The Culturalist » west africa http://www.theculturalist.org perspectives of an artist slash activist slash culturalist Fri, 24 Dec 2010 20:27:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Culture Finds: The wonderful world of art http://www.theculturalist.org/2009/06/17/culture-finds-the-wonderful-world-of-art/ http://www.theculturalist.org/2009/06/17/culture-finds-the-wonderful-world-of-art/#comments Wed, 17 Jun 2009 07:26:34 +0000 Raquel Wilson http://theculturalist.org/?p=1067 The art world has been keeping busy.  From film to photography to innovative projects about sustainability, the [art] block is hot.

Hello Africa
A documentary that illustrates cellphone culture in Africa. It shows images of contemporary Africa with focus on people's lifestyles, popular culture, habits, activities and opinions in the context of mobile technology usage.

The Uniform Project
With the help of clothing designer Eliza Starbuck, Sheena Matheiken is wearing a single dress every day for the next year in what she describes as “an exercise in sustainable fashion.”

Curse of the Black Gold
A photographic look at the profound cost of oil exploitation in West Africa with images by photojournalist Ed Kashi.

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