The good folks at the Goethe-Institut Nairobi asked me to help them design the logo, graphic elements and the event space of the first of the BLNRB-NRBLN concerts in Nairobi. The BLNRB-NRBLN is a project that intends to bring together the electronic music and hip-hop scenes from Berlin and Nairobi respectively.

Find out more at the Goethe-Institut website, or on their Facebook page. Their first concert was held at Club Undecided in Westlands, on Saturday the 27th of March, and it featured performances by Modeselektor, Ukoo Flani, Jahcoozi and Abbas among others.

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DESIGN> Magazine interviewed me for their Edge Issue (16), asking me about inspirations and creative philosophies. You can find the interview on pages 72 to 81 of their Issuu Powered online publication, and visit their website here.

You may have noticed that I haven’t done many photo shoots in the past few months (long story). In January this year, the people at the We The Change Foundation asked me to photograph a tiny nursery school in Mathare which needed some help to keep going.

I was hesitant about it, because I’ve always felt I’m not very good with documentary photography. Anyhow, I ended up doing it – went to Mathare with just one camera: no lights, no fancy wireless triggers and this is what came of it.

Here’s a newly finished video project – the latest Just A Band music video for their single, “Ha-He”. I got a lot of help with this one (more on that later), specifically Mbithi Masya‘s help with directing and editing, and the usual chipping in of friends.

[UPDATE: 25TH March, 2010] So, wow! That didn’t go like I expected: 32,000 YouTube views in a week and the resulting “Makmende Phenomenon”, Kenya’s first viral phenomenon, articles in the Wall Street Journal and interviews for CNN – this has been overwhelming! Thanks, everyone!
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I shot Dela’s first single promo for the song, “Ulivyo” from her debut album “Paukwa” last year – just before the Christmas break – and I was worried about how tired everyone was, but I guess it turned out OK. Black and white is fun, and the cast were very helpful (Kule would tell us things like, “It would be better if I was standing here”).

As always, I’m happy to hear what you lot think. I’ll upload the HD version at some point.
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