TYRED!- PNEUMACITY LAGOS

A film by Andrew Esiebo and David Garbin

In Lagos, tyres are everywhere, yet rarely seen. They carry the city, absorb its weight, and fail quietly.

This film follows tyres after the moment of rupture — when hands take over from machines. A vulcaniser feels for damage. Air escapes. Rubber is opened, patched, and returned to the road.

We move between distance and closeness: traffic flowing, bodies at work, skin against rubber. Tyres become worn, repaired, reused, and transformed. Through constant contact with roads, dust, and labour, they take on the character of the city itself.

Nothing here is wasted. Tyres endure, adapt, and continue.