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KUONA TRUST Center for Visual Arts in Nairobi, A Embaixada do Reino Unido e da Holanda em Nairobi, apresentam o trabalho final do artista Moçambicano, Mário Macilau, que está em residência artística no Kenya.

Estamos vivendo um momento histórico de agravamento dos sérios problemas ambientais no mundo. As diversas pesquisas divulgadas nos últimos anos comprovam que a relação do homem com a natureza tem sido extremamente predatória, nos levando a uma crise ecológica nunca vista antes, que além de afectar a dinâmica dos ecossistemas em todo o mundo, coloca em risco a própria manutenção da vida humana na Terra.

LIVING ON THE EDGE OF THE WORLD é uma exposição individual do fotografo e videasta Mário Macilau que integra fotografias em grande formato sobre afalha humana em relação ao tratamento do meio ambiente. A exposição será também composta por uma instalação adaptada que abrange novos vídeos e som ambiente gravados em Nairobi.

Untitled Study, 2011

Peterson Kamwathi Waweru, born 1980 in Nairobi, has occupied himself for a long time with symbols and their meaning. In the exhibition he shows current drawings, woodcarving and graffiti, negotiating the historical, social and psychological mechanisms of conditioning and manipulation not only in his own society.

There is also a new publication - a cooperation with the Goethe-Institut and Verlag fuer Moderne Kunst Nürnberg, edited by J. Hossfeld and U. Vierke.

Exhibition from 27.11.11 to 04.03.12

Iwalewa-Haus, University of Bayreuth, Germany

Not in the title / photocollage 2011

Sam Hopkins´ installation „Not in the title“ is inspired by Nigerian and Ghanaian horror movies from the collection of the Iwalewa-Haus. A selection of these movies is shown in the original version mixed with manipulated sequences that are integrated digitally. The installation asks about authenticity and searches for the reception of global artworks in a local context.

Sam Hopkins lives in Nairobi (Kenya). His art is concerned with public space and interactivity. Examples are the media collective Slum TV and Urban Mirror Nairobi.

Exhibition from 27-11-11 / 04-03-12

Iwalewa-Haus, University of Bayreuth, Germany

Closing Date 20^th march 2011 . Applications received after this date will not be considered. Please allow plenty of time if you are posting from overseas.  

From 14^st – 28^th August 2011, Kuona Trust Centre for Visual Arts will be holding it’s 11^th International Artists’ Workshop and are inviting applications from visual artists and art writers working in all disciplines.Wasanii International Arists’ Workshop is part of the larger Triangle Network workshops and this year’s theme is “In Conversation”. The emphasis this year is on discussion, dialogue and debate, though artists will not be discouraged from making art, the goal of this workshop is to encourage conversation around artists’ practice and to document this artistic exchange across cultures.

The two-week workshop will bring together a group of artists and writers working in various disciplines to share ideas, experiences inspired by the context, discourse and the opportunity to work alongside other artists.

CLOSING DATE 20^TH MARCH 2011

Applications received after this date will not be considered.  Please allow plenty of time if you are posting from overseas.

From 14^st – 28^th August 2011, Kuona Trust Centre for Visual Arts will be holding it’s 11^th International Artists’ Workshop and are inviting applications from visual artists and art writers working in all disciplines.

Wasanii International Arists’ Workshop is part of the larger Triangle Network workshops and this year’s theme is “In Conversation”. The emphasis this year is on discussion, dialogue and debate, though artists will not be discouraged from making art, the goal of this workshop is to encourage conversation around artists’ practice and to document this artistic exchange across cultures.

The two-week workshop will bring together a group of artists and writers working in various disciplines to share ideas, experiences inspired by the context, discourse and the opportunity to work alongside other artists.

Approximately 20 artists will participate; half from Kenya and the rest from other countries in Africa and further a field. During the workshop participants will be expected to present their work to each other and to the public. The workshop will end with an Open Day, when the public will join the artists in celebrating the outcome of the two weeks.  The workshop will be documented for a short film.

Kuona will provide the successful applicants with full lodging and food, working space, local transportation and a small material stipend. 
International artists must find funding for their airfares and visas.  Artists from Africa will be expected to apply to www.artmovesafrica.org for travel funds. Kuona will assist as much as possible to facilitate these applications.