EPISODE 5.

With Guest: A SURFACE LOOK INTO THE WORLD OF LAGOS BASED INTER-DISCIPLINARY CREATIVE ARTIST ‘KING DUKE’ (CODENAME:KND) ONLY GETS DEEPER WHEN YOU DIVE IN. BORN ON THE 14TH OF MAY 1997, THE NIGERIAN EXPLORES WITHIN HIS PRACTICES AN EXPERIMENTAL APPROACH TO WHAT HE DEFINES AS “AFRO-FUTURISM”. WORKING WITH MEDIUMS SUCH AS FILM, MUSIC & DIGITAL ART TO EXPRESS LIFE, HIS WORK BUYS YOU A ONE-WAY TICKET AT AN AUDIO-VISUAL STATION BEFORE LEAVING YOU TO FIGURE OUT THE REST OF THE JOURNEY.

THE STREETS OF LAGOS AND IT’S BUZZING ELECTRONIC, DANCE & HOUSE MUSIC SCENE REMAIN THE CORE INFLUENCES OF HIS ARTISTIC DIRECTION. AIMING TO CONNECT THE SPIRITUAL AND PHYSICAL REALMS, HIS WORKS CREATE A BRIDGE BETWEEN THE SOUL, BODY & MIND THAT BRINGS FORTH A PSYCHOLOGICAL AND EMOTIONAL BALANCE TO ANY MISPLACED INDIVIDUAL. CREATING EXPERIMENTAL ART THAT TACKLES SUBJECT MATTERS SUCH AS IDENTITY, SPIRITUALITY & SEXUALITY WHEN ASKED WHY HE CHOOSES THIS PATH, HIS FAVOURITE QUOTE REMAINS…

“OWN YOUR REALITY, RELEASE YOUR EMOTIONS, IMPACT YOUR IMMEDIATE COMMUNITY BECAUSE AT THE END OF IT ALL, EVERYTHING IS CONNECTED”