Open Shields, 2021

Research images taken on the artists’ mobile phone, led by impulse and intuition at a time when this project was shaping into fruition. They embody the spirit, energy and reality of tin mining in Nigeria’s Plateau state.
Cloth and clay. Dark skin—argil ashen. Bodies melt into landscape. Residues of the past present—in water, soil, crop and terrain.

Text by Erika Balsom weaves through, delving into the context and concept of the film Plateau.

A 1977 Commonwealth advertisement from the British Times interrupts the pages, outlining zealous plans for Nigeria’s future.

Artists’ Book for the exhibition ‘Plateau’ at Secession, Vienna, 2021

Designer – Studio Claus Due
Published by Secession/Revolver Publishing