Afropolis
Subtitle: city media art
By: edited by Kerstin Pinther, Larissa Förster, Christian Hanussek
Contributors: Forster, Larissa; Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum; IWALEWA-Haus (Bayreuth, Germany); Goethe-Institut (Nairobi, Kenya)
Publisher: Jacana
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Auckland Park
Language: eng
Number of pages: 328
ISBN-13: 9781431403257
Subjects: Arts; Exhibitions; Themes, motives; Cities and towns; Modern Art; African Art; European Art; In art; Civilization
Description: Examines urban structures and development patterns of Cairo, Lagos, Nairobi, Kinshasa, and Johannesburg through the eyes of European and African artists. Includes texts on the subject "City and Film;" the colonial planning practice of Ernst May in East Africa; an interview with the London architect David Adjaye and a picture essay on the informal architectures of the five cities.
Notes: Catalogue of exhibition Afropolis: city, media, art held at the Rautenstrauch-Joest-Museum, Cultures of the World, Cologne, 5 November 2010-13 March 2013 ; Iwalewa House, University of Bayreuth, 21 April 2011-4 September 2011 ; preview at Nairobi in cooperation with the Goethe-Institut Nairobi, 22 May-4 June 2010.