Date: Wednesday, June 6, 2018
Venue: Goethe Institut Nairobi
Time: from7 pm
Entry: KES 500/-
Exhibition: Fragile by Wolfgang Tillmans, Apr. 11 – May 11 2018 @ the GoDown Arts Centre & Circle Art
Venue(s): the GoDown Arts Centre & Circle Art
About
The work of Wolfgang Tillmans occupies a prominent position in the contemporary art world. Ever since his first exhibitions and publications in the early 1990s Tillmans’ artistic approaches have continually developed. He is constantly redefining photography both as an image and as a material artefact, be it in the museum space or as an object on the printed page. His work is based on his never-ceasing curiosity, his intensive research in preparation, and a constant testing and advancing of the medium and its technical and aesthetic potential. His visual language derives from precise observation that reveals a deeply human approach to the complexity of the world. Familiarity, empathy, friendship, and intimacy are all visible and tangible in his pictures.Tillmans’ approach can be seen as an appeal for freedom and an invitation to meet the other fearlessly and with open-minded curiosity. For Tillmans, acceptance of the fragility that determines us as individuals and that plays into our relations with each other is not a weakness – it is a great strength. Mistakes, ruptures and fragility are frequently impulses that lead to the development of new processes. They indicate the imperfection of our lives and yet also open up surprising perspectives on their material nature.
Fragile provides a comprehensive overview of the many-facetted and different forms of artistic expression in the work of Wolfgang Tillmans, from large-scale prints to sculptural objects, video projections, and music, to his curatorial work in making the exhibition. This selection for this ifa-touring exhibition comprises more than 200 works from 1986 to 2017. It includes framed and unframed photographs in various formats, and also his table installation truth study center, video works and numerous publication projects. Like all of Wolfgang Tillmans’ exhibitions, each venue of the tour will use an installation that reacts to the specifics of the exhibition space and its architecture and environment.
#TillmansNairobi is an exhibition by Institut für Auslandsbeziehungen (ifa), in cooperation with Goethe-Institut Nairobi.
Exhibition Opening:
Wednesday, 11 April 2018, 6.30 PM, at the GoDown Arts Centre.Opening Hours
12/04/2018 – 11/05/2018
MONDAY – FRIDAY: 10.00 AM – 5.00 PM
SATURDAY: 12.00 AM – 5.00 PMat GoDown Arts Centre and Circle Art Gallery.
Admission is free!
Exhibition: Indulgence Curated by Violet Nantume & Nyambura M. Waruingi, Apr. 6-24 2018 @ Goethe Institut Nairobi
Opening: April 5, 2018
Venue: Goethe Institut Nairobi
Time: 6-9 pm
Until April 24, 2018
About
The exhibition Indulgence, curated by Violet Nantume and Nyambura M. Waruingi, is the third iteration in a series of conversations that had begun in 2015 and led to the exhibition Eroticism and Intimacy: Face, Places, and Paths at Under Ground Contemporary Art Space in Kampala in 2016. Now, Indulgence takes the artists and curators from Kenya and Uganda out of their comfort zones, building on our interpretations of genders, sexualities, and pleasures in their particular artistic expressions. It seeks to illuminate the relationship between art and its ability to interrogate, using local knowledges, and reflecting on issues affecting Sexual Orientation & Gender Identity (SOGI). Regionally and artistically diverse, the participating artists have been investigating genders, sexualities, and pleasures in their own locality drawing from their experiences to inform their artistic practice.The exhibition will be broadened by several events: the exhibition opening on 5th April 2018, several walkabouts with the curator and an artist’s talk in conversation with Awuor Onyango on 19th April 2018. The exhibition will travel to Johannesburg, South Africa later this year, supported by !Kauru Contemporary Art From Africa.
Artist Talk:
19/04/2018, 7.00 PMOpening Hours Exhibition:
06/04/2018 – 24/04/2018
Monday – Friday: 1.00 AM – 6.00 PM
Saturday: 10.00 AM – 3.00 PMAdmission is free!
Find more information, here.
Women in Music Concert Series ft. Labdi, Serro & Atemi, Mar. 21 2018 @ Goethe Institut – Nairobi
Date: March 21, 2018
Venue: Goethe Institut – Nairobi
Time: from 7 pm
Entry: KES 500/-
Kenyan-German Author Exchange: Nora Bossong & Yvonne Owuor, Mar. 16 2018 @ Goethe Institut – Nairobi
Date: March 16, 2018
Venue: Goethe Institut – Nairobi
Time: 6-8 pm
Entry: Free
Reading
Nora Bossong and Yvonne Owuor are both internationally acclaimed writers. Bossong’s works are available for in our e-library (free registration on our website: https://www.goethe.de/ins/ke/en/kul/bib/onl.html) while Owuor’s can be borrowed from our physical library.Nora Bossong is a German writer. She was the 2001 Fellow of the first Wolfenbüttel literature laboratory. She studied literature at the German Institute for Literature, as well as cultural studies, philosophy and comparative literature at the Humboldt University of Berlin, the University of Potsdam, and the Sapienza University of Rome. Her poetry and prose have been published in individual newspapers, anthologies and literary journals. In 2006, she published her debut novel.
Nora Bossong lives in Berlin and has written several fact and fiction books and won several numerous awards.
Source: Wikipedia.Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor is a Kenyan writer, who won the 2003 Caine Prize for African Writing for her story “Weight of Whispers”, which considers an aristocratic Rwandan refugee in Kenya. In 2004, she won the Woman of the year (Arts, Heritage category) for her contributions to the arts in Kenya. In September 2015, her critically acclaimed book Dust was not only shortlisted for the Folio Prize, but also won Kenya’s pre-eminent literary prize, the Jomo Kenyatta Prize for Literature.
Born in Nairobi, Owuor studied English at Kenyatta University, before taking an MA in TV/Video development at Reading University. She obtained an MPhil, Creative Writing from the University of Queensland, Australia.
Source: Wikipedia.Admission is free!
Find more information, here.
Discussion, Information Fair & Film Screening: On International Migrants Day, Dec. 18 2017 @ Goethe Institut – Nairobi
Through the Better Migration Management Programme, GIZ (the German Agency for International Cooperation) is planning an event in cooperation with the International Organization for Migration.
The aim of this event is to showcase opportunities for Kenyan youth to legally study and work abroad.
Date: December 18, 2017
Venue: Goethe Institute
Time: 2pm to 5:30 pm
The event consists of a panel discussion, an information fair and a film screening and is free of charge.
Also, register your assistance by filling in this survey (on Survey Monkey) about the event.
Discussion: Art Critic Forum – Art Writing, Oct. 28 2016 @ Goethe-Institut Nairobi
Date: Friday, October 28, 2016
Venue: Goethe-Institut Nairobi
Time: 6-8 PM
Admission: free
About
The Art Critic Forum’s 4th edition focuses on Art Writing.A keynote will be presented by Thom Ogonga and a response by Millicent Muthoni. The session will be moderated by Dr. Mshai Mwangola.
Book Launch: UNsilenced by Rasna Warah, Oct. 26 2016 @ Goethe Institut Auditorium
Date: Wednesday, October 26, 2016
Venue: Goethe-Institut Nairobi
Time: 6-8 PM
Admission: free
About
Unmasking the United Nation’s Culture of Cover-ups, Corruption and Impunity. By Rasna Warah.In a world experiencing increasing conflicts, terrorism and displacement, many people are wondering what the United Nations – the organisation established in 1945 to save future generations from the scourge of war – should do or could have done to prevent the disasters from escalating.
UNsilenced shows that contrary to expectation, the UN has remained a bystander in many of the conflicts and most peace-building efforts have failed miserably. UNsilenced describes how whistleblowers have been denied justice within the UN system and how the immunity accorded to UN officials, combined with other malpractices within the organisation, allows injustice to flourish.
The book will be discussed by John Githongo, Billy Kahora, Kwamchetsi Makokha and the author Rasna Warah.
Conversations with African Writers: Khainga O’Okwemba in Conversation with Hilda Twongyeirwe & Elizabeth Kabui, Oct. 21 2016 @ Goethe-Institut Nairobi
Date: Friday, October 21 2016
Venue: Goethe-Institut Nairobi
Time: 6:00 – 8:00 PM
Admission: free
About
In this session, Khainga O’Okwemba (President, PEN Kenya) will be in conversation with the founder of FEMRITE, Hilda Twongyeirwe and Kenya’s award-winning writer Elizabeth Kabui (winner of the Burt Award, 2014).
The Art Critic Forum: Focusing on Photography, Jul. 22 2016 @ Goethe Institut Auditorium
Dates: July 22, 2016
Venue: Goethe Institut Auditorium
Time: 6 pm
Entry: Free
About
The Art Critic Forum aims at supporting and enhancing the conversation about art in Kenya. At times where there is no formal arts education in public educational establishments, even artists sometimes struggle articulating their work.
The Art Critic Forum’s 3rd edition focuses on Photography and will feature three artists who are going to present their work to a panel consisting of local and international art critics.
Our selected panelists in the hot seat:
MIMI CHERONO NG’OK
JAMES MURIUKI
PAUL KARIUKI MUNENE
The panel will be moderated by Thom Ogonga. Admission is free!