Sammy Baloji: Memoire/Kolwezi
by
Sammy Baloji
Book Details
Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
9058563960
ISBN-13
9789058563965
Publisher
Stichting Kunstboek BVBA
Imprint
Stichting Kunstboek BVBA
Country of Manufacture
BE
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Mar 4th, 2014
Print length
168 Pages
Weight
1,002 grams
Dimensions
25.20 x 24.00 x 1.80 cms
Product Classification:
Individual photographers
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Capstures the relationship between the mining industry in southern Katanga, one of the richest regions in Africa, and the population, documenting the memories, hopes and imaginings of these children of the mines.
In southern Katanga, one of the richest regions in Africa and the economic heart of Congo, cities originated around copper and cobalt mines. The relationship between the mining industry and the population could almost resemble that between parent and child. For the past ten years Sammy Baloji has been capturing the memories, hopes and imaginings of these children of the mines. The historical perspective in the Memoire series boldly invites the oppressed of yesterday to engage in dialogue with the ruins of today. Far from presenting an impasse, it invites us to rethink society, as if to exorcise its demons, allowing the dead to find peace so they haunt us no more.
The optimism inherent in this process comes out even more clearly in Kolwezi, which presents the image of a ghost town and workers who try all they can to reclaim their own wealth, their dreams of comfort and most of all their want for dignity.
Text in English, French, and Dutch.
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