Artmosphere June, 2013
Edition: City Life
Artmosphere, a leading literary,
arts and performance parley
curated by WriteHouse Collective
has consistently provided the
needed ambience for literary,
creative and intellectual
empowerment in Nigeria.
This edition of Artmosphere,
tagged “City Life” x-rays creative
narratives that border on life and
living in the cities. The city is not
the comfort zone for a lot of
people; however people struggle
every day to make their city
spaces a new home. Some
associations of native ideals are
formed but are tested by capital,
commerce and interest. With the
stories of our authors as
materials for questioning, a wide
range of ideas like rural-urban
migration, urban culture as
opposed to indigenous culture,
infrastructure, environmental
reactions to changes, and others,
will crop up at the event.
The experiences of Africans in
diaspora who are thriving in the
global cities of the world with
the attendant shocks of self-
imposed exile will also be
considered.
Eghosa Imasuen, author of the
highly acclaimed novel, Fine Boys
and Unoma Azuah, literary
scholar, novelist and winner of
the Ama Ata Aidoo Prize, will be
reading from their works at the
event. Skilled modern poets,
Tosin Gbogi and Tolu Oloruntoba,
will read from their poetry
collections and also engage the
audience on the themed
discourse.
This 6th edition of Artmosphere
marks two years of providing
quality service in creativity and
culture through the monthly arts
parley. For the parent social
enterprise, WriteHouse, it is a
celebration and a challenge to do
more for those who look up to
us for creative direction.
WriteHouse Collective will be
launching its online literary,
culture and politics
magazine, Sakonfa at the event.
The weekly magazine will
provide the growing Nigerian
reader a vista of interesting short
stories, enduring poetry works,
book, film and travel reviews. It
will also regard the impetus of
critical views on governance in
the country through its guest
column. Submissions for political
essays, creative works,
photography and reviews should
be sent to:
submissions@sakonfa.com.ng.
Artmosphere is organised by
WriteHouse Collective, a creative
enterprise, culture and arts firm
and supported by Ibridge Hub, a
place for people with great ideas
to meet, learn and work. This
edition is also supported by
literary friends across the
country.
The June edition of
Artmosphere tagged “City Life”
will hold by 3pm on Saturday,
June 15, 2013.
Venue: NuStreams Conference
Centre, KM 110 Abeokuta road,
Alalubosa GRA Extension, Ibadan.