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| Tony Mboyo |
100 Stories, 100 Days: A visual and performing art installation project in the city of Nairobi
Project Overview
“100 stories, 100 days” is a visual and performing art installation project aimed at inspiring nationhood and promoting national cohesion through artistic installation art. The project ultimate goal is to erect an enormous art installation in the city that will be made up of true stories of ordinary and extraordinary Kenyans from diverse backgrounds.
A team comprising of visual artists, puppeteers, a structural installation artist, a photographer and filmmakers will be established to participate in the overall implementation of the project. The team will be responsible for training, design and overall artistic direction of the project.
The project will utilize 25 young volunteer visual artists, puppeteers and performing art students and upcoming artists based in the various art centers and institutions in and around Nairobi. The volunteers will participate in week long training on installation art, topical issues, and visual and performing art techniques. The participants will be expected to research on significantly outstanding and inspiring stories from the Kenyan people on diverse issues. Topical issues shall include peace building, violence, poverty and poverty eradication, human rights, leadership, environment, and other cross cutting issues. 100 stories representing Kenyan diversity through race, colour, ethnicity, gender, age, health status, social and economic status, political affiliations, ability, religion and beliefs, shall be collected and documented. The stories shall reflect and present the struggles, hopes, challenges and aspirations of the Kenyan people in the contemporary context. The 100 stories shall be presented in form of puppet characters, photos and video clips.
The process shall culminate in the construction and erection of the enormous art installation that will be assembled and decked with the 100 story presentation for the public to interact with. The space around the installation shall be vibrant with artistic performances, interactive discussions and materials dissemination facilitated by the volunteers. The installation shall remain on the space for a specific period of time and will be removed or relocated to another urban centre. The entire process from launching to wrap up is expected to take 100 days.
The project will operate 7 part and full time staff members and 25 young volunteer artists. In addition, a governing body comprising of art and governance experts will be appointed for the overall sanctioning of the project. Periodic evaluation will be conducting to assess: (a) the effectiveness of art installation in stirring nationhood and national cohesion among the public, (b) helping the volunteer youth to become better artistic communicators and facilitators of national issues and (c) improvement of the vibrancy of the city.
Suggested Partners
Kenya Cultural Centre
Nairobi City Council
The GoDown art centre
URAIA
Goethe Institute
Kuona Trust
The Theatre Company
UMANDE Trust
Big Ideas
KISS 100
Metro FM
Kenya Grips
Radi Drummers
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