Waterside Boy: Origins, Process, and Journey An Intimate Conversation with Yingi Goma
Wed, 04 Mar
|Lush Gardens Port Harcourt
Join contemporary artist and designer Yingi Goma for an intimate conversation about Waterside Boy, a project nine years in the making. From its 2016 origins to its evolution through masquerade traditions and now womenswear, Yingi will share the personal and creative journey behind this work.
Time & Location
04 Mar 2026, 11:00 – 13:30
Lush Gardens Port Harcourt, Lush Gardens, 1st Street, Circular Rd, Elekahia, Port Harcourt 500101, Rivers, Nigeria
About the Event
Yingi Goma invites you into the story behind Waterside Boy, a project that has been unfolding since 2016. Over the course of three series, the work has moved from the streets of the Niger Delta to masquerade ceremony, from menswear to womenswear, from cultural observation to personal inquiry.
In this small-group conversation, Yingi will share how the project began, how it has changed, and what it has taught her about heritage, identity, power and making as a form of learning. She will talk through the research, the design process, the shift to focusing on the women of the Niger Delta in Series 3, and the personal reasons this work exists. This is an open conversation and portfolio showcase of work.
WHO THIS IS FOR
Artists and designers working with cultural material or heritage. Fashion practitioners interested in research-led practice. People from the Niger Delta or the African diaspora looking…