NENO kutoka kwa ...

The exhibition delves into the issue of textile waste in Europe and East Africa, starting with discarded clothing collected from the streets of the Netherlands by Jan van Esch and mitumba (second-hand clothing) salvaged from the beaches by Samwel Lazaro. These garments, branded with words and imagery, serve as the foundation for a series of drawings, multimedia works, and performative art interventions.

Through these works, the exhibition seeks to transform these international, one-sided narratives into a dialogue about our shared identity and the reality we inhabit. Alongside the drawings and videos that depict both the collection process and the artists’ reactions, the exhibition will feature an ongoing daily performance. This interactive element invites the public to participate in creating a ten-yard patchwork from waste materials.