It was an intimate session at the February edition of Artmosphere Nigeria last week Saturday at the Aramide Hub, Surulere. The event themed ‘Loving and Living’ played host to musicians BR Olorin, Edez, Seunsax and ClassicIBK. The arts, culture, and social conversation also featured visual artist, Qwest.

Engaging the theme, culture influencer, Femi Morgan asked the author whether they have travelled outside their comfort zones to meet a lover or loved one who lived far away. While some members of the audience stated that they had gone from Lagos to Osun, Ilorin to Abuja, Kano to Lagos, and they had also had lovers traverse miles to meet their them, others objected.

On the floor of Aramide Hub, the conservatives feared the risks, and lamented the frequent news of kidnapping, killings, insecurity and accidents. However, the liberals countered by stating that love is about commitment and traveling to meet friends and lovers and vice versa help solidify intentions.

Some members of the audience who contributed to the topic were Babatunde Odubanwo, a writer and PR executive, Bomi George, an events management executive, Edesiri, a tech enthusiast, Lydia Johnson,an auditor, Joy Brown, a businesswoman.

The conversation was interspersed with a medley from Seunsax and ClassicIBK who serenaded the audience with familiar and popular songs. When the music producer, ClassicIBK went solo, he dug into the chambers of nostalgia and performed songs from the 90’s on his piano.

Odubanwo read from his unpublished novelist about a randy young man from an upwardly mobile family and the pressures from family to have him settle down. He regaled the character’s escapades while his family struggled with the implications to their buoyant family legacy.
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