Fatimah Tuggar ’95 MFA is one of 9 Yale artists at the 2024 Venice Biennale. Representing Nigeria, Tuggar’s work is included in the exhibition titled Nigeria Imaginary, where she uses AI and AR (augmented reality) to present a utopic vision for a new Nigeria. The pavilion can be found Palazzo Canal, Dorsoduro 3121 (Rio terà Canal).
On the exhibit, the Yinka Shonibar Foundation (YSF) writes,
An installation-based artwork by Fatimah Tuggar harnessing Augmented Reality (AR), Artificial Intelligence (AI), and Animatronics, within architectural façades inspired by Tubali Hausa vernacular architecture explores how colonisation and globalisation have increased cultural erosion of indigenous craft.
For more, read this YSF article here.
Photo credit: Fatimah Tuggar, Light Cream Pods (Excerpt), 2024. Installation view, Nigeria Imaginary at the Nigeria Pavilion at the 60th International Art Exhibition — La Biennale di Venezia. Image: Marco Cappelleti Studio. Courtesy: Museum of West African Art (MOWAA).