remains, waste and metonymy

Remains, Waste and Metonymy, Oct. 24 2015 @ British Institute in Eastern Africa

remains, waste and metonymyBy approaching stuff as incomplete and emergent, Remains, Waste and Metonymy offers critical scrutiny to the assumed finality, stability and comfort of ‘objects’, ‘persons’ and ‘landscapes’. Always ‘in the making’ remains and waste often appear like unfinished biographies, stories and narrations that promise but rarely deliver entirely coherent meanings, bounded entities and stable wholes. Evoking presence rather than offering meaning (more metonymic than metaphorical) this indeterminacy is creatively explored to reveal the excessive multiplicities of time, substance and space.

The interventions presented are works-in-progress that explore new avenues of collaboration between artists and scholars around these themes of waste, remains and metonymy.

Featuring performances and pieces by:

Syowia Kyambi
Joost Fontein with Fawaz Elsaid and Mandela Samuel
Sam Derbyshire
Jackie Karuti
John Harries
Neo Sinoxolo Musangi
Annie Pfingst
Connie Smith
Sam Hopkins and Simon Rittmeier
Meshack Oiro

With thanks to National Museums of Kenya; Goethe Institute, Nairobi; Professor Stephanie Newell (Yale University)

Timothy Brooke

Exhibition: Genesis by Timothy Brooke, Oct. 24 – Nov. 24 2015 @ One Off Contemporary Gallery

Timothy Brooke
PRIVATE VIEW
Date: Saturday, 24 October 2015
Time: Noon to 5pm

OPEN
Dates: October 25 – November 24, 2015
Venue: One Off Contemporary Gallery

About
Timothy Brooke is considered one of the region’s most established painters and each of his exhibitions is eagerly anticipated by both collectors and fellow artists alike. The latest exhibition titled ‘Genesis’, contains some vintage Timothy Brooke subject matter; Mt Kenya, wildlife, livestock, beautiful depictions of the diverse people of the region and Aloe flowers. It will also feature a supremely stunning painting of Elephants. As always Timothy documents what has been around for thousands of years but what we stand to lose in a couple of decades.

Peter Hetz, Executive Director of Laikipia Wildlife Forum, has kindly consented to open the exhibition.

More on the Timothy Brooke exhibition

Dancing around the World

Dancing Around The World – Nairobi, Workshop with Nejla Yatkin, Oct. 21-27 2015 & Performance Oct. 29 2015 @ the GoDown Arts Centre

Dancing around the World
Workshop Intensive with Nejla Yatkin– What moves Nairobi?
Join Nejla Yatkin to explore both intimately and broadly the interaction of people, movement and the environment through dance and movement.

Welcome to workshops by Nejla Yatkin from 21st to 27th October. From 9:30 to 1:30.
Everyday apart from Sunday
Venue: GoDown Arts Centre
Charges: Free

Performance
Date: October 29, 2015
Venue: GoDown Arts Centre
Time: 6.30 pm
Entry: Free