#Junction Nairobi at Unseen - Day II

- “I can only describe it from what I’ve seen on tele­vi­sion. A huge pointy ele­ment that pierced the ground. And the earth around it… [makes ges­tures] fell every­where. Dis­turb­ing the peace, dis­turb­ing the status quo, the way things are.” 

KIBONUMWE / METEROITE by visual artist Simon Rittmeier is an unusu­al, exper­i­men­tal short film that explores the phe­nom­e­non of the mete­orite and raises epis­te­mo­log­i­cal ques­tions. How do we create our real­i­ty from the phe­nom­e­na of the world, where are the limits of the describ­able? 

This film will be screened simul­ta­ne­ous­ly at Unseen as part of our #Junction_Nairobi, fol­lowed by a shared discussion.

In the middle of a photo ses­sion in the Royal Museum for Cen­tral Africa in Bel­gium, a pho­tog­ra­ph­er is dis­turbed by the images cap­tured, macabre mem­o­ries, a mau­soleum of his … read more

An ’afro­naut’ emerges from the wreck­age of a space­ship in the vol­canic crater of Mount Nyi­ragon­go. As he descends into the city below, encoun­ter­ing the people of present-day Goma, he … read more

The film is set in the East African region, 35 years after World War III, in a world with no water and toxic soil. The story is told through the … read more

A man sleeps sound­ly on a col­or­ful sofa. A tele­phone rings. Then he walks through land­scape, some­where in Africa. A vil­lage, a roost­er crows, some­one sleeps under a mos­qui­to tent. … read more