Museum Association Conference 2022: Njoki Ngumi In Conversation

Our very own Njoki Ngumi will be speaking on a panel at the 2022 Museums Association Conference this year! Njoki will be speaking alongside Rudo Sithole, founding director of AFRIMUHERE (African Museums and Heritage Restitution) and Samba Yonga, co-founder, Women’s History Museum; sharing our experience and lessons drawn from working on return and restitution with the International Inventories Programme (IIP). This year’s theme, ‘Make Things Happen’, will focus on exploring how museums can be part of enabling better places for people to live and work.

NewsThe Nest Collective3 November 2022Dr. Njoki Ngumi, MA conference 2022, IIP

Hey Fashion!: Njoki Ngumi In Conversation

Some really interesting conversations have been started as a result of our Documenta installation, “Return To Sender” (you can read a little more about it here!) As part of one of them, our very own Njoki Ngumi will be a panellist for Hey Fashion’s HeyFashion!Talks, in a discussion titled ‘An Equitable Circular Economy- Building A System For Everyone’.

NewsThe Nest Collective21 October 2022Hey Fashion, Dr. Njoki Ngumi

Amesall 2022 Comicon: Njoki Ngumi In Conversation

Our very own Njoki Ngumi will be an artist panelist at the 2022 Amesall Comicon. The Amesall Comicon is a symposium organised by the Comparative Literature Program at Rutgers University, set up to “consider texts and performances across multiple languages,media, histories and disciplines”.

NewsThe Nest Collective5 October 2022Dr. Njoki Ngumi, Amesall Comicon

It’s A Wrap: The Nest Collective x Stroom Den Haag in ‘Our House, Your Home’

We have come to a bittersweet end of our 2020/21 hybrid arts residency “Our House, Your Home”, hosted by Dutch art centre, gallery and maker-space, Stroom Den Haag. Over the past year, we have been in an online collaboration with the Stroom team, led by the extremely insightful and resourceful artist, teacher and cultural practitioner Ludmila Rodrigues, to develop our exploration Material Languages.

NewsThe Nest Collective13 September 2021Stroom, Textile Project, Our House Your Home, Dr. Njoki Ngumi, Sunny Dolat

Object Movement Dialogue #8: Njoki Ngumi and Jim Chuchu In Conversation

Our very own Njoki Ngumi and Jim Chuchu were panelists at the 8th edition of IIP’s Object Movement Dialogues, alongside SHIFT Collective members Simon Rittmeier and Sam Hopkins, and Nigerian art historian, academic and visual artist Professor Peju Lawiyola. This conversation was part of the Invisible Inventories exhibition closing event at the Rautenstrauch-Joest Museum in Cologne.

NewsThe Nest Collective6 September 2021Dr. Njoki Ngumi, IIP, Restitution, OMD

Journal Der Kunste: Njoki Ngumi And Jim Chuchu In Conversation

Our very own Njoki Ngumi and Jim Chuchu had a conversation for the Journal der Kunste 15 this past month, where they discussed the returning of the 27 objects to Benin and Senegal; the unequal power dynamics surrounding that return, their lessons learnt on the International Inventories Programme, and their hopes for object return in the coming future.

NewsThe Nest Collective9 August 2021journal der kunste, Dr. Njoki Ngumi, Restitution

LIFT’s #PlansForTheFuture: Njoki Ngumi In Conversation

Our very own Njoki Ngumi was (finally, after the first conversation unfortunately didn’t work out!) in conversation with LIFT’s Artistic director and CEO Kris Nelson! This conversation will close out LIFT’s #PlansForTheFuture, a series of live conversations that have featured some really amazing people from all over the world who are working in the arts and culture.

Press and InterviewsThe Nest Collective21 July 2021Dr. Njoki Ngumi, LIFT, Conversations

Invisible Inventories: Invisible Conversations with Njoki Ngumi and Jim Chuchu

Our very own Jim Chuchu and Njoki Ngumi recorded a series of conversations titled ‘Invisible Conversations’! It is a limited podcast series where artists and curators expound further on their works, currently being presented at the ongoing Invisible Inventories exhibition. The exhibition, and other previous interventions like the Object Movement Dialogues, are part of the International Inventories Programme.

99 Questions 'Following The Trail' Featuring Njoki Ngumi and Jim Chuchu: Video Up Now

Our very own Njoki Ngumi and Jim Chuchu were panelists at the Following The Trail discourse event alongside Alexis Th. Von Poser (deputy director of the Ethnological Museum and the Museum of Asian Art (Berlin), and Miranda Lowe (principal curator and scientist at the Natural History Museum in London).

LIFT’s #PlansForTheFuture Instagram Live: Njoki Ngumi In Conversation

Our very own Njoki Ngumi will be in conversation with LIFT’s Artistic director and CEO Kris Nelson, exploring the future of arts and culture, Kenya’s cultural scene, what has been inspiring her current projects and much more!

NewsThe Nest Collective15 June 2021Dr. Njoki Ngumi, LIFT, Conversations

Unexpected Lessons: Decolonizing Knowledge and Memory

Our very own Njoki Ngumi and Jim Chuchu in collaboration with Chao Tayiana of African Digital Heritage, and independent curators Kahira Ngige and Rosie Olang will be taking part in the Unexpected Lessons Symposium co-hosted digitally by Nairobi and Berlin! Unexpected Lessons is a performative discursive event by Talking Objects Lab, a think tank, exhibition and event series that features video conversations, lectures, talks and discussions by different cultural curators, researchers and artists from around the world exploring the topic ‘Decolonizing Knowledge and Memory’.

The Nest Collective on ‘Decentralisation’ at Images Festival 2021!

Our very own Njoki, Sunny and JP will be taking part in the 2021 edition of the Images Festival, exploring this year’s theme which is ‘Decentralization as a Practice of Freedom’. The festival runs from 20th to 26th May, and will include online conversations, social media interventions and digital publications.

NewsThe Nest Collective20 May 2021Dr. Njoki Ngumi, Sunny Dolat, decentralisation

The Nest Collective is a multidisciplinary collective living and working in Nairobi, Kenya.

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