Ayodele Arigbabu
About
Ayodele Arigbabu is a writer, architect and creative technologist. His work explores the interfaces where design, art and evolving technologies intercept, with speculation as a recurrent strategy.
He is a PhD candidate in Artistic Research at the Trondheim Academy of Fine Art, where his Forward Remembrance project explores latent utopias through the diverse ways in which artificial intelligence mirrors human aspirations.
Publications
Protopian African Futures: Demas Nwoko’s Tropical Architecture, Natural Synthesis—and Solarpunk
The paper frames the climate-responsive and culturally attuned tropical architecture of Nigerian pioneering artist and architect - Demas Nwoko - as being transcendent of Modern/Indigenous dichotomies, as well as being prefigurative of solarpunk ideals.
Playing Future Narratives: AI-driven Storytelling for Energy Transition Futures
Reflective documentation by the Futuring Together research group on "Playing Future Narratives" - an interactive AI-driven storytelling installation that explores energy transition scenarios situated in Trondheim in the near future.
2026
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Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki;
Busch, Annett;
Arigbabu, Ayodele;
Suijkerbuijk, Martinus.
(2026)
Stochastic Dreams by Ayodele Arigbabu in collaboration with Martinus Suijkerbuijk, curated by Alex Murray-Leslie and Annett Busch.
Museum exhibition
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Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki;
Efstathiou, Sophia;
Busch, Annett;
Bayesteh, Mohammad;
Johnson, Leslie Jeanne;
Dziadkiewicz, Roman.
(2026)
UTOPIA Chicks on Speed and collaborators, Museum Villa Stuck Munich.
Museum exhibition
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Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki;
Gangvik, Espen;
Cerpina, Zane;
Busch, Annett;
Arigbabu, Ayodele;
Kukreja, Samrridhi.
(2026)
Meta.Morf. Future Manifestos.
Trondheim Electronic Arts Centre
Trondheim Electronic Arts Centre
Exhibition catalogue
2025
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Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki;
Logan, Melissa E.;
Efstathiou, Sophia;
Busch, Annett;
Bayesteh, Mohammad;
Arigbabu, Ayodele.
(2025)
HEARandNOWtopia by Chicks on Speed and Collaborators.
Musical performance
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Arigbabu, Ayodele.
(2025)
Protopian African Futures: Demas Nwoko’s Tropical Architecture, Natural Synthesis—and Solarpunk.
eTropic: electronic journal of studies in the Tropics
Academic article
2024
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Arigbabu, Ayodele;
Krag, Margarita Sofia del Carmen Torrijos;
Rasmussen, Kristian Byskov;
Martinez, Ysabel Olga Munoz.
(2024)
Playing Future Narratives by Futuring Together.
Museum exhibition
Journal publications
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Arigbabu, Ayodele.
(2025)
Protopian African Futures: Demas Nwoko’s Tropical Architecture, Natural Synthesis—and Solarpunk.
eTropic: electronic journal of studies in the Tropics
Academic article
Artistic productions
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Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki;
Logan, Melissa E.;
Efstathiou, Sophia;
Busch, Annett;
Bayesteh, Mohammad;
Arigbabu, Ayodele.
(2025)
HEARandNOWtopia by Chicks on Speed and Collaborators.
Musical performance
Books
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Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki;
Gangvik, Espen;
Cerpina, Zane;
Busch, Annett;
Arigbabu, Ayodele;
Kukreja, Samrridhi.
(2026)
Meta.Morf. Future Manifestos.
Trondheim Electronic Arts Centre
Trondheim Electronic Arts Centre
Exhibition catalogue
UTSTILLING
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Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki;
Busch, Annett;
Arigbabu, Ayodele;
Suijkerbuijk, Martinus.
(2026)
Stochastic Dreams by Ayodele Arigbabu in collaboration with Martinus Suijkerbuijk, curated by Alex Murray-Leslie and Annett Busch.
Museum exhibition
-
Murray-Leslie, Alexandra Nicki;
Efstathiou, Sophia;
Busch, Annett;
Bayesteh, Mohammad;
Johnson, Leslie Jeanne;
Dziadkiewicz, Roman.
(2026)
UTOPIA Chicks on Speed and collaborators, Museum Villa Stuck Munich.
Museum exhibition
-
Arigbabu, Ayodele;
Krag, Margarita Sofia del Carmen Torrijos;
Rasmussen, Kristian Byskov;
Martinez, Ysabel Olga Munoz.
(2024)
Playing Future Narratives by Futuring Together.
Museum exhibition