Tendrils: A podcast on moving image in East Africa

In our explorations of the provocations before us, we came to many, many things. As we prepared to record, we gathered our talismans, our selves, and our gifts for each other. To be seen is to be in an exchange; to be loved, even more so. In our explorations together, setting out to make work as friends and as people who love each other, we found these gifts and more. A link to the photo reference...

In this episode, we explore the history of cinemas and film in Uganda with two guests, Jim Joel Nyakaana and Timothy Niwamanya. Jim Joel is an independent researcher, photographer, and artist whose work focuses on exploring, researching, and photographing cities, their histories, and their communities. Timothy is a screenwriter, filmmaker, editor, and podcaster. He wrote for the TV series "Be...

The Estuaries Of The Future 3 part interview series is a collection of stories from contemporary African and diaspora filmmakers, programmers and video artists whose work or approach is influenced by past legacies of making on the continent. In this episode, Jesse Mpango has a conversation with Yara Costa Pereira. A journalist and director from Mozambique. After living in Angola and South Africa a...

The Estuaries Of The Future 3 part interview series is a collection of stories from contemporary African and diaspora filmmakers, programmers and video artists whose work or approach is influenced by past legacies of making on the continent. In this episode, Jesse Mpango has a conversation with Kantarama Gahigiri . A Swiss and Rwandan writer, director and producer. She explores the notions of iden...

The Estuaries Of The Future 3 part interview series is a collection of stories from contemporary African and diaspora filmmakers, programmers and video artists whose work or approach is influenced by past legacies of making on the continent. In this episode, Jesse Mpango has a conversation with Ibee Ndaw Ibee Ndaw was born in Gambia and graduated from the University Paris 3-Sorbonne Nouvelle (MA i...

In this episode, three Ugandan artists and filmmakers, Liz Kobusinge , Freddie and SCARLETMOTIFF share their experiences about creating moving image works, including insights from two artists who were featured in the exhibition. Liz Kobusinge’s work has been featured in the Njabala Foundation's annual exhibition at the Makerere University Art Gallery. She participated in KLA ART 2021 in Kampal...

in transit under another sky invokes the fugitive nature of art and artists working in-between spaces, considering physical geographies as well as other marginal identities and what emerges from the positionality of transience. We take the idea of a ‘moving image’ as a provocation beyond form to affect; moved to feel, or moved to a feeling. Nomadic images that move between spaces, traverse borders...

A sneak peek into the 7 upcoming episodes Tendrils featuring: Nyambura Mutanyi  brian / june Liz Kobusinge  Freddie  SCARLETMOTIFF Ibee Ndaw Kantarama Gahigiri Yara Costa Pereira Timothy Niwamanya  Jim Joel Nyakaana Karwitha Kirimi  valiant/waiyaki/wamuoyo Tendrils is a podcast created by East African curators - Mirembe, Rosie Olang and Jesse Mpango under the Art Exchange: Moving Image program whi...