In this episode, I speak with Obayomi Anthony, an award-winning documentary filmmaker, photographer, and visual artist. Our conversation began with a discussion about his background and journey to becoming an artist, with a focus on the project that put him in the limelight: Bonafide Squatters. Then we went on to talk about his recent research project on Nigeria’s colonial origins where he went into the archives at the Lagos Museum to ask what motivated the Nigeria-creation project. I believe with him that art is a space for conversations, and that art should live and die. Art should live and art should die. 

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01:07 Living with Graphic Designers, Becoming an Artist

09:39 Becoming a Documentary Photographer

13:17 Bonafide Squatters: Addressing Student Housing Issues

20:15 Art is a Space, not a Thing, a Space where Souls Connect

30:06 Cognitive Dissonance in Nigeria

35:12 Technology for what?

43:20 The birds that left home; seeing Nigeria from top to bottom

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