The Rest
The Rest is a sanctuary and residency for displaced artists in Nairobi. A place to recover, reconnect and make work, with a public programme that brings art, film and music into the city.
A pause with purpose
The mark begins with an inverted eighth-note rest. Read as a musical pause and as a body at rest, it gives the programme a compact symbol for stopping, gathering strength and beginning again.
Room for expression
A frame for an artist, an image or an idea. A shared structure with room for different voices.
The Rest Festival
“RESET”, an exhibition by 21 Sudanese artists, anchored four days of film, talks and music at Circle Art Gallery, Nairobi.
Displaced names
For an exhibition about displacement, the artists’ names are displaced too. Fragmented letterforms move from the screen onto the gallery walls.
The artist and the chair
Portraits built around each artist’s relationship with a chair. A quiet play on the identity, carried into the communications.
Credits
- Brand identity & design
- Ahmed Elbeiti
- Event communications & animation
- Ahmed Elbeiti
- Portrait & exhibition art direction
- Ahmed Elbeiti
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