- Lufthansa, Brussels Airlines Support Artists on Residency Programme
Lufthansa and Brussels Airlines are supporting a residency programme known as ‘Stretched Terrains – The Mobile Museum on its Way to Dak’Art’ – for young artists from Nigeria, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Senegal and Germany on the move spanning several countries in West Africa.
In a joint statement, the airlines said the journey started from Lagos on April 11, with the artist group on a six-week trip with a Lufthansa and Brussels Airlines branded, converted public transport bus, called the Molue Mobile Museum of Contemporary Art and would cross through Benin, Togo, Ghana, Ivory Coast and Mali, with a planned arrival in Dakar, Senegal at the beginning of May, and in time for the opening of the 13th International Biennial Dak’Art” exhibition.
According to the airlines, the artists will be greeted at every stop by the Lufthansa, Brussels Airlines and Goethe-Institut teams.
They are expected to display their artwork at each destination. And once they reach Senegal, they will stay for the Dak’Art” exhibition until May 07.
In their journey back to Lagos, they will have stops at all the previous Goethe-Institut locations they visited on the way to the exhibition, with a plan to arrive in Lagos on May 25.
During their almost 10,000km road trip, the artists are expected to examine diverse public spaces as communication zones of social, economic and political interaction.
The airlines stated that the project with a Nigerian artist, Emeka Udemba, as the curator, would embrace the diversity of practices and perspectives of the participating artists, who would discuss and exchange their artistic interactions while travelling on the road trip.
“‘Stretched Terrains’ is a great platform to show the strengths of Lufthansa and Brussels Airlines in West Africa working closely together and supporting the development of young African talents,” the Lufthansa’s General Manager, Nigeria and Equatorial Guinea, Robin Sohdi, said.
