In which we gas up the homies and ourselves; share recent developments on the scene; invite new friends to see art with us; and ask ourselves, "what are retrospectives, if not bags persevering?"Show notesRobel Temesgen (website)Lingen Art Pr

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Mar 11th, 2022 53s

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Series Roundup - Some Notes on Art Writing

Apr 24th, 2020 31m 32s

In this final instalment of our series on art writing, we highlight some insights that gleaned during the making of this series. We also raise some questions and concerns of our own, which we'll carry with us into our future engagements with ar

Building Context: What We Think About When We Write About Contemporary Art (feat. Syowia Kyambi and Wanini Kimemiah)

Apr 17th, 2020 1h 1m

Corpus speaks to Nairobi-based artists Syowia Kyambi and Wanini Kimemiah about the place of art writing in their individual artistic practices, and as part of a larger ecosystem of contemporary art. We discuss the factors that have influenced t

Encounters with Art Writing (feat. Roseline Olang' and Jonathan Fraser)

Apr 11th, 2020 1h 7m

In the first of a three-part series on art writing, we are joined by Roseline Olang' and Jonathan Solanke Gathaara Fraser, two artists, writers, and friends of the podcast for a conversation about our relationship to different forms of writing

E03: Reading the everyday in coffee and colour with Wanja Kimani, Robel Temesgen, and Tegene Kunbi

Jul 9th, 2019 38m 42s

On the occasion of their first ever exhibition in Nairobi, Ethiopian artists Tegene Kunbi and Robel Temesgen, and the curator of the show Wanja Kimani, sit with us to talk to us about coffee spots in Addis Ababa, reading emotion in colour, and

E02: Visiting Studios and Killing Painting with Jonathan Fraser

Jun 24th, 2019 40m 29s

We take a trip down memory lane, from recent studio escapades, to Nyambura's high school art room. Joining us on this quest to figure out what goes into studio visits is artist, writer, botherer, and friend of the podcast, Jonathan Gathaara Söl

E01.5: In Conversation with Wambui Kamiru

Jun 18th, 2019 27m 14s

As a follow up to in Episode 01, we sit down with installation artist Wambui Kamiru to discuss the ideas that underpin her recent work, Wakariru (2019). We also talk about how she measures the success of her work, and what installation means to

E01: Beans, Bananas, and History

Jun 7th, 2019 33m 45s

In which we think about beans, bananas, memory, and the place of women in the writing of Kenya's history. Wakariru, by Wambui Kamiru, is an art installation that deals with memory, the destruction of language, and the forgotten role of women in

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