Photojournalism: Jonas Bendiksen : "The Place We Live "

Photojournalism/Soundscapes/Narration

Multimedia exhibition about life as a slum dweller :

• Venezuela: Caracas.
• Kenya : Kibera, Nairobi.
• India: Dharavi, Mumbai
• Indonesia : Jakarta.

Jonas Bendiksen's documentation of life in slums the world over has resulted in a touring multimedia exhibition. The installation for " The Places We Live" was developed and produced in co-operation with the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, Norway, where it was launched in June 2008.

Life size images and audio segments in the exhibition help create the experience of a personal encounter with the slum dwellers. Each slum is represented by one room, where four walls are built out of rear projection canvas. Each room contains a cycle displaying five households. For each one, a sound recording containing statements from the inhabitants is showered down from the overhead speakers. Between each display of a household, images and soundscapes of the environment surrounding the visitor.


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