News and updates from the Nest Collective.
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We are so excited to finally present our feature film The More Things Change at the NBO Film Festival! The More Things Change (TMTC) is a slow-burn thriller that explores the personal and community cost of political resistance from three different perspectives, set in three different time periods in Kenya.
Read MoreWe are excited to share that ‘Tapi!, our 2020 short film project, will be screening at the NBO Film Festival as part of the Shorts Program! “Tapi!” is about a formative moment in the life of a young ritual healer, Jackson, one of the last surviving practitioners of a fictional healing ritual, “utapishi”. He faces off with local church movements who are determined to erase this practice one and for all, alongside its complex history and context.
Read MoreOur very own Jim Chuchu will be a panelist for the Visual Identities in Art and Design’s (VIAD) Reading The Moment session titled ‘So Much ‘Africa’ Photography, So Few African Photographers’. He's speaking alongside Olfa Feki (independent curator), Lekgetho Makola of Javett Art Centre, and Marwa Abou Leila of Photopia Cairo!
We are taking a moment to rest! From this coming Monday 25th October 2021 to Friday 29th November 2021, we will be taking an institutional break to slow down and recharge.
Read MoreWe are so excited to announce that we have been selected as one of 53 artist groups for Documenta 15! Documenta is a world renowned quinquennial contemporary art exhibition that takes place in Kassel, Germany, and features artists from all continents whose work has had a significant influence on modern art. Documenta 15 is being curated by Jakarta-based collective ruangrupa, an Indonesian collective of artists and creatives, supported by the Documenta 15 Artistic Team.
Read MoreWe have come to a bittersweet end of our 2020/21 hybrid arts residency “Our House, Your Home”, hosted by Dutch art centre, gallery and maker-space, Stroom Den Haag. Over the past year, we have been in an online collaboration with the Stroom team, led by the extremely insightful and resourceful artist, teacher and cultural practitioner Ludmila Rodrigues, to develop our exploration Material Languages.
Read MoreOur very own Njoki Ngumi and Jim Chuchu were panelists at the 8th edition of IIP’s Object Movement Dialogues, alongside SHIFT Collective members Simon Rittmeier and Sam Hopkins, and Nigerian art historian, academic and visual artist Professor Peju Lawiyola. This conversation was part of the Invisible Inventories exhibition closing event at the Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum in Cologne.
Read MoreThe long awaited trailer of our upcoming feature film, ‘The More Things Change', is out now! The slow-burn thriller explores what happens when an ordinary girl takes on powerful adversaries as she fights for change, through different eras in Kenyan history.
Read MoreThe International Inventories Programme database is now, finally, online for the public to see! Over the last two years, the IIP team has been in contact with cultural and educational institutions from all over the world, trying to both locate and collect data on Kenyan cultural objects that were taken out of Kenya during pre- and post-colonial times to other countries in various ways.
Read MoreAt the end of 2020, we were grateful to curate and present this online audiovisual art festival. DASH featured great conversations, performances, soundclashes and DJ mixes from artists, including Bensoul, Xenia Manasseh, DJ IV, Chris Kaiga, Tim Rimbui and more! We continue to appreciate and are very grateful for the wonderful response we have been getting from the videos!
Read MoreOur very own Njoki Ngumi and Jim Chuchu had a conversation for the Journal der Kunste 15 this past month, where they discussed the returning of the 27 objects to Benin and Senegal; the unequal power dynamics surrounding that return, their lessons learnt on the International Inventories Programme, and their hopes for object return in the coming future.
Read MoreEarlier this year, we announced that our very own Jim Chuchu was selected as one of 20 TED Fellows this year. As part of the program, the fellows, all from numerous sectors and disciplines, share insights from their learning and work through a TED talk.
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