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The Nest Collective is a multidisciplinary collective living and working in Nairobi, Kenya.

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BLOSSOM: Our very own @zi.ggie and the lovely @callmedjiv will be performing at the Klub Karlstorbahnhof for the BLOSSOM event which is part of the @iffmh! Ziggie and IV will be performing alongside the German-based talented DJs JOEY LOU and OLIV fro
IFFMH: We are excited to share that we will be at the @iffmh showcasing a selection of our compelling shorts; ‘We Need Prayers,’ ‘Tuko Macho,’ ‘To Catch A Dream,’ our anthology film, ‘Stories of Our Lives,&rs
We have come to a bittersweet end of our outdoor art installation ‘Return To Sender’ journey at the @snfcc in Athens! Curated by @katerina.gregos, ‘Return To Sender’ opened at the SNFCC Esplanade on April 26, 2023, and was on
MORE THAN WORDS: Our long-awaited illustrated book of queer stories “More Than Words is now **available for purchase** at @papercafe.nbo! “More Than Words” is a collection of illustrated queer stories that brings together selected a
PODCAST: Our very own @sunnydolat had an insightful conversation with artist @jeremyhutchison and fashion historian @amberbutchart for series 3 of Amber’s podcast, #ClothCultures! Sunny and Jeremy discuss the installations “Return To Send

‘A Machine Dreams of African Print’: A Presentation by Jim Chuchu

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Our 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.

Jim will share the logic, process and outcomes of his use of Style Generative Adversarial Networks (StyleGANs) that resulted in the design and printing of four new textile prints. He will also discuss the different ways that emerging technologies such as machine learning and AI can be increasingly accessible to African artists, and much more!

Register for the event here, and join Jim on Zoom this Thursday, 20th May 2021, from 8PM EAT for this interesting presentation! You can find more about A Machine Dreams of African Print’ and the wider Material Languages project here.

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