MASK Awards 2015

ENTRIES & WINNERS

CATALOGUE

FILM & VIDEO

MASK Awards ceremony & exhibition

Saatchi Gallery, London, UK

Turner Contemporary, Margate, UK

12 April - 22 May 2016

MASK presented selected work at Turner Contemporary, one of leading public galleries in the UK. The

jewel of the exhibition was a series of animated paintings that MASK's artists created for the 'Mabadiliko' exhibition. https://youtu.be/baGmjAmmJ54

"This exhibition connects to the Turner Contemporary's vision 'Art Inspiring Change' and enables visitors to see the world differently through the creativity of Kenyan young people", Turner Contemporary said about the MASK show.    

Zandra Rhodes Gallery, Rochester, UK

11 March - 22 April, 2016

Transformation / Mabadiliko

Winners of MASK Awards 2015 and graduates of Computer Animation Arts at the University of the Creative Arts collaborated on the production of the multimedia exhibition 'Transformation/Mabadiliko'. 

Animators Vikki Kerslake, Emily Clarkson, Nat Irwin, Ethan Shilling, Samantha Niemczyk, and Steven Payne animated paintings by Paula Karanja, 20, Churchill Ongere, 21, Shela Foster, 9, Allan Kiptoo, 4, Samson Lazima,18, Jali Louis Tamlyn, 18, Edwin Wainaina, 18, and Fahima Munene, 12 building on their ideas and meaning.

Artists communicated via an online blog revealing exciting possibilities of artistic partnership over media and space. You can read the blog here: http://caamask.blogspot.com/

"Working on this project opened for me the whole new reality, art became a whole new concept! Brilliant!" said our Edwin Wainaina, 18.

The animations, prints of the paintings, and extracts of the blog were exhibited at the University of the Creative Arts (Zandra Rhodes Gallery). This exchange gave MASK's young people the opportunity to work with UK young artists, collaborate in online space, and create new cutting-edge pieces of art. For MASK, this was an opportunity to integrate ICT into our CE practice. 

Alla Tkachuk, Director of MASK, explains: “We wanted to inspire young Kenyans to produce new art combining their artistic sensibilities and modern digital technology. This approach is the future of art."

Phil Gomm, course leader, adds: “Computer Animation Arts has a reputation for exciting collaborative working and using computer animation technology in surprising ways to enrich and vivify other creative disciplines. Our work with MASK continues that tradition, as our graduates work closely with seven Kenyan artists in bringing their award-winning artworks to life."

You can see the animations here:

What the Noise Gave Me

Greener Pastures and the Colours of Youth

Our Home 

Elephants

Daydream

Adore Women

Lamu Under Orange Skies

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