RevolutionMedia, one of Nigeria’s most dynamic media companies, is set to unveil its VisualAsylum, a series of multimedia workshops aimed at equipping participants with critical, cutting-edge knowledge and skills in areas such as 2D animation, 3D communication, desktop editing and general visual communication.
The inaugural edition takes place this week at the Julius Berger Hall of the Engineering department, University of Lagos.
Sewedo Nupowaku, chief executive officer, RevolutionMedia, said the company has always been about youth empowerment, and that the initiative is no different. "If we can train more young people to be adepts in these areas, it can only help them take their financial destinies in their own hands. In many other countries around the world, visual design and communication is almost the exclusive preserve of young people," he said.
This particular installment will feature classes in Disney-style 2D (two dimensional) animation and 3D (three dimensional) design and animation, both spanning 3 days of intense training. Ibrahim Ganiyu, lead animator on Lagbaja’s groundbreaking, animated music video amongst other works and Deji Victor, a director of ImageStudios, based in Cape Town, South Africa will handle the 2D and 3D classes respectively.
"We are aiming at building capacity in this country through these series. The fields of marketing communications, especially advertising, architecture and indeed Nollywood, stand to benefit with more people becoming more knowledgeable in these areas. More advertising agencies will be able to produce more high quality 3D jobs here in Nigeria rather than spending a fortune outsourcing abroad. As for Nollywood, it can only help drive its cultural imperialism imperative across Africa," he added.
The workshop wills however, be the second in a series of collaborative capacity building projects between Revolution Media, Image Animation Studios and Committee for Relevant Art (CORA).