In this episode, we step into the reflective practice of Jess Atieno, an artist devoted to reassembling fragmented histories shaped by colonial legacies. Through serigraphy and weaving, Atieno layers archival colonial photographs with Swahili leso fabrics, creating powerful juxtapositions that reclaim narrative space.

Born in Nairobi in 1991, and shaped by her time in the U.S., Atieno explores identity and displacement through poetic, tactile narratives. In her 2023 solo show Of Land, Body, and Water, she blurred past and present, questioning who gets to shape history. Her practice is rooted in care—layered, textured, and transformative. In her hands, history becomes alive again: breathing, speaking, and asking us to listen.