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Art Base Africa<br />
Who: African Artists’ Foundation<br />
What: Online Journal, Database, Participatory Forum for Contemporary African Art<br />
Where: Lagos, Nigeria<br />
When: From 1-11-2012 until 1-11-2013<br />
Amount attributed: 19,200 Euro<br />
The Nigerian non-profit organization African Artists’ Foundation is planning on establishing the ART<br />
BASE AFRICA, an online platform for fostering an interactive and participatory forum for critical debate<br />
on contemporary African art. Through a website, mobile application, and radio broadcast, ART BASE<br />
AFRICA will act as an artistic journal published quarterly on thematic issues. ART BASE AFRICA is<br />
important because it fills the gap between the access to information that is readily available in Western<br />
art markets, and levels the playing field for African artists to gain exposure and situate their work in a<br />
critical discourse. The expected result of ART BASE AFRICA is to build and sustain an online<br />
community for those seeking information about contemporary African art and to build a platform that<br />
allows for artistic collaboration and scholarly reflection. For the local audience, such a project will allow<br />
for the general public to gain access to the African arts community and become involved. For local<br />
artists, it will allow for their work to be exhibited online.<br />
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