«My art is an attempt to give back what has been taken from those who lack power: their dignity. Beginning with an early studio performance “Desert Storm” (2004) and “The Nightingale” (2003) now in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum in New York, my work has evolved to include recent multi-screen work which has a more poetic documentary tone e.g. “Journeys North: Pole to Pole” (2009). My deep-rooted interest in shamanism, mysticism and Eastern meditative processes, symbolism, ecology, cultural specificities or historical injustices visually and energetically pervade the videos. My journeys are still and physical. My work critically highlights different economic systems, ecologies, political or natural disasters, women labour, pre-historical data, ancient and present narratives, the story of Africa and the diasporas and powerfully activates different levels of reality. My work offers new perspectives on history, media and current affairs via the immediacy of video art. I actively seek to return power to those who were dispossessed. Simple, atemporal, performative and poetic, my videos merge, contrast and transcend socio-political questions. Interests in performance, nomadism, shamanism, diverse meditative practices, oriental chants, music, the history of civilisations, and extreme tourism all find manifestations in my work.» Grace Ndiritu