Our very own Akati Khasiani, Noel Kasyoka and Mars Maasai had an amazing conversation with the wonderful folks at NBO Film Festival this last weekend!
The Nest Collective is a multidisciplinary collective living and working in Nairobi, Kenya.
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Our very own Njoki Ngumi was (finally, after the first conversation unfortunately didn’t work out!) in conversation with LIFT’s Artistic director and CEO Kris Nelson! This conversation will close out LIFT’s #PlansForTheFuture, a series of live conversations that have featured some really amazing people from all over the world who are working in the arts and culture.
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Our very own Sunny Dolat had a great conversation recently with Mike Misaki of Tangaza Magazine! Sunny talks about his time in quarantine during the COVID pandemic. He also tells us about the many evolving roles he continues to play in the fashion industry, the inspiration behind his artistic work, (including his work with us!) and his insightful reflections on the future of African fashion.
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Our very own Sunny Dolat was in a panel conversation with Niamh Tuft, the global network manager of Fashion Revolution UK, discussing the work of the Kenya chapter in sustainable fashion in the African context. Moderated by Wangari Nyanjui, founder of African lifestyle brand Peperuka and country coordinator of the Kenya chapter, Niamh and Sunny discussed Fashion Revolution’s 2019 impact report, which expounded on challenges the fashion industry faces, and the process of creating mass products that can speak to local needs.
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Our very own Sunny Dolat had an engaging interview with Lisa White of WGSN Insider, during the Design Indaba event in Capetown in February about the future of fashion in Africa. Sunny, together with Nisha Kanabar, the CEO and founder of Industrie Africa, spoke about their paths in working with African design and designers, and evolving global ideas on what Africa’s designs look like:
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Our very own Dr. Njoki Ngumi will be participating in the launch of the Open Restitution Africa Project! She’ll be taking part in their first webinar, discussing: the ways we can get involved in restitution as a community; our participation in the International Inventories Programme as the Nest Collective; and museum values and processes, from an outsider’s point of view.
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Our very own Dr. Njoki Ngumi will be doing a weekend Instagram takeover over the next two days (Saturday 22nd and Sunday 23rd August 2020) on the page of our dear friends, the folks at the Conflictorium! The Conflictorium is a vanguard participatory museum situated in the city of Ahmedabad, India. Their work centers a deep and multidimensional understanding of conflict, and engaging culture and the arts in mapping and understanding of temporary and permanent grey areas.
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Our very own Jim Chuchu had a lovely, insightful conversation with the Sticks and Stones squad, in which they baptised him a Multidisciplinary Warrior (we love this name <3!) for Chart-a-box, their podcast series on Kenyan creatives. They discussed his creative journey through music, film, photography and activism for the last 10+ years,
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Can we transform the ways we teach, value and practice design? In Decolonising Design, What Design Can Do's co-founder and creative director, Richard van der Laken, hosts a roundtable with creatives Anoushka Khandwala (UK) and the Nest Collective’s Sunny Dolat (Kenya), to unpack how colonialism has shaped the way we teach, value and practice design.
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We were pleasantly surprised to see our VR short Let This Be A Warning - featured on CNN's somewhat over-the-top list of African Innovations that could change the world.
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