The exhibition features the work of seven Nairobi based artists exploring themes of utopia, apocalypse and resilience in response to the challenges they’ve observed living in the city of 6 million people. Issues of social and ecological injustice and the hope for a better future are reflected in the art and installations the team has developed.
The exhibition is not limited to the warehouse space; the artists have identified “micro utopias” around the city, places where despite extremely challenging conditions, arts and environmental groups are enacting change on the community level. These micro-utopias will be highlighted through a micro-utopia map, which will showcase locations that offer a glimpse of a better future. Participants who visit the exhibition can get a micro-utopia passport and their passport will be stamped at each of the micro-utopia locations they visit. Each location will have an installation or performance art experience for the community to participate in and to encourage patrons of the arts to visit parts of the city that they would otherwise have never experienced.
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