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  • OFF/TRACK

    exploring, re-imagining and forging new connections, pathways and ways of creating together. 

    [off/track is a collective of artists, facilitators, creative producers and researchers]

  • EAST

    Learn about our work with East African Soul Train, a journey of creative rebirth on historic train tracks

    Take me there

    lost+found

    learn about our work with lost+found, a hybrid artist residency born from the pandemic

    Take me there

    con/sulting

    we consult on a wide range of topics and offer experience design, creative production or research services for clients in the cultural and social impact fields drawing on our extensive experience and expertise in cultural management, social innovation, research, creative production and artistic practice within the collective

    let's talk
  • Why We Do What We Do

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    A Cultural Shift

    We believe that connected, courageous culture-makers from across boundaries are needed to evolve and unlock our humanity's potential

    In a time of change, when hegemonic perspectives that have dominated social, political and economic thought are unravelling and revealing their dysfunction, we believe in the power of connecting creatives, inspiring risk-taking and reimagining old narratives, pushing the boundaries of artistic practice, and expanding the impact of our work through project-based collaborations and smart, inclusive networks. Systems level change requires a change in mindsets, beliefs and consciousness - and culture holds the keys to these.

     

    Unique, intense atmospheres and environments impact how we come together, how we perceive, think and create. Across our projects they hold a critical part in all of our designs and experiments.

     

    The real impact of our work lies in the creative re-birth we experience through [the journeys] and the collaborations and connections that emerge based on the trust we have built through our shared experiences. It speaks to the potency of process vs output-oriented residencies and to the power of atmospheres, unique environments and shared adventures that allow us to re-imagine and re-invent ourselves and our worlds.

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  • Contact us

    Reach out to our team to find out more about upcoming projects and collaborations at eastsoultrain@gmail.com or sign up to our newsletter for updates and events

Off/Track is a creative collective [not a legal entity] founded in 2022 by Tana Kioko, Poppy Spowage, Pamela Enyonu, Kat Kai Kol-Kes, Gigi Hepp, Diya Naidu, Deen Atger and Ali Musoke. We bring together artists and audiences from around the world for impact-driven initiatives that push the boundaries of creative practice and the creative industries. All our projects are created in collaboration with partners and individuals.

 

LOST+FOUND 2023 was a collaboration between the EAST collective, MeshWorks, Freehand Studios and Ugly Duck with the support of British Council #SSAArts and Pro Helvetia, the Swiss Arts Council. In 2023, EAST was supported by Miller-Zillmer Foundation.

LOST+FOUND 2021 was a collaboration between the EAST collective, MeshWorks, Freehand Studios, Nafasi Arts Space, Positively African and Ugly Duck, supported by Africa Culture Fund, Goethe Institute Tanzania and Goethe Zentrum Kampala.

 

EAST19 collaborated with CDEA, Tasuba Arts College in Tanzania, and was supported by individual patrons, Burning Man Global Arts Grant and the Arts and Humanities Research Council UK.

EAST17 collaborated with Distant Relatives Eco-Lodge, Creatives Garage, and was supported by Africalia and the British Council.

EAST16 collaborated with Distant Relatives Eco-Lodge and Creatives Garage and was supported by British Council and powered by What's Good Live.

 

Photos by Lena Giovanazzi, Jude Clark, Bwette Photography, Christina Thompson, Danny Msirikale, Martin Kharumwa, Geraldine Hepp, Rohini Das or by courtesy of the artists and as indicated on Instagram.

 

Videos by Emily McCartney, Anna Cardovillis and Ali Musoke

 

© 2023

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