Zemlja / Country: UK, Nigerija / UK, Nigeria
Godina / Year: 2025 .
Trajanje / Runtime: 18′ 39″
Rediteljka / Director: Onyeka Igwe
Scenario / Screenplay: Onyeka Igwe
Producenti / Producers: Odunayo Odeyotin
Direktor fotografije / Cinematography: Granville Wilson
Montaža / Editing: Onyeka Igwe
Muzika / Music: Yinka Bernie, Femi Oriogun-Williams
Univerzitet u Ibadanu, osnovan 1948. kao kolonijalni projekat u Nigeriji, trebalo je da proizvodi pokorne subjekte imperije. Poslije nezavisnosti procvjetao je, a potom su ga rat i gubitak finansiranja lišili potencijala. Danas je sjenka nekadašnjeg sjaja i pozornica stvarne priče o društvenoj mobilnosti. Šta je afrički univerzitet? Kako ispričati priču o Ibadanu?
The University of Ibadan, founded in 1948 as a colonial project in Nigeria, was meant to produce docile subjects of empire. It flourished after independence, then war and lost funding drained its promise. Today it is a shadow of its former self and the stage for a real story of social mobility. What is an African university? How do I tell Ibadan’s story?
Onyeka Igwe je rođena u Londonu, umjetnica pokretnih slika i istraživačica. Njen rad bavi se pitanjem kako živimo zajedno, kroz senzorne, prostorne i kontrahegemonijske forme znanja koje otkrivaju zapostavljene istorije. Imala je samostalne i dvojne izložbe u Tate Britain (2025), MoMA PS1 (2023), High Line (2022) i drugim institucijama, kao i grupne izložbe na, između ostalog, Bijenalu u Veneciji i Bijenalu u Lagosu (2024). Dobitnica je više priznanja, među kojima su nagrada Film London Jarman (2025), Foundwork Artist Prize (2021), nagradu Arts Foundation Futures za eksperimentalni kratki film (2020) i nagradu Berwick New Cinema (2019).
Onyeka Igwe is a London born and based moving image artist and researcher. Her work explores how we live together, through sensorial, spatial and counter-hegemonic ways of knowing that expose overlooked histories. She has had solo and duo shows at Tate Britain (2025), MoMA PS1 (2023), High Line (2022) and other institutions, as well as group exhibitions including La Biennale di Venezia and Lagos Biennial (2024). She has received several awards, among them the Film London Jarman Award (2025), Foundwork Artist Prize (2021), Arts Foundation Futures Award for Experimental Short Film (2020) and Berwick New Cinema Award (2019).
