Azu Nwagbogu

Day 2 motto: Mapping Desires

Speaker Day 2 Azu Nwagbogu, Founder/Director, African Artist’s Foundation & LagosPhoto Festival, Lagos, Nigeria.

"Regenerative Cultural Practice: The African Artists' Foundation's Home Museum and Dig Where You Stand Projects".

Under the day’s motto “Mapping Desires”, Nwagbogu is presenting “Regenerative Cultural Practice: The African Artists' Foundation's Home Museum and Dig Where You Stand Projects.” This presentation examines two interconnected initiatives by the African Artists' Foundation (AAF) that reimagine the relationship between communities, cultural heritage, and institutional power. The "Home Museum" and "Dig Where You Stand" (DWYS) projects demonstrate how art and cultural practice can serve as regenerative tools for decolonization and the transformation of museological frameworks.