But that is not what the future of museology should be about. Museums have deeply entrenched hierarchical structures that determine who gets to be exhibited and who doesn’t. I am concerned about the fact that these fragmented pockets of learning are emerging, as a result of social economical inequalities we’re witnessing on a global scale at the moment. We need more shepherding, more guidance, more expertise, and a collective education around visual culture. I think that's a wonderful thing, especially since art history is intertwined with colonial history, so it requires an interdisciplinary approach. It’s been quite exciting to see how curatorship has shifted and is not necessarily so rooted in art history anymore, but has become quite interdisciplinary – like anthropology and sociology. So I don’t necessarily make the distinction between a mundane, democratic idea of curation, and the more intellectualized approach of an artistic curator in a museum. That’s why I’d like to use curation as a synonym for caring: if you curate your feed, your space, an exhibition, it's about presenting it in a way that feels personal and therefore unique. People are constantly organizing their space in a way that is intuitive and aesthetic. This is not surprising seeing the fact that we are all being bombarded with visual culture, and our access to documenting ourselves and our lives around us has never been easier. And now everyone has an idea of what curation is. If you think about it, 20 years ago, if you mentioned the word, nobody knew what you're talking about. But what is the true job of an artistic curator, in your opinion? We curate our Instagram feeds, a local barista might curate a selection of roasts, you name it. In recent years, the idea of “curation” has increasingly infiltrated our daily lives. Here, he reflects on what curatorship means to him, how we can combat Afro-pessimism and what role both African and non-African photographers have to play when it comes to storytelling on the continent. Having an unconventional background in public health, Nwagbogu has become a visionary curator, carving out a space for new African art and photography that challenges the lingering cliches that attend Black creative self-representation. Heading the festival is director and internationally acclaimed curator Azu Nwagbogu.
Its main aim? To establish a community for contemporary photography that unites local and international artists through images that encapsulate individual experiences and identities from across all of Africa.
The first international festival of photography in Nigeria. One of the most exciting art initiatives to have emerged in recent years is LagosPhoto,
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