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Apr 20

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Asamblea: Of Hearty Laughs, Compassion & The Best Gossip

Feb 06

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NOMA! An XR experience 2020

Artists using virtual reality

May 11

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New ideas to grow cinema in Kenya

The East African, 11 May 2019 ‘New ideas to grow cinema in Kenya’

May 06

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‘Bigger, better European Film Festival kicks off’

Daily Nation, 6 May 2019, ‘Bigger, better European Film Festival kicks off’

May 03

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The 28th European Film Festival: European and Kenyan Films

Africa News, 3 May 2019, ‘The 28th European Film Festival: European and Kenyan Films, Masterclasses, Community Screenings & more from 4 to 26 May 2019.

Apr 25

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African Nouveau 2019

A diverse line-up and a host exciting activities have been announced for the third edition of Africa Nouveau Festival at Ngong Racecourse in Nairobi, Kenya, from 8 to 10 March.

Mar 28

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Mashariki African Film Festival 2019

As part of the European Film Festival, a hackathon on making films in Virtual Reality was held at the Huipalas Creatives Centre in Kariobangi, Nairobi, on May 6, while other sessions of the VR will be held at the Creatives Garage.

May 20

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Close 2018

Kauru Contemporary African Art presents ‘Close’ a contemporary art exhibition at the Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG), which will run from 24 May – 24 June 2018. ‘Close’ features works by 11 accomplished established and emerging artists from the African diaspora. Kauru Contemporary African Art continues to promote cultural diversity and stimulate discourse about issues affecting the continent using contemporary visual arts.

Apr 07

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Indulgence Goethe Institut 2018

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.

Oct 25

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Remote, Goethe Institut 2017

The Yearning of the Dispossessed Our social constructs, created to protect us and organize societies, have failed us. Our rules and laws have entrapped us. We have been dislocated from our environment and estranged from ourselves. Those inclined toward observation and introspection often attempt to deconstruct existing social constructs. Contemplating the fabric of existence, they deal in the currency of purpose and truth. Repelled by capitalism and the governments that revere it, they envision the alternatives. There is an aching in them. It is unyielding. It is a quest for something more meaningful than the social codes that we blindly consume. But, what is this something? Curated by Zihan Kassam