1 October - 22 November 2003
At Spacex, in the context of the Middle England Series, Oladélé Bamgboyé presents a traditional Devonshire cob house, built from straw bales, thatched and rendered in mud, which incorporates a newly-commissioned video-work using locally-sourced archive footage of Devon and Nigeria.
A second aspect of the installation re-contextualises the video-work in a museological ‘white cube’ setting. Bamgboyé’s work has been included in numerous major international exhibitions.
Oladélé Bamgboyé was born in Odo-Eku, Nigeria, in 1963, and moved to the UK when he was 10 years-old. In the 1990s his return to Nigeria led to a series of video-works which focussed on his own relationship with Africa and existence in Europe.
At Spacex, in the context of the Middle England Series, Oladélé Bamgboyé presents a traditional Devonshire cob house, built from straw bales, thatched and rendered in mud, which incorporates a newly-commissioned video-work using locally-sourced archive footage of Devon and Nigeria.
A second aspect of the installation re-contextualises the video-work in a museological ‘white cube’ setting. Bamgboyé’s work has been included in numerous major international exhibitions.
Oladélé Bamgboyé was born in Odo-Eku, Nigeria, in 1963, and moved to the UK when he was 10 years-old. In the 1990s his return to Nigeria led to a series of video-works which focussed on his own relationship with Africa and existence in Europe.
