Bárbara Rousseaux

In Mother Mary Comes To Me we learn that Arundhati Roy, the very same woman who spent time with Naxalite guerrillas in the Dandakaranya forest, the one who was called an “intellectual terrorist” and refused to be intimidated by India’s far-right nationalist government, is someone who grew up belittling herself, and who would a thousand times choose to disappear than cause any discomfort to her mother, her “shelter and [her] storm.” The memoir starts with her mother’s passing and takes readers...

Objects can change as a reflection of how circumstances of the people who carry them do so too. In cases of forced migration, the load is at once physical and psychological. Backpacks, plastic sheets, and duffel bags stretch and take on new forms and textures. These modified objects become adequate to carry personal belongings over long distances.

Membre de l'agence Magnum, Lindokuhle Sobekwa est déjà, à 29 ans, l'un des photographes les plus reconnus d'Afrique du Sud. Rencontre avec l'artiste à l'occasion de la grande exposition que lui consacre la Johannesburg Art Gallery. Le photographe sud-africain Lindokuhle Sobekwa souhaiterait que, lorsqu'ils interagissent avec ses photographies, les gens aient l’impression de « lire un poème deux fois ».