Projects

Gig Dynamics Kick Off © Paul Munene

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Resilience Projects

For the cultural sector, the intrusion of the sudden digital haul provided diverse ways to make money and exchange ideas. One of these was the Global Project’s implementing of ‘resilience funds’ through stipends and capacity building measures in order to further support the sector and its actors.

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AMKA Literature Forum

AMKA (‘wake up’ in Kiswahili) is an NGO, based and registered in Kenya, concerned with pushing and encouraging creativity, but also facilitating women to read, write and be published for wider readership.
Join in online for free every last Saturday of the month!

perFORM Muisc Incubator © Shem Obara

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perFORM Music Incubator

In perFORM’s live performance and music incubation programme, artists are given a chance to hone their skills, track their progress, create trajectories for their future goals, and learn the basics of performance and what it means to be a creative entrepreneur within the music sector.

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Jenga CCI - Global Project

In Kenya, JENGA CCI – Global Project Culture and Creative Industries aims at sustainable development and facilitation of the culture and creative industries through an integrative educational and funding strategy as well as the promotion of advocacy.  

USONI © Lameck Orina

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USONI VR/AR

“We thought of the idea of USONI as a word which has a double meaning [it means on the face and the future in Kiswahili]: on the one hand, the immersive experience of [the technology] being 'on the face', and on the other hand, the meaning of 'the future'.

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Sasa Nairobi

The exhibition series Sasa Nairobi is the basis of Goethe-Institut Nairobi’s work in the field of contemporary art with an emphasis on photography, video, installation, conceptual art and performance. The aim is to work with artists and curators from Kenya that have an advanced and innovative approach.

Zeitgeister © Goethe-Institut

Postcolonialism

The Goethe-Institut invites experts and creatives worldwide to exchange ideas on colonial power relations, their consequences and, above all, how to dismantle them: in discourses, interviews, opinion articles and art projects. For a decolonized and non-racial world.

The title Kulturama.digital is shown against a blue-white-orange background including the following objects: glasses, an eye and a mouth. Illustration: Tobias Schrank © Goethe-Institut

Kulturama.digital

Kulturama brings international culture into your living room: house concerts live from Buenos Aires, puppet theatre from the kitchen or live acts from the Berlin club scene. Organisers enter their events and open them to international audiences. Spectators can find dates and support artists with donations. Together and in solidarity through this time.

Literary Caravan 2019  © Julian Manjahi

Literary Caravan 2019

Literary events have become popular in Kenya. They happen in open spaces, closed spaces, in schools and museums, and take varied dimensions. A clear indication of how the literary space has expanded over time, enveloping all ages.