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'Telepathic Crowd'

Sober and Lonely and Audrey Cottin at Jeu de Paume

Telepathic Crowd is a collaborative project between Sober & Lonely and Audrey Cottin for the duration of 'Charlie & Sabrina, Who Would Have Believed?' on at Jeu de Paume, Paris. A lawyer has drafted a contract between Cottin and Sober & Lonely stating that the only communication between Cottin in Paris/Brussels and Sober & Lonely in Johannesburg will be through telepathy, every week night at 20h00. During each meeting, Cottin and Sober & Lonely will agree on a person (an ideal collaborator, living or dead) that they wish to work with in some way. At the close of 'Charlie & Sabrina, Who Would Have Believed?' in February 2012, the collaboration will result in a curated crowd of 85 sets of ideal collaborators. 

05 October 2011 - 05 February 2012

'Santu Mofokeng, Chasing Shadows: 30 Years of Photographic Essays'

Santu Mofokeng at Jeu de Paume

The exhibition and the accompanying book bring together a unique selection of the photographic essays made by Santu Mofokeng over the last thirty years. Well-known for his projects Black Photo Album/Look at me: 1890-1900s, Township Billboards: Beauty, Sex and Cell Phones, Trauma Landscapes and Chasing Shadows, the South African artist took the opportunity of the invitation for this show and the production of his first comprehensive monograph, to delve deep into his artistic archive.

'Santu Mofokeng, Chasing Shadows – 30 Years of Photographic Essays' presents a selection of more than 200 images (photographs and a slideshow), texts and documents. The photographic essays he composed over the years, some of which are a life-long work in progress, range from the Soweto of his youth, from his investigations of life on the farms, the everyday life of the township and in particular, representations of the self and family histories of black South Africans, to images from the artist’s ongoing exploration of religious rituals and of typologies of landscapes, including his current project Radiant Landscapes, commissioned specially for this retrospective.

24 May 2011 - 25 September 2011