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Overall: Steam Locomotive 2010
Photo: Yasuyoshi Chiba
We worked in cooperation with local citizens to reconstruct a huge steam locomotive with patchworks created from their unwanted clothes. The steam locomotives were used on the Kenyan railway system during the early 20th century. The growth of the city of Nairobi began with the construction of the railways and the traffic resulting from the steam locomotives. Steam locomotives were, however, gradually replaced by diesel and electric locomotives. Our temporary open atelier moved around the suburbs of Nairobi, and a lot of residents, workers and children from the neighboring areas spontaneously joined us making patchworks at their ease. At the end of the project, we collectively put on the completed giant patchworks and marched along the Kenyan railway.
Photo: Yasuyoshi Chiba
Photo: Yasuyoshi Chiba
Photo: Yasuyoshi Chiba
Workshop Period: Friday 1 ~ Tuesday 12 January 2010
Exhibition Period : Wednesday 13 ~ Tuesday 19 January 2010
- Artist: Yoshinari Nishio
- Organizer: Nishio Workshop Nairobi
- Grant Received from: The Asahi Shimbun Foundation
- Corporate Sponsors: HRInstitute, 104coLtd
- In Association with: The Japan Foundation, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science Nairobi Research Station
- Supported by: Kenya Railways, Rift Valley Railways, Tokyo Development Learning Center/ Public Information Center Tokyo of the World Bank, Nairobi Arts Trust/ Centre for Contemporary Art of East Africa, The Japan Information and Culture Center of the Embassy of Japan in Kenya