Corpus

Corpus Podcast

Arts

Visual Arts

A podcast about visual arts in Eastern Africa. Hosted by Nyambura Mutanyi & Don Handa.

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Our Faves Have Been Faving Favely

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 notes Robel Temesgen (website) Lingen Art Prize Overalls Jonathan Fraser: There Is a Time and Place (video) Jonathan Sölanke Gathaara Fraser (website) Agnes Waruguru: Small Things to Consider (video) Q-Zine: Issue 14 Dakika by Iminza Asiko Art School Review of The Death of Vivek Orji by Wanini Kimem...

Apr 01, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Season 2Ep. 1

Season 2 (Coming Soon)

Corpus returns on 1 April 2022 Find us on Facebook: Corpus Follow us on Twitter ( @corpuspod ) and on Instagram ( @corpuspod )

Mar 11, 2022•53 sec

Series Roundup - Some Notes on Art Writing

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 art writing, both as readers and as writers. You can find the transcript and links here . This is the final instalment in a three-part Corpus series following the 2019 Art Writing Workshop held in Nairobi and Kampala. These episodes are included alongside ot...

Apr 24, 2020•32 min

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

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 the ways we read and write about the visual art in Nairobi; the different forms it has taken and roles it has played; and the questions at stake in our engagement with visual art through language. What use is writing that does not ground the art it speaks o...

Apr 17, 2020•1 hr 2 min

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

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 about contemporary art. We discuss what we think works with art writing, the places where we encounter art writing, and various pieces of writing that we have made an impression on us. We also talk about our experience of art writing, and our intentions w...

Apr 11, 2020•1 hr 7 min

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

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 being pigeon-holed as African artists. Find a transcript for this episode and additional resources here . ( Image courtesy of Circle Art Gallery) Find us on Facebook: Corpus Follow us on Twitter (maybe even live tweet the episode): @corpuspod DM us on In...

Jul 09, 2019•39 min•Season 1Ep. 4

E02: Visiting Studios and Killing Painting with Jonathan Fraser

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 Sölanke Fraser. Find a transcript for this episode and additional resources here . (Image courtesy of Jonathan Gathaara Sölanke Fraser) Find us on Facebook: Corpus Follow us on Twitter (maybe even live tweet the episode): @corpuspod DM us on Instagram: @corpu...

Jun 24, 2019•40 min•Season 1Ep. 2

E01.5: In Conversation with Wambui Kamiru

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 her. Find a transcript for this episode and additional resources here . Find us on Facebook: Corpus Follow us on Twitter (maybe even live tweet the episode): @corpuspod DM us on Instagram: @corpuspod...

Jun 18, 2019•27 min•Season 1Ep. 1

E01: Beans, Bananas, and History

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 the Mau Mau War. Find a transcript for this episode and additional resources here . Find us on Facebook: Corpus Follow us on Twitter (maybe even live tweet the episode): @corpuspod DM us on Instagram: @corpuspod...

Jun 07, 2019•34 min•Season 1Ep. 1

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