Into a “Global Encounter” from the Art Scene in Nairobi

A private house party in an apartment in Valley Arcade, March 2011 Image: Olivier Marcel. This photograph shows a house party, that is, a selective and secure type of sociability typical of affluent residential neighbourhoods in Nairobi. Held in the shared house of a Kenyan performance artist just back from her time abroad, this party brought together many significant public figures from the contemporary art scene of the city. One can see, for example, an Italian filmmaker and cultural activ..