Les rêves qui naissent evokes the perception of a dream state through the simple juxtaposition of pictures underscored by a musical soundtrack. The work conveys impressions poetically shaped from solitude,…
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A virtual image, produced by merging two different cultures, each one has its own reference. In a rather shocking approach, the film presents an anti-stereotyping statement as it dramatically portraits…
This work continues the lineage of making environmental videos, started in the 1980s by the films Koyaanisqatsi and Powaqqatsi by Godfrey Reggio. They were inspired by the Hopi words given…
Christian Caujolle: This is your second time serving as curator of the Bamako Biennial. What has changed since your first term? Krifa Michket : We are trying to develop something that…
On 21 October 1993 violence broke out between Hutus and Tutsis in Burundi. On 24 October, armed gangs reached the Ruyigi hills to the east of Bujumbura. Marguerite “Maggy” Barankitse…
Mining methods ought to be more environmentally sensitive and help sustain and retain the land in its original format without driving away or venturing into residential areas. So often one…
During the 2010 FIFA World Cup, I documented the ordinary man and the country’s hopes. FIFA was supposed to help with infrastructure, people had hoped to benefit from the event,…
I retraced the route of artist-explorer Samuel Daniell, who in 1800 set out on a journey from Cape Town to Leetakoe (today Ditakong) to document the landscape. Conversations with people…
People are always – instinctively – surrounded by vegetation, but people can forget themselves, as well as forgetting the essentials. Isolated trees try, as best they can, to survive their…
Kenya’s Turkana tribe is withering in numbers as a drought devastates the Horn of Africa. In a region where little to no aid has reached the affected areas, I chose…