performingbordersRADIO: Episode 3 with Untethered Magic | July 2023

performingbordersRADIO: Episode 3 with Untethered Magic | July 2023
This month performingborders shares an audio collage of their time working with Untethered Magic, from visiting their space on the outskirts of Nairobi, Kenya in February 2023 during a two-week residency, to ongoing digital conversations on transnational collaboration. Untethered Magic, run by artists Syowia Kyambi, Kibe Wangunyu, and Ciaran Nash, is both a home and an independently run residency space that encourages growth, independence, and processes of unlearning. It is a space being set up to live with the land, thinking through sustainability in environmental and social terms.
During their time collaborating, performingborders and Untethered Magic have discussed ideas of place, sustainability, and live art, thinking through the creation of alternative spaces for experimental work. In this show, they share conversations between the two collectives, alongside readings and short performative interventions by artists who joined them during the residency in Kenya including Nekoye Ommeh, Ngwatilo Mawiyoo, Esther Kamba, and Joseph Kanyenje.
Edited by: Olive Mondegreen
Artists (including pronouns):
Anahi Saravia Herrera she/her
Alessandra Cianetti she/her
Xavier de Sousa he/him + they/them
Syowia Kyambi she/her
Kibe Wangunyu he/him
Ngwatilo Mawiyoo she/her
Nekoye Ommeh she/her
Esther Kamba she/her
Joseph Kanyenje he/him
Ciaran Nash he/him
Brief description of show:
performingbordersRadio explores the entanglement between Live Art and notions and lived experiences of intersectional and transnational borders, bi-monthly on Montez Press Radio. This radio space hosts and shares collaborative, sound-based performance work created with and by artists in the performingborders network.