Inspiration Room posts relating to: Kenya

Kichwateli – TV Head

“Kichwateli” (Swahili for TV-head) is a short poetic film set in a post-apocalyptic African slum and city which takes the viewer on a spiritual and metaphorical voyage through a young boy’s dream. The film mixes new imagery of a young boy (actor Carlton Namai) walking around with a live TV as his head, with stunning visual effects to show the effects of media on a young generation or the society at large. Featuring music by Just A Band (super-nerdy multi-genre-multi-disciplinary afro-electro-pop band/art collective), Modeselektor (Berlin’s breakbeat duo) and Maasai Mbili (Nairobi-based Art group) this film is a metaphor for the way we are now all plugged into the same images of global anxiety while at the same time being ourselves subjects of scrutiny of the all-seeing ubiquitous cameras.

Kichwateli News in Brief

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Safaricom Celebrates Kenya

Kenya telecom operator Safaricom has released a major brand advertising campaign featuring a 600 member choir singing in Swahili in scenic locations, aiming to cement the company’s connection with the Kenyan market. The Safaricom Choir appears on Mt Kenya, Mt Longonot crater, Mt Elgon, alongside the Tana River, Ndere Island, Porror Ridge, the Aberdare Range, Lake Victoria, Kericho, and in the hills at Suguta Valley south of Lake Turkana. The integrated campaign opens with a 90 second television commercial, extending to radio, retail units, press, billboards, websites, cinema screens and digital media platforms. Subscribers will be able to assign the campaign jingle as their Skiza tune or ringtone, at no charge. The jingle or wallpapers related to the campaign can also be downloaded from the Safaricom web portal free of charge. Those in the know quickly think of the similarities with the Qantas I Still Call Australia home campaign.

Safaricom Choir

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The Standard in Kenya

The Standard in Kenya has a print advertising campaign reminding readers of the connection they have with all aspects of Kenyan life. The Standard hit international headlines in 2006 when police, wearing masks and carrying AK47 assault rifles raided the editorial and television station offices in response to a story on a meeting between the President, Mwai Kibaki, and senior opposition figure Kalonzo Musyoka.

The press advertising campaign shows athletes in a relay race, firemen, a driller on a construction site, a rock drummer and a fashion model.

“Where there’s news, there’s the Standard. No one covers it quite like The Standard. It’s like being at the hotspot yourself.”

Athletes in relay in The Standard print advertisement

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Pangea Imagine Kenya Singing for India

Kenyan singers have joined together to sing the Indian national anthem in a short film prepared for Pangea Day, May 10, “the day the world comes together through film”.

Kenya singer in Pangea Anthem for India
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