As a multidisciplinary artist, Jeremiah Ikongio creates new media, performance and interactive art projects. Based in Lagos, Nigeria, he deals with topics such as the urban metropolis, gentrification, identity, politics and activism. His work has been included in exhibitions, such as A Visibility Matrix at the Douglas Hyde Gallery (2018) in Dublin, Waiting for a Revolution at the 5th Odessa Biennale of Contemporary Art / International Symposium on Electronic Art (ISEA) 2018 in Durban, and ‘Atimgwēyē’ - Sound Installation at the Goethe-Institut, Lagos (2017) / 11th Bienal do Mercosul, in Porto Alegre. He is also a Magnum Foundation 2018 Fellow.
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Jeremiah's project ‘When Asia Came Along’ is exploring the cultural protocols of Freeport zones and the emerging cultural and socio-economic connections between Africa and Asia, and its local ramifications. Taking Lagos as a case study for his research, Ikongio seeks to investigate the construction of Nigeria’s first Freeport. Documenting by using portrait and landscape photography, animated GIFs and a VR documentary with immersive 360 shots, he ultimately seeks to turn them into a public, interactive digital archive that will continue to expand after the end of the programme.
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