Msani__Riann

Performance Artist 🎭

[Msani__Riann @11Riann]

Our safety is non negotiable
#endfemicideke

[Msani__Riann @11Riann]

experience ,we will interogate systems and dream together of
better ones ,
If this is something you keen and curious about ,am your to go person ,
Stay close 🦋#msaniriann #wombopenerexperience #solotheatre

[Msani__Riann @11Riann]

I’m Njeri Wangari ,best known as Msani Riann ,a multidisciplinary creative performer ,the founder and current Ed of Mirror Arts ,a lover of freedom in all its forms ,believer in the transformational and healing power of art .
I am shaped by the resilience , creativity , courage ,

[Msani__Riann @11Riann]

That includes“hole in my heart “
“ Nie na Mami” and a collections of poems ,that you can enjoy under #msaniriann across all platforms 
I am working on another labour of work in form of a one woman theatre

[Msani__Riann @11Riann]

This an archive of pain,
Permission to remember loudly,
To grieve publicly,
To demand shamelessly ,
And allow art continue to document what power wants erased.
Wantam✊🏾
#PoetryAsResistance #PerformanceArt #KenyanArtists #ArtAsArchive #msaniriann

[Msani__Riann @11Riann]

On the 2nd of this African month in Aotearoa,
We prayed and protested,
This for every woman whose body has had to negotiate safety before freedom,

May the earth witness us,
May nature refuse complicity

#EndFemicideKe #PerformanceArt #KenyanArtists #msaniriann

[Msani__Riann @11Riann]

sent me energetic signals when I first managed to make her speak and so far am loving the out of body experience she gives me 🦋.

Her people call her KOAUAU and I am employing intentionality before I name her 💝

#msaniriann #artconversationswithmsaniriann #koauau

[Msani__Riann @11Riann]

I believe am one of the artists who has employed spaciousness🌌 the most in her artistry ,
I do know its a privilege too 🌻,
The journey has been slow and grounded ,
Has there been times in the past that I felt like ditching this planted bamboo seed and the art altogether ?

[Msani__Riann @11Riann]

Absolutely YES ,
But did I ? NO!
Do I plan to ? NOT IN THIS LIFE TIME

In this journey , I have had a yearning to play an instrument . One that could speak my language , one that would call me by my name and its with gladdened heart that I announce I Found One .She literally

[Msani__Riann @11Riann]

moon with and planning to walk the journey with y’all , keep an eye on my socials for that 🤭
#kenyanactors #msaniriann #onewomanshow

[Msani__Riann @11Riann]

Artist to Artist :
Keep creating , put out that work you feel its not good enough and doesnt match the world standards .The medicine within you is perfect and will accomplish the work it was meant to .
On my end I have been marrinating a one woman theatre work that am so over the

[Msani__Riann @11Riann]

As an artist your drive will determine the impact of your art .It will choose the time and audience for you . This is bigger than your talent,
#theartconversationwithmsaniriann #msaniriann #liveperformance #performanceartist

[Msani__Riann @11Riann]

I believe every art has its own audience and every art can speak to every soul ,contradicting right ?! I know .My opinion boils down to what the artist is tryna communicate ,where they choose to and when they choose to .

[Msani__Riann @11Riann]

present ingredient in the making of your art.

#msaniriann #ArtisticExpression #TheatreLife #soloperformance #theartconversationwithmsaniriann

[Msani__Riann @11Riann]

Through a long period of reflection, I learned I leaned more on theatre storytelling as it offered a camouflage for my nakedness. It felt safe, as people could only experience my nudity via my silhouette. They accessed all of it but were deprived #msaniriann

[Msani__Riann @11Riann]

Embracing solo art expression was achieved by overcoming the fear of nakedness and being perceived. It’s one thing to seek out freedom, but another to let it be the nature that defines you, the hue of your aura, and the #msaniriann

[Msani__Riann @11Riann]

without you having to go through the hustle .
#msaniriann #QueerTheatre #DirectorLife #queerart #theatremaker

[Msani__Riann @11Riann]

My journey so far as a theatre director working with queer artists (who 99.9% are getting involved in a theatre production for the first time in their art life ) has taught me so much about myself and has
#msaniriann

[Msani__Riann @11Riann]

The other day I was at a gathering and I mentioned that “art work is care work “
How ? One might ask ,
It is noticing an untreated wound that brings attention to a scar I have and giving you tips to clean it and dress it the best way possible
#msaniriann