Kenya art: Creatives imagine a new utopia for Nairobi

Creatives in Nairobi unleash their imaginations in an effort to inspire a new future for the city.

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Seen from one of the city’s comfortable apartment blocks or homes, then yes, perhaps – from one of its densely packed slums, then no.

There, life can be characterised by poverty and ecological disaster, such as flooding and deadly landslides.

But an art collective - Kairos Futura – has been trying to take what might seem like some of the city’s more dystopian elements and create a vision of a utopia, or at least how that might be achieved.

Their exhibition Hakuna Utopia features the works of seven artists exploring themes of apocalypse and resilience – some in quite abstract ways - as they respond to the daily challenges endured by Nairobi’s six million residents.

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