Category: Afropolis
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Konstrundan photography showcase
A carousel of some of my earlier photographs, set up for the Konstrundan open studio weekend in September at Studio Fremdling. Saturday was rather intense, with over 200 visitors – thank you all for showing up! Now it’s time to move on. —> scroll —>
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Get Ndaru Mool Revisited
Saint-Louis is still fighting agains rising sea levels and coastal erosion. These days you see big trucks that frequently bring massive pieces of stone to the coast line with Eiffage financing a new attempt of stopping the ocean from advancing and swallowing up people’s homes. I took these photos in 2019 in connection with an…
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Afropolis Dakar: A New Nexus
I’m sharing with you a teaser for my upcoming short film in the series on urban space and city dwellers. This film will discuss the status quo of urban planning and the Dakarois civic activism in times in which the public space seems to be growing more and more private with often foreing investments. The…
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A One-Minute-City
Have you ever taken part in a community design process in some way? As far as I remember, I did such things in the seventies every time there was a need to embellish the neighbourhood together. The reward for doing this was usually a soft drink of red or yellow colour, someties maybe even some…
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Afropolis 2020 Saint-Louis
What makes you remember a street? Is there an area in town to which you return often? Why? We all know how specific areas within any given city have their own feel and pace, depending on the time of the day. I was always a walker and in whatever town I lived, I always developed…
J.K. Pikkujämsä 