NomadicMILK – on daily milk routes in Nigeria

  • NomadicMILK at Zone2Source Amsterdam, photo Thomas Lenden

    Grounding the Map | Mapping the Ground

    Esther and Ivar were delighted to have NomadicMILK in this exhibition. Take a look at the grand manner by which we could hang the prints spacially. But even more importantly: to show the work in the context of Amstelpark. Especially for Esther it was an opportunity of going back to her roots, as the park […]

  • DVD available

    We are very happy to announce that the DVD of NomadicMILK project is now available! The DVD contains all the video material and several extras. If you want to order a copy please drop us an email and we send you instructions to pay 7,50 euro’s, postal costs excluded.

  • Artist Talk at AAF

    Toye Gbade Oloyede, Ayoola Gbolahan and Esther Polak. In the afternoon a group of about 15 people gathered at the AAF. The idea was to discuss the NomadicMILK project in depth, as there never seems to be a chance for this during an opening. I decided to start the “Artist Talk” with a short introduction […]

  • Screening in Abuja

    The delegation from the village arrives by minibus. Later people from WAMCO Nigeria also arrive at the Gubabi Royal Hotel, in the center of Abuja. When everybody is seated we can start the program. Suleiman and I explain how we have organized the program. We will show the project video, stopping it from time to […]

  • Visiting the village

    This morning we drove up to the village, to see Mr. Idiris, his family and the other villagers. We were a little nervous, because for Esther it was the first time after a year, for me the first time ever. But since I’d seen all the video material and the clips over and over again, […]

  • Arrival in Abuja

    Suleiman and James help us check in at the hotel. Tomorrow we go to the village to show the project results to Mr. Idiris, Binta, Amina, Samaila and their family.

  • Opening at AAF

    Opening speech by Omotayo Adeola Esther hands over two prints to Bob Steetkamp (WAMCO Nigeria) and Hans Leenders (Dutch embassy) for the Dutch Foreign Ministry and WAMCO company art collections First visitors Last check before opening

  • We’ve started installing at AAF

  • Virtual NomadicMILK installation released!

    2019 – Due to the deprecation of Flash, the virtual version of NomadicMILK is not available anymore.  The official NomadicMILK project website, which is the full virtual version of the 3d installation, built in Flash and including the whole project and making-of video is on view at nomadicmilk.net (). Broadband internet connection is reccommended (or […]

  • Upcoming: Exhibition in AAF

    From November 5-11 we will be presenting the NomadicMILK project at AAF Lagos, Nigeria. African Artists’ Foundation cordially invites you to the opening on November 5, at 18:00

  • Opening at Iniva

    Yesterday we had a great opening at Iniva, in London. We presented a new version of the installation: 12 monoprints and a local version of the full website. The full website is not officially released yet officially released now: you can view it here. Only reccomended for broadband connection.

  • Upcoming Exhibition in London

    Whose Map is it? new mapping by artists 2 June – 24 July 2010 Iniva at Rivington Place At the exhibition we will show a set of 12 mono prints and we will premiere the NomadicMILK website, meaning that, from June 2 on, this blog will no longer be the main representation of the project […]

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