News and updates from the Nest Collective.
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Huge congratulations to our very own Sunny Dolat for a gloriously successful opening of the Africa Fashion Exhibition at the V&A Museum in London! Sunny was a core part of the exhibition’s curatorial team, where he contributed his ideas, selections, networks, research, writing, strategy, and reflections to the exhibition, not to mention the film “In Their Finest Robes The Children Shall Return”, and excerpts from his short Looku.
Read MoreWe were so thrilled to travel to London to attend the 2022 LIFT Festival to premiere our documentary film series, The Feminine and The Foreign! LIFT is a bi-annual London festival that showcases excellent, thought-provoking performances in film and theatre.
Read MoreIn partnership with SOAS University of London and LIFT (the London International Festival of Theatre), we are thrilled to be exploring current engagement with pan-Africanisms across seas and borders through a series of inquiries called the "Kitchen Conversations". With the LIFT festival last week, the F + F London co-directors Njoki Ngumi and Mars Maasai hosted a 2-night series of salon-style conversations in Lewisham, London, that convened a multigenerational gathering of artists, culture makers, academics and community members who were Black and/or of immigrant origin.
Read MoreIn partnership with the wonderful folks at LIFT and Lewisham, we are excited to be hosting a party ‘Nairobi x Local’ alongside LOCAL, to celebrate the premiere of our documentary film, ‘The Feminine and The Foreign’ this July! Nairobi x Local will be presenting blazing music from our very own DJ, JP, South London Talented DJs; Lil C, Ayebaitari and James Massiaih, Tarot reading, happy hour cocktails and so much dancing!
Read MoreWe are thrilled to be presenting our artwork installation ‘Return To Sender’ this June at 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.
Read MoreWe are thrilled to announce the opening of the Book Bunk ‘Missing Bits’ exhibition project, which we partnered with them on! We have prepared two main offerings for the exhibition. We curated selections from various English and Kiswahili newspaper archives which were being kept by the library from the years 1963, 1973 and 1983. We were interested in how media pieces then echo current knowledge that we have now, or even add unexpected insights, thus start new and interesting conversations regarding social, cultural and political issues comparing Kenya now and Kenya back then.
Read MoreWe are thrilled to share that we will FINALLY be at the 2022 LIFT Festival this June, after all our grand 2020 plans evaporated into the COVID-19 pandemic-borne chaos…! We’re honoured to finally premier our documentary film series, The Feminine and The Foreign (F+F).
Read MoreOur very own Sunny Dolat was featured in TL Magazine’s article ‘Common Threads - Contemporary African Fashion’! In the article, Sunny talks about the challenges faced due to paucity of textile manufacturing facilities on the African continent. He also discusses his recent work, ‘Nanga’, that seeks to combine local sustainable practices with contemporary ideas and innovations, and his hopes for the future of Africa’s fashion industry.
Read MoreHuge congratulations to our very own Sunny Dolat for being one of a team of arts luminaries behind the Victoria and Albert’s (VA) Africa Fashion Exhibition, in his own capacity as a visionary fashion creative! Sunny, alongside Imane Ayissi, IAMISIGO, Moshions, Thebe Magugu and Sindiso Khumalo, contributed his beautiful thoughts and insights to this exhibition, which will be celebrating the art and innovation of African histories and cultures in fashion.
Read MoreThe Visual Identities in Art and Design’s (VIAD) Reading The Moment webinar session titled ‘So Much ‘Africa’ Photography, So Few African Photographers’ that featured an insightful conversation with our very own Jim Chuchu, alongside Olfa Feki (independent curator), Lekgetho Makola of Javett Art Centre, and Marwa Abou Leila of Photopia Cairo is now available to watch on their YouTube channel!
Read MoreOur feature film The More Things Change will be up on Youtube for all to watch from today! We are so grateful for all the love from everyone who caught its premiere at the NBO Film Fest this last weekend!
Read MoreOur very own Akati Khasiani, Noel Kasyoka and Mars Maasai had an amazing conversation with the wonderful folks at NBO Film Festival this last weekend!
