Date: May 2, 2013
Venue: Kuona Trust
Time: 1900 Hrs
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Exhibition: by Lawrence ‘Shabu’ Mwangi, Apr. 25-May 24 2013 @ Le Rustique Restaurant
Art Nairobi and Le Rustique are pleased to welcome ‘Shabu’ Mwangi 2nd solo exhibition.
Dates: 25th Apr-24th May 2013
Venue: Le Rustique
Born in 1985, the artist lives in Mukuru slum. Deeply rooted in his community, Shabu has always been working as an activist and artist, he is the co-funder of Wajukuu art center and is a member of Art2Be, an organization improving the lives of marginalized groups using artistic and therapeutic methods.
Most of Mwangi’s works are moments, which passed without any acknowledgement from within the system and in public view.
It is his reaction on behalf of the minority who exist in the absence of the majority.
Shabu Mwangi gives us a tale of the inside, a broken silence where the faces and the bodies do not need any narrative interpretation. The beauty and the importance of these works proceed from a personal experience and from fundamental emotion, these are shades of light and dark. Like an incessant path between strength, weakness and pain, these works put us in the place of the artist and the viewer, a constant reminder that questions related to our existence are fundamental.
Gospel Karaoke Night, May 4 2013 @ Timers Restaurant – Kenyatta Avenue
Date: May 4, 2013
Venue: Timers Restaurant (Opposite GPO), Kenyatta Avenue
Time: From 7 p.m. till Midnight.
Charges: Kshs. 200
Featured Artist: Kambua
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Conversation with Vukasin Petrovic of Freedom House & Otpor! Apr. 24 2013 @ Pawa254 Hub
Date: April 24, 2013
Venue: Pawa 254 Hub
Time: 5-7:30 pm
Vukasin Petrovic is director of programs for sub-Saharan Africa, the largest and most wide-ranging regional portfolio at Freedom House, an independent watchdog organisation “dedicated to the expansion of freedom around the world.” He oversees cutting-edge programs that focus on voter and civic mobilization, accountability and good governance, support to human rights defenders, and the professionalisation of civil society.
Mr. Petrovic was a prominent student leader in Belgrade, Serbia, during the 1990s. He was a founding member of Otpor! (English: Resistance!), a civic youth movement in Serbia employing nonviolent struggle against the regime of Slobodan Milošević. Otpor! successfully overthrew the dictator in 2000. These efforts were profiled in “How to Start a Revolution”, an independent film that documents nonviolent resistance movements and Dr. Gene Sharp.
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Exhibition: The Pigs of Thika Town, Apr. 28-May 22, 2013 @ One Off Contemporary Gallery
Exhibition by Peter Ngugi
Opening: April 28, 2013
Venue: One Off Gallery
Time: 11am – 5 pm
Dates: Until May 22, 2013
Thika is also popular for its delicious grilled pork popularly known as ‘pork choma’. Travelers using Thika Road stop over at the town for this delicacy. There are numerous butcheries in the town selling both uncooked and ready to eat spare ribs. Thika is also a very clean town. Pigs are reared in farms outside the town, they are then slaughtered and brought in as meat. THE ONLY PIGS YOU WILL FIND IN THIKA TOWN ARE DEAD ONES !
This exhibition is not about pigs, it is about people. It is about our society, our politics, the economy. It is about morality and the lack of it, it is about greed and filth and disregard of the rule of law. Impunity and the ‘you should know people ‘attitude. It is about corruption and the selfishness in our society. And most of all, it is about INTELLIGENCE, which surprisingly pigs have!
Just like my town and indeed the country as a whole, my work is in constant change as I seek new ways and techniques of expression. Big crowds of people gathering together for a common goal are reminiscent of the big lines we experienced on March 4th when we voted. Patterns and repeat motifs signify the trend in our politics. A campaign poster with ridiculous manifestoes and promises. A trend in society where men display military style organisation when it comes to their favourite soccer team or their drink. Trends which the international media might regrettably mistake for violence. Hence the need to distinguish between the real and the counterfeit, from the vicious looking crocodiles imported from China and the fish hanging dead in a hangman’s noose to the pig prints on the blankets of Fulilia Hotel, each piece is connected to the other in one way or another. THE PIGS OF THIKA TOWN serve as the start of a new direction in my work.
GoDown Gig: Performances by Mutinda, Amileena & Murfy’s Flaw, Apr. 27 2013 @ GoDown Arts Centre
Date: April 27, 2013
Venue: GoDown Arts Centre, Industrial Area
Time: 2.30 pm
Entry: Free
Live Performances by: Mutinda, Amileena & Murfy’s flaw
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Singers Of United Lands Concert [SOUL 2013], Apr. 28 2013 @ Braeburn Theatre
Date: April 28, 2013
Venue: Braeburn Theatre
Time: 3 pm
Tickets: Kshs 300 (children and students) Ksh. 500 (Adults)
Free for all Workshop Participants in SOUL Kenya 2012 and SOUL Kenya 2013
Literature Forum: Amka Space – Guest Muthoni Likimani, Apr. 27 2013 @ Goethe-Institut Library
Date & Time: Saturday, 27th April 2013, 10.00 – 1 pm
Venue: Goethe-Institut Library
Entry: Free
The Literature Forum brings together upcoming women writers and literary critics to share and discuss stories, poems and current literary trends with the aim of enhancing their creativity. The forum provides a space to listen to the voices of established and budding female writers – voices of women with a passion for literary adventure.
AMKA and the Goethe-Institut organise the monthly readings in the library of the Goethe-Institut every last Saturday of the month.
Participation in the forum is open to both men and women.
During this month’s session, the veteran writer, journalist and publisher, Muthoni Likimani, will be the guest-speaker.