AFRICAN MAXIMALISM

Finnisage and Magazine Launch, Friday 6th March, 7.00 p.m
chester house level 4

Hi, the next Psychosafari is visiting the Art Studio of the Massai Mbili Artists.
Meetingpoint: Prestige Nakumat, Ngong Road, Saturday 21st Feb 1 p.m.
Phonecontact: 0732248249
Nyama Choma and Drinks

Tuesday 7 p.m at Goethe Institute
Current policies and politics around urban public space & And what happens if the public space turns into a pitch for mobilisation?
How public is the public space? Indeed, what are we, as members of the public, permitted to do in these spaces? This question is both highly political and highly [...]

conversations will be held at goethe institute, excursions call: 0732248249 (return for updates)
saturday:
from occidental plaza to gipsys:
starting point: occidental plaza 21:30
end point: gipsy 24:00
two places, at least one many might know. there is a small indian restaurant, which exists only during night hours. during the day, there is not even an indicator
of its existance. [...]

Lukas Pusch about Vienna Voodoo-performance: “I wanted to show two worlds in one picture. The perspectives change. Capitalist Realism. Realities join together, when normally they would be separated by border fences and restricted areas. The inhabitants of the slum were happy when they saw me in a suit. They weren’t shocked. On the contrary, I [...]

The Nyayo Monument Photographers take portraits of people in the Central Park. There are approximately ten photographers that use this area as their studio, some have been working here for over twenty years. Clients collect their photos a few days after they are taken, although sometimes the photos are never picked up. These photos are [...]

Workshop exploring Public Space in Mombasa. For two weeks in June 2008 18 artists, half international and half local, explored, reacted to and interrogated the public space of Mombasa through various means. Work produced varied from performance, to public installations, to murals, to temporary interventions, to a music video, a song and a documentary.
The workshop [...]

The Partnership for Change is an open initiative of Mars Group Kenya and other like-minded organizations, Civil Society Agencies, NGO’s, Youth groups, Faith Based Organisations, Social Movements and grass roots
organization and Networks from all of the eight provinces of Kenya.
The mission of the Partnership for Change is to advance the strategic use of non-violent action [...]

Maasai Mbili Art Centre (M2) is a community based art group that was started in 2001, by two artists Otieno Gomba and Otieno Kota, who initially work as sign writers in Kibera.

Today Maasai Mbili has eight active members, and a group of six promising students/apspirant members closely connected to the core group. In 2003 M2 [...]