Reconstructing Memory through Form and Future

The output of a creative collaboration between The Museum of West African Art (MOWAA) and designer Myles Igwe, this visual study explores how digital reconstruction can bridge ancestral craftsmanship and future imagination. Rooted in the smelting traditions of Nok, Igbo-Ukwu, and Lejja, the work visualises the deep temporal and cultural continuum linking these historic sites.

Using a 3D photogrammetry image of an original 10th-century Igbo-Ukwu object from Nigeria’s National Collection—provided by MOWAA—the piece reinterprets how memory, material, and technology interact. The form fractures and ascends through a constellation of interconnected triangles, symbolising both the computational geometry of photogrammetry and ancestral models of symmetry and cosmology.

This work was shown alongside Nigeria's submission for the London Design Biennale.

Creative Output: Nigeria Pavilion in collaboration with The Museum of West African Art ( MOWAA)

Project Management and Presentation: Culture Lab Africa