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BEING TIME, preparing for the performance

Olga Kisseleva2021

Eastern African Museum of Art Nairobi (EAMAN)

Eastern African Museum of Art Nairobi (EAMAN)
Nairobi, Kenya

Olga Kisseleva and Dr. Rahab Kinyanjui, a paleobotanist in Turkana, The Rift Valley, Kenya.

Annual rings are discernible on the petrified stumps in the Turkana Basin. The petrified trees of the “Listening to the Rift Valley” project have many stories to tell. Kenyan paleobotanist Dr. Rahab Kinyanjui is searching for the ways to unlock thieir memory.

Artists Olga Kisseleva and choreographer James Mweu celebrated the instance of connection by making a pertrified tree the centre of their BEING TIME performance.

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  • Title: BEING TIME, preparing for the performance
  • Creator: Olga Kisseleva, James Mweu, James Muriuki
  • Date Created: 2021
  • Location Created: Turkana, Rift Valley, Kenya
  • Original Source: https://eaman.org/
  • Photographer: Olga Kisseleva
  • Curator: James Muriuki
  • Artist: Olga Kisseleva
Eastern African Museum of Art Nairobi (EAMAN)

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