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  • This exhibition invites you to consider the body not as a site of conquest, but as a home, one layered with memory, resilience, and ancestral knowledge. Bodies as Homes interrogates how colonial systems have inscribed, distorted, and commodified the human form, particularly along gendered lines. In its place, this work imagines a return; a re-rooting into dignity, autonomy, and embodied freedom.

    At the heart of the exhibition is the work of @swift9graffiti , Nairobi’s legendary graffiti artist, whose “G Shock” style blends aerosol art with deep cultural commentary. His pieces move beyond walls; they pulse with rebellion and philosophy.

    Curated by @art_joymala , this collection centers on liberation through creative rupture. As you move through this space, we invite you to engage not just with the images, but with the questions they pose: Who gets to define the body? What lies beneath imposed identities? And how do we build a home within ourselves, out of what remains and what we choose to remember?

    • munyu
    • Basement,
    • The Mall, Westlands
    • 5th June - 24th June 2025
    • Opening on 5th June at 6:00pm at The Mall,Basement.