'All Other Passports'
The Beauty of Movement 2024 Edition
Credit: photo by Sama Kai
LAGO Collective is hosting its annual evening of celebrations, during the London Migration Film Festival, in collaboration with Moleskine Foundation and Phaidon Press.
This year, we explore how passports act as gateways to visit, perform, or travel - yet not for everyone.
Visa restrictions create barriers to movement for too many people, in too many countries.
Through music, storytelling, design and textiles, we’ll explore the consequences of visa inequality and how identity and resilience are woven into materials and sounds.
The evening features performances, conversations, an exhibition of photography, followed by an afterparty with resident DJs to celebrate another year of LAGO and our communities.
We will also be screening the short film, 'Stories of Visa Inequality'. Shot in Accra and Kumasi, Ghana, this collaboration between LAGO Collective & Oroko Radio considers the impact of unequal visa regimes on opportunities for creatives and the growth of both local and international creative spaces.
Contributions from:
Lwando Xaso, Lawyer, Writer & Convener of Including Society, Johannesburg. Lwando is a trustee of the Constitutional Court of South Africa and an adviser to the Moleskine Foundation.
Federica Fragapane, Information Designer, Turin. Federica works with Google, the United Nations, the EU, BBC, Lago Collective and ODI. Her visualisation are part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) in New York
Aleksandra Lovrić, Fashion Designer and Creative Director, No Nation Fashion, Sarajevo. Aleksandra coordinates fashion corners in migrant centres around Bosnia and Herzegovina, in collaboration with the International Organisation for Migration.
Yayra Agbofah, Founder and Creative Director, The Revival, Accra. An initiative based in the Kantamanto Market tackling textile waste and advancing the circular economy through community-led innovation.
Tiziana Alocci, Digital Artist and Lecturer, London. Tiziana’s work explores the emotional dimension of data, translating human behaviour, emotions, and memories into visual and auditory experiences.
Sama Kai, Photographer, London. Known for his unfiltered image making, Sama’s goal is to capture the Black experience in its totality form joy to pain, triumph and everything in between.
Eka Ikpe, Director, African Leadership Centre at Kings College, London. Focusing on a critical understanding of socio-economic transformation that centres spaces in Africa across economic development and peace.
Emilia Terragni, Editorial Director, Phaidon, London. Leading on Phaidon’s titles on architecture, design and food. Emilia also worked with the Barragan Foundation and Vitra Design Museum.
If you would like to attend please get in touch at events@lagocollective.org and follow @lago_collective on instagram for updates.
Missed last year's event? You can read reflections from LAGO's Founder Marta Foresti here and watch a recap here.