – ephemera they've collected from past parties – to the workshop.
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The event is free and open to all. Join the Zoom call via this link.
About 'Tope Ajayi
'Tope Ajayi is a multi-disciplinary artist and a cultural curator born in Ibadan, Nigeria. He was raised in a household teeming with members from Generation X and the Millennial era. Growing up amidst their cultural nuances, even though he is from Generation Z, provided him a unique blend of influences that shaped his artistic inclinations. This backdrop – complemented by his pianist/DJ uncle, a broadcaster aunt, an art-loving granddad, and a high-school teaching mom – laid the foundation for his creative journey. In 2024, Ajayi was a remote resident of the residency Party as Form, joining from his home in Nigeria.
Background Information
The Party as Form lecture series grew out of PRAKSIS Residency 27: Party as Form, convened this past May & June by Kelly Lloyd and Shannon Stratton.
Party as Form is Shannon Stratton, a curator and writer based in Chicago who taught the first session of Party as Form at Ox-Bow School of Art in 2012, and Kelly Lloyd, a transdisciplinary artist and educator working out of London who inherited the delivery of Party as Form at Ox-Bow. The participating residents are: Fergus Tibbs, an artist, DJ, and cultural producer originally from Scotland, now based in Bergen, Norway. 'Tope Ajayi, a Nigerian multi-disciplinary artist and a cultural curator. Banu Çiçek Tülü, a sound artist, music producer, DJ and researcher from Turkey based in Berlin. Tor Lukasik-Foss, an artist, songwriter and storyteller living in Hamilton, Ontario. Matilda Moors, a London-based artist and educator. Sara Clugage, an artist, writer and editor, living and working in the United States. Åste Amundsen, an artist and researcher creating live interactive experiences, born in Oslo currently working from Germany. Lexie Owen, an Oslo-based interdisciplinary artist from Canada.
Photo: 'Tope Ajayi © Victor Olatunji, 2022
Party as Form is supported by KORO (Public Art Norway)
