AFRICAN MAXIMALISM

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 [...]

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 [...]

SLUM-TV is based in Mathare, a slum of 500,000 people in Nairobi. We produce and distribute local, grassroots audio-visual material. The form of the material ranges from documentary features produced by local citizen journalists, to drama and comedies produced by youth drama groups. The content however, is focussed on the local context, dealing with local [...]

Cultural Video Foundation – CVF is an international non governmental organisation based in Nairobi specialised in Multimedia for Development and Participatory Videos. CVF has worked all over East Africa and has a strong experience in the field of education, participatory action research and public art.
www.culturalvideo.org
www.youtube.com/culturalvideo
CVF Maskani project
“What is the street culture? And what is the [...]

Ukoo Flani (Upendo Kwote Olewenu Ombeni Funzo La Aliyettumba Njia Iwepo: love everywhere all who seek teachings of the Creator; there is a way) is a combination of diverse talents which was founded in the Coastal town of Mombasa, Kenya in 1996.
Ukoo Flani has been described as a revolutionary hip-hop movement led by thirteen [...]