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Togo | 2022 | Painting & Sculpture
Living Together
In Lomé, two artists and eighty children collect waste from the streets and beaches to use as the primary material for artistic productions.
Living Together
Open-Air landfills
With its 2 million inhabitants — 25% of the country’s population — Lomé, the capital of Togo, produces more than 350,000 tons of household waste per year, of which only 10% is recycled. Despite efforts to modernize collection, sorting, and processing systems, these remain insufficient, and much of the waste is abandoned in open-air dumps, sources of pollution and environmental degradation.
Artist
YaoBobby & Tesprit
YaoBobby & Tesprit
Partners
Grand Lomé Autonomous District, local associations
Grand Lomé Autonomous District, local associations
Participants
Young residents of the Lomé metropolitan area
Young residents of the Lomé metropolitan area
Agency
AFD Togo
AFD Togo
The art of waste
350000
tons of waste produced by Lomé per year, of which only 10% is recycled
6
workshop days
80
children involved
Metis and the Grand Lomé Autonomous District invited two Togolese artists, musician Yao Bobby and visual artist Tesprit, both of whom place environmental degradation at the center of their work.
The two artists lead six days of workshops with 80 children aged 8 to 15. Together, artists and children discuss the life cycle of waste, pollution, and collect waste from the streets and beaches. The artists then guide the children in creating artworks from the collected materials.
Inspired by this powerful collective experience, Yao Bobby and Tesprit create their own personal artwork.
The children’s creations and the works of Yao Bobby and Tesprit are exhibited at the Grand Lomé District Hall.
Beyond these young participants, the initiative has impacted entire families and residents of the neighborhoods. Several associations have embraced this art-and-recycling approach, organizing their own collection and creation workshops.
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