section3: Conceptual at the GoDown, they were constructing there, so there was a lot of junk around. It’ s not something that I had worked out when I began making them, it’ s those thoughts that you have when you pile up things in your mind. One moment you feel like- why not try it now?- and then I did it and though it was not supposed to be- it was something I was doing to relax from painting, but it ended up taking its own course. anyone who I have met has influenced me.
Q: Let’ s talk a bit about your work and the influences on your sculpture, for instance. You said you started doing sculpting when you came to Kuona. You weren’ t doing it before. How did that come about? A: It was born out of boredom- painting was becoming monotonous, and it wasn’ t something I had planned. There was a lot of debris
30 be linked to photography. I also take videos of matatus and all that. Sometimes when am sculpting, it can be limiting in terms of how much you can communicate if it is communication you are after, so all these other mediums are just options one can chose to communicate better if there are ideas that are too grand you can’ t put them in a painting or a sculpture so that’ s when you can decide to do a video, photography or whatever
Q: Are you still painting? A: I am still painting. I do print-making. I do a lot of things
Q: Do you want to talk about your matatu art? A: No!
Q: What about contemporary movements in art and the use of digital art that is coming about these days. Do you feel that that has any influence in the way your art is growing and is going to grow? A: Okay for me I think, the more the options the better. I have tried working with … maybe I have done the video, I have done some installations. For me it’ s just like I began sculpture. I did not know where it was going, it was not supposed to be what it is now. In my mind it was supposed to be something I’ m just doing to relax but it grew into something else and that is how I take all other mediums. For instance you had asked me about the matatu art. What I do can