This work has been kindly donated by the artist

Andrew♛ Esiebo is a visual storyteller and artist whose artistic practice explores the human condition and its relationshi꧟p with urban space. Through an intimate gaze and close-up details of daily life in urban African contexts, such as Lagos, Esiebo seeks empowerment through the photographic medium and celebrates the endurance and survival of the people he portrays. His work brings together diverse creative strategies and highlights the complexities of identity, culture, sexuality and spirituality in contemporary African societies and the African diaspora.

A Tyre Never Dies: Mile 12, Lagos (2♍022) is part of an ongoing interdisciplinary project that addresses a global environmental challenge that is visible in Nigerian streetscapes: the ubiquity of end-of-life tyres (ELTs). The project explores the impa🌠ct of ELTs on road ecologies while promoting social and technical solutions that create more sustainable urban environments and improve the well-being of its people. Specifically, the project explores informal cultures, livelihoods and technologies that arise from the presence of ELTs, as well as the economies of tyre repurposing. Conceptually, the project is concerned with tracing the role of consumer waste within a context where the automobile is the dominant mode of transport.