'What We Left Behind' with Njoki Ngumi

Njoki Ngumi presents the process of making her tapestry What We Left Behind (formerly What We Saw), which is being made with quilting techniques exploring energy transfers and translation. She pays homage to, and reflects on (with contributions by the members of The Nest Collective) the use of textile work and fabric processing for memorialisation, archival work, and meditation. She takes us through her process and what it taught her. She will also reveal how it is going.

Dr. Njoki Ngumi is an artist, writer and feminist thinker who has held positions in private and public health care sectors in Kenya. She is a member of The Nest Collective and coordinates learning and development for HEVA Fund.

Our House, your Home is an experimental program of exchange based on hospitality, inviting international organisations in a mutual learning process, sharing ideas and practices.. This month we present Material Languages, a project by The Nest Collective, a multidisciplinary group from Nairobi - with whom we have been collaborating over the past year in an online, hybrid co-learning experience.

This project is supported by Prince Claus Fund for Culture and Development, Mondriaan Fund and the City of The Hague.