GYMS IN DAR
KUNSTrePUBLIK and Jan van Esch’s artistic inquiry focused on a particular kind of male community space in Dar es Salaam: the home gym, realised ad hoc in someone’s garage, courtyard or basement.
RUE DE LA RESISTANCE
Patrick Mudekereza lives and works in Lubumbashi, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where he is an opérateur culturel. He runs the artistic association Rencontres Picha, and has opened an art centre and organised four Biennales for photography and video.
DALADALA DIARIES
Daladala Diaries (2016) Rehema Chachage Daladala Diaries springs from archival sound recordings that I have collected over the years during travels on our local and, what was for the longest time, most common mode of transportation: daladalas. They are a not exactly...
The Lie of the Land
The Lie of the Land is an inquiry into the role of German missionaries in forced evictions around Johannesburg, South Africa, in the 1960s. It reveals the contradictions in historical narratives that lie in archives.
Tracking Dar
The German-Finnish artist duo follows a day in the life of 11 residents of Dar es Salaam, proposing an exploratory vision of the city to reveal the complexities of urban heritage.
Cold Feet
Did you know that some of the largest second-hand markets are located in East African cities, like Dar? Cold Feet used socks as a metaphor to uncover narratives of migration, rejection, travel and diplomatic rule between Germany and Tanzania.