Human centered design project in Nairobi Kenya focused on tackling stigma around reproductive health.
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Usinisunde Nichapie
“Don’t hide from me, just tell me”
This movement empowers youth through collaboration and drama, giving under-served communities a louder voice to speak about SRH topics, effacing the stigma against allowing the youth free access to SRH facilities. The youth, woke and ambitious, produce and perform this profound story.
Our research began by speaking to clinicians, healthcare providers and adolescents to identify pain points preventing youth from accessing SRH facilities.
We identified that the primary barrier preventing youth from accessing SRH facilities is the stigma surrounding SRH issues.
We created a play guide which tackled key SRH pain points identified by the youths. Our concept is heavily inspired by the stories of the 25 young adolescents, shared in 4 different creative workshops where we got to know each of them personally.
Cell 2015
Grinell, Iowa
My art practice occurs at the intersection of research-based design and playful improvisation. My subject matter is similarly paradoxical, playing with aesthetic indulgence, materialism and craft, while countering those impulses with social consciousness, sustainable ecology and utilitarian design. Throughout my artistic practice I have developed a research based modality fueled by a desire to address social issues. In reconciling these intentions, my goal is to transport my viewers into emotionally rich situations which search the limits of art, culture, and identity. My art practice is not bound to a particular medium or genre. I see all individual styles, materials and contexts as meaningful and worthy of exploration, chosen based on a project’s needs.
Tunnel 2015
Saci Gallery Florence Italy
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The Tunnel is from a body of work focused on fun, engaging and confrontational storytelling through multimedia installation. In this work, the viewers become participants — crawling inside the maximalist soft scaffold housing batiked silk windows. I want to induce the childlike state of curiosity, openness, and play that I had while making it. It is a poetic journey through a world of discrete, vibrant landscapes with organic borders, conjoined to and supported by two vertical tunnels.
Trampoline Bear 2015
Baltimore Md
Creating Family 2016
Baltimore, MD
I have long documented the development of my identity through video diaries. My videos reveal my thoughts on identity— often focusing on race and kinship.
As an American, Chinese and Jewish adoptee, I am no stranger to straddling multiple cultural and ideological borders. This work serves as a place of reflection on the mutability of identity, culture and family.
See more on the Creating Kinship Page
Indoor Water 2018
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