Session #2 focusses on the intersection of landscape an memory and nature as an archive. Chai Tayiana Maina's input is about the origins of place names in Kenya, the poet hn. lyonga reads his poem "Memories of Trees", Neo Musangi talks about dealing with the Nairobi National Park in her lecture… Read more
Video Documentation of Session #1: Harriet Chebet Ng’ok, Njoki Ngumi & Patrick Maundu. TALKING OBJECTS LAB @Goethe Morph* Iceland. The three-day performative conference UNEXPECTED LESSONS #2 took place as part of the festival Goethe Morph* Iceland at Nordic House in Reykjavik on September 13th -… Read more
Patrick Muandu spoke on the occasion of the workshop ANTI-COLONIAL APPROACHES TO NATURE in Nairobi: a one-day workshop on 15 July 2022 on "Decolonizing Nature" with 15 experts from various fields, discussing about agriculture, food and related health systems, seed archives, climate change and… Read more
Interview with Ann Moraa of LAM Sisterhood on the occasion of the workshop ANTI-COLONIAL APPROACHES TO NATURE in Nairobi: one-day workshop on 15 July 2022 on "Decolonizing Nature" with 15 experts from various fields, discussing about agriculture, food and related health systems, seed archives,… Read more
What knowledge is hidden in objects? What memories are archived in them? What do they have to tell us and how do we make them speak? Read more
What knowledge is hidden in objects? What memories are archived in them? What do they have to tell us and how do we make them speak? Read more
TALKING OBJECTS LAB @Dakar. Discussion and Opening – Presentation by artist Viyé Diba within his residence at the Museum Théodore Monod. 4 December 2021, 17-19 h, Museum Théodore Monod in Dakar, Senegal. Read more
The video work »... these practices are done in sharing her stories« by Gladys Kalichini looks at the rituals of cleansing and caring. Read more
Discussion, Artistic Contributions and Music – Digital event in cooperation with 1014 – space for ideas, New York City (In English) on Dec 17, 21. Video recording see below. Read more
Talking Objects showed Tabita Rezaire’s brilliant video essay »Deep Down Tidal« (2017) in the context of the online event »Mapping Academia/The Pathways of Healing and Caring« in cooperation with 1014 New York on Dec 17, 2022. We are happy to screen it online (see below). Read more