News and updates from the Nest Collective.
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Our very own Jim Chuchu and Njoki Ngumi recorded a series of conversations titled ‘Invisible Conversations’! It is a limited podcast series where artists and curators expound further on their works, currently being presented at the ongoing Invisible Inventories exhibition. The exhibition, and other previous interventions like the Object Movement Dialogues, are part of the International Inventories Programme.
Read MoreOur very own Njoki Ngumi and Jim Chuchu were panelists at the Following The Trail discourse event alongside Alexis Th. Von Poser (deputy director of the Ethnological Museum and the Museum of Asian Art (Berlin), and Miranda Lowe (principal curator and scientist at the Natural History Museum in London).
Read MoreOur very own Jim Chuchu had an insightful conversation with the wonderful folks at Goethe-Institut Kenya for their podcast series, Decolonise The Internet! This is part of Goethe’s podcast series featuring experts in different professions who talk about how they and their fields are affected by AI.
Read MoreOur very own Njoki Ngumi will be in conversation with LIFT’s Artistic director and CEO Kris Nelson, exploring the future of arts and culture, Kenya’s cultural scene, what has been inspiring her current projects and much more!
Read MoreOur very own Njoki Ngumi and Jim Chuchu in collaboration with Chao Tayiana of African Digital Heritage, and independent curators Kahira Ngige and Rosie Olang will be taking part in the Unexpected Lessons Symposium co-hosted digitally by Nairobi and Berlin! Unexpected Lessons is a performative discursive event by Talking Objects Lab, a think tank, exhibition and event series that features video conversations, lectures, talks and discussions by different cultural curators, researchers and artists from around the world exploring the topic ‘Decolonizing Knowledge and Memory’.
Read MoreOur very own Dr. Akati Khasiani will be a panelist at the European Lab! The European lab is a programme running from June 8th to June 10th in Lyon, France, featuring debates and discussions around this year’s theme ‘The Battle of the Narratives’—handing over the microphone to a new generation of changemakers from across Europe and beyond.
Read MoreOur very own Jim Chuchu did an Instagram Live with our day one squad and collaborator, GALCK! GALCK is an umbrella body that works to provide safe and enabling spaces for LGBTQ+ persons in Kenya—doing incredible advocacy, community and strategy work at all levels
To close out our 3-part series of the online public conversations from our hybrid online Stroom Den Haag arts residency, Material Languages, our very own Sunny Dolat will be presenting his own project, Nanga! He will be exploring three elements: ritual textiles, contemporary African textiles, and sustainable textiles.
Read MoreWe are really excited our first run of Nandi Flame did so phenomenally well! Due to the overwhelming demand, we are thrilled to inform you that we have a second run of Nandi Flame now available for purchase at the Textile Loft.
Read MoreOur very own Njoki, Sunny and JP will be taking part in the 2021 edition of the Images Festival, exploring this year’s theme which is ‘Decentralization as a Practice of Freedom’. The festival runs from 20th to 26th May, and will include online conversations, social media interventions and digital publications.
Read MoreOur first series of 3 public online conversations from our hybrid online arts Stroom Den Haag residency, Material Languages, is with our very own Jim Chuchu. The online presentation will explore Jim’s Material Languages project ‘A Machine Dreams of African Print’, envisioning, through textiles and design, a future in which machines take on part of the labour of creative ideation.
Read MoreOur very own Jim Chuchu and Njoki Ngumi will be panelists at the Following The Trail discourse event alongside Alexis Th. Von Poser (deputy director of the Ethnological Museum and the Museum of Asian Art (Berlin), and Miranda Lowe (principal curator and scientist at the Natural History Museum in London).
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