Love Radio
Love Radio is a transmedia documentary about the process of reconciliation in post-genocide Rwanda, based on the popular radio soap ‘Musekeweya’ (New Dawn).
It consists of a web documentary, mobile Tap stories and an exhibition.
The project straddles the thin line between fact and fiction. At first glance it tells a linear, almost fairy-tale narrative. But a closer look reveals the complex reality. While in the soap happy endings predominate, reconciliation in real life is rather more intransigent. After the gruesome killings, how can perpetrators and victims live with and love each other?
April 2014 marks 20 years since almost one million Tutsis and moderate Hutus were murdered. Virulent hate campaigns in the media were at the heart of the genocide. On the same frequency that in 1994 incited the murder of the Tutsi ‘inyenzi’ (cockroaches), the radio soap Musekeweya today broadcasts a message of reconciliation. The soap is immensely popular, with millions tuning in to the weekly episodes.Love Radio is a collaboration with journalist Eefje Blankevoort, designers Kummer & Herrman and interactive designer Sara Kolster.
www.loveradio-rwanda.org
The American Realism of Nigel Van Wieck
In the late 20th century art world of noise and clamor, Nigel Van Wieck is a quiet and powerful presence. Raised in England, Van Wieck has lived in New York for the last 15 years. In that very demanding city, he succeeds in sharpening his clear personal vision.( Anne Horton-The Fosse Gallery )
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Turning Bridge-Building Sideways
In 1978, SOM architect Myron Goldsmith and engineer T.Y. Lin created a remarkable structure to span the challenging middle fork of California’s American River. Ruck-A-Chucky Bridge elegantly solves the problem of building a stable, economical structure across a wide, steep gorge by entirely rethinking the principles of bridge-building. A “hanging arc,” the bridge was to be suspended by 80 high-strength cables and balanced by tensile forces. Though unbuilt, Ruck-A-Chucky Bridge stands as a masterwork of innovative design and structural economy to this day. Learn more
1. FRANCE. Paris. Ile Saint-Louis. 1959.. Self portrait with Rolleiflex.
2. 1960’s starlets: Anne-Marie Bellini, Mireille Darc, Cathrine Deneuve, Danièle Gaubert, Geneviève Grad, Joëlle Latour, Dahlia Lavi, Giselle Sandre, Catherine Spaak, Michèle Verez.
3. FRANCE. Paris. Porte de Vincennes. Camping show. 1960.
4. RHODESIA. Salisbury (now Harare).1965.
5. USA. Kentucky. Louisville. Richard NIXON during Republic campaign tour of USA in 1968.
6. PERU. After an earthquake. On the road between Chasquitambo and Cajacay. 1970.
7. LEBANON. Beirut. 1978.
— Of Montreal. “Gronlandic Edit” Hissing Fauna are You the Destroyer?
