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German Cultural Weeks: IngridMwangiRobertHutter: Intruders

Opening: 27. October 6.00 pm

Exhibition
28.10.2009 - 12.11.2009
1.00 to 6.00 pm (Monday to Saturday)
+25420 2224640

prog2@nairobi.goethe.org

IngridMwangiRobertHutter: Fence, 2009

As part of the German Cultural Weeks in Kenya we are showcasing the first solo show by the artist collective IngridMwangiRobertHutter, born 1970 in NairobiLudwigshafen.

Ingrid Mwangi is perhaps the most internationally significant Kenyan artist. She grew up in Kenya as the daughter of a Kenyan father and a German mother and has lived in both Germany and Kenya. Assuming a single, artistically inseparable identity with Robert Hutter, they create artworks using video, sound, photography, installation and performance which are prominently exhibited internationally. Mwangi has always stayed in contact with Kenya – yet IngridMwangiRobertHutter has still not had their own big exhibition in Kenya.

The exhibition Intruders is therefore an important aspect of the cooperation between Kenya and Germany. Central to the exhibtion will be new works created for the Cultural Weeks. For the exhibition MwangiHutter’s methodology is presented: upon the particular stages found on arrival at ‘unknown places’, the objective is to intertwine with peoples’ lived reality for some moments in time.

Opening of the exhibition
27th of October, 6.00 pm

In cooperation with the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany

Conflict Resolution: The Role of Information Management

In the course of the elections in December 2007, Kenya experienced one of its biggest crises since independence. Conflict Resolution is therefore a crucial topic among the Kenyan society. But what is the role of public libraries in this important issue?