Disappearing Heritage of Sudan 1820 – 1956
Photographic and filmic exploration in Sudan
Exposition
du 19 Avril au 23 Juin 2012
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Photo, Histoire/société
Londres – Royaume-Uni
Français
Frederique Cifuentes undertook photographic and filmic research in Sudan from 2004 to 2010. One of the most important outcomes of this journey was to build up a new and unique collection of photographs and videos that documents the remnants of the colonial experience in Sudan from the Ottoman, Egyptian, and British periods. All the materials taken during these journeys will be used for the exhibition. It will offer a different way of looking at imperial history.
This photographic and video project is an exploration of the mechanics
of empires through its official buildings, private residencies, cinema houses, railways, irrigation canals, and bridges. This research, the only one of its kind, will highlight colonial architecture, design and construction and the impact they had on Sudanese society before and after Independence in 1956. It will help us understand the ways in which people appropriated and used the buildings.
The exhibition will be comprised of materials created by Frederique Cifuentes and from Durham University’s Sudan Archive.
Many of the country’s old buildings have fallen victim to wider economic
development or lack of a preservation campaign. This study will show different aspects and forms of the rich colonial architectural heritage in Sudan before it vanishes completely. This is an illustrated history of a unique cultural landscape.
Disappearing heritage of Sudan, 1820 – 1956 will be shown at the Brunei Gallery, London, April – June 2012, and at the Oriental Museum, Durham University, January – March 2013, and to the University of Khartoum, Sudan September – December 2013.
At the Bruney Gallery
SOAS, University of London
Thornhaugh Street, Russel suare, London
Admission Free
Open : Tuesday – Saturday 10:30 – 17:00
Closed : sundays, mondays and bank holidays
This photographic and video project is an exploration of the mechanics
of empires through its official buildings, private residencies, cinema houses, railways, irrigation canals, and bridges. This research, the only one of its kind, will highlight colonial architecture, design and construction and the impact they had on Sudanese society before and after Independence in 1956. It will help us understand the ways in which people appropriated and used the buildings.
The exhibition will be comprised of materials created by Frederique Cifuentes and from Durham University’s Sudan Archive.
Many of the country’s old buildings have fallen victim to wider economic
development or lack of a preservation campaign. This study will show different aspects and forms of the rich colonial architectural heritage in Sudan before it vanishes completely. This is an illustrated history of a unique cultural landscape.
Disappearing heritage of Sudan, 1820 – 1956 will be shown at the Brunei Gallery, London, April – June 2012, and at the Oriental Museum, Durham University, January – March 2013, and to the University of Khartoum, Sudan September – December 2013.
At the Bruney Gallery
SOAS, University of London
Thornhaugh Street, Russel suare, London
Admission Free
Open : Tuesday – Saturday 10:30 – 17:00
Closed : sundays, mondays and bank holidays
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