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 other text and video content in a Writing Toolkit developed out of the workshop.  This workshop was a in partnership by 32º East, Nairobi Contemporary, Art Monthly, the British Institute in Eastern Africa, the British Council and Newcastle University. Find us on Facebook: Corpus Follow us on Twitter (maybe even live tweet the episode): @corpuspod DM us on Instagram: @corpuspod 

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Series Roundup - Some Notes on Art Writing

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 of in its social-political context? You can find the transcript and links here. This episode is the second in a three-part Corpus series following the 2019 Art Writing Workshop held in Nairobi and Kampala, and is included alongside other text and video content in a Writing Toolkit developed out of the workshop.  This workshop was a partnership by 32º East, Nairobi Contemporary, Art Monthly, the British Institute in Eastern Africa, the British Council and Newcastle University. Find us on Facebook: Corpus Follow us on Twitter (maybe even live tweet the episode): @corpuspod DM us on Instagram: @corpuspod

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

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 with the writing that we do. This episode is the first in a three-part Corpus series following a 2019 art writing workshop held in Nairobi and Kampala, and is included alongside other text and video materials in a Writing Toolkit developed out of the workshop.  This workshop was a partnership by 32º East, Nairobi Contemporary, Art Monthly, the British Institute in Eastern Africa, the British Council and Newcastle University. You can find a transcript of the episode with links to articles and resources here. Find us on Facebook: Corpus Follow us on Twitter (maybe even live tweet the episode): @corpuspod DM us on Instagram: @corpuspod

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

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.  (Image courtesy of Circle Art Gallery) 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

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

We take a trip down memory lane, from recent studio escapades to Nyambura Mutanyi'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. Find us on Facebook: Corpus Follow us on Twitter (maybe even live tweet the episode): @corpuspod DM us on Instagram: @corpuspod

E02: Visiting Studios and Killing Painting with Jonathan Fraser

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

E01.5: In Conversation with Wambui Kamiru

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 

E01: Beans, Bananas, and History

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