JHB626GP
posted by Ismail Farouk at Wednesday, May 02, 2007
JHB626GP is a representation of Johannesburg city using a unique combination of digital photographs, video and archival film, and kinetic ... all ยป flash animations which illuminate the urban rhythms of Johannesburg singularly. The movie not only deals with the historical legacy of gold mining and apartheiid, it also highlights movement patterns and conflicts associated with informal economic activity. Johannesburg like most developing cities globally is struggling with the contradictory goals of economic realignment and needs of the urban poor. JHB626GP attempts to highlight these contradictions and the endangered vibrancy of Johannesburg street life in the face of the enforced privatised city.
JHB626GP was produced for the Venice Architecture Biennale in collaboration with the London School of Economics and features original compositions by Johannesburg based electroacustic composer Dimitri Voudouris
Labels: Creative Response, Johannesburg, Movies
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