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Grassroots Upgraded: Reflections on Nairobi Eastlands
Slum-Tv
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Description for Grassroots Upgraded: Reflections on Nairobi Eastlands
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This book, the first in a series called Africalia Editions [photo] aims to fill a void in the history of photography, by unveiling the oeuvre of contemporary photographers from Africa. For 'Grassroots Upgraded', twenty members of the collective 'Slum-TV' have chosen the LOMO camera as a medium of selfrepresentation. The project is not a development project but rather takes an ironic perspective on the developing world, a position which is reflected in the title of the book and the politically incorrect name of the collective. The approach is conceptual and political, the choice of medium an aesthetic one. The LOMO ... Read more
This book, the first in a series called Africalia Editions [photo] aims to fill a void in the history of photography, by unveiling the oeuvre of contemporary photographers from Africa. For 'Grassroots Upgraded', twenty members of the collective 'Slum-TV' have chosen the LOMO camera as a medium of selfrepresentation. The project is not a development project but rather takes an ironic perspective on the developing world, a position which is reflected in the title of the book and the politically incorrect name of the collective. The approach is conceptual and political, the choice of medium an aesthetic one. The LOMO ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Stichting Kunstboak (Acc)
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
152
Place of Publication
Oostkamp, Belgium
ISBN
9789058563910
SKU
V9789058563910
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About Slum-Tv
Slum-TV is an African artists' collective based in Mathare, in a so-called informal settlement at the heart of the city of Nairobi.
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