Portfolio

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Former WIELS resident Jackie Karuti brings her latest work to AFFILIATE, a space in ...
Model II: construction

This work was presented at the Rijksakademie open studios. 30 May - 2 June 2024.
It was preceded by the film program; The Journey of the Hyena convened at the Rijksakademie in April, ...
Rijksakademie Open Studios: 2024

This solo exhibition is part of an ongoing moving image project that departs from Fukeiron; the concept of landscape theory asserting that the visible landscape around us is an expression ...
BODY MACHINE LOCATION

March 29 - April 27, 2023 | Goethe Institut, Nairobi
The exhibition departs from the method of assembly in Jackie Karuti’s self-titled publication released in 2022. ...
DIVISION: Before Line/ After Image

Electronic Theater, 2022
Aichi Triennale, Japan
Venue: Library (3rd flr) Former Ichinomiya Central Nursing School, Ichinomiya City
Dates: 30th Jul. - 10th Oct. ...
Electronic Theater

Jackie Karuti was the main prize winner of the 2020 Henrike Grohs Art Award. This book is published as part of the award, with support from the Goethe-Institut and Grohs family. ...
Notes Movement Method | Monograph

Electrical motor, installed objects & video
Installed as part of the durational symposium The Only lasting Truth is Change, 2021 convened by (BEK) Bergen Centre for Electronic Arts, Norway
This ...
How Clouds are Formed | Aerial, Bergen

Shapeshifting & the Impossibility of Weathered Wood
Nassauischer Kunstverein Wiesbaden, Germany
23. September 2021 - 19. December 2021
Shapeshifting & the Impossibility of ...
Shapeshifting & the Impossibility of Weathered Wood

An engineer identifies the problem with a faulty projector to be a weak lens. He tests the strength of the beam as he explains the process in different languages. In the ...
The Engineer | The Chemist

Turbulence presents a spectre of an image, in this case a spinning chair without a seat. It suggests an act of transformation and imminent overthrowal experienced through an ongoing ...
How Clouds Are Formed (Turbulence)

A voyeur witnesses the shapeshifting of a wooden structure from animal, to human to forces of nature. A dream sequence employing magical realism assembled from footage gathered while ...
Autopsy

FOSSILS is a site-specific performance that takes place in an old house situated on the fringes of the Nairobi National Park. It frames the performance as a house tour through an explorers lens with ...
Fossils

The Planets is a series of snapshots marking events highlighting milestones in exploration and innovation. They exalt man while also speaking of a history of technology and exploitation at a time of ...