Saint-Louis, Senegal, 2017
An audiovisual installation that represents two key places in Saint-Louis, the fifth most populous city in Senegal: the great mosque of Guet N’dar and the market of N’dar Toute.
These places have been deconstructed in space and time through photographic shots and field recordings* collected 12 hours apart from each other during key moments in the social life of the village.
I spent the month of August 2017 in Waaw artists' recidency, where I developed some photographic projects.
Two moments is part of what I produced there.
* The sound part of the project was recorded by TFTF.
TFTF is a collective of designers (Davide Belotti, Riccardo Cavallaro and Antonino Rizzo) established in 2013. TFTF interprets the practices of design as a tool for analyzing and narrating the space around us.
TFTF durante le registrazioni al porto di Saint-Louis.
The first place, the road intersection in front of the mosque (a.k.a. the pelican crossroad because of the animal that lives there), is presented through the recording of the prayer song sang at dawn and through the images at sunset on the day of Tabaski.
Play the soundscape and explore the 360° image of the crossroad.
The second place, the N’dar Toute market, is presented through pictures taken during the early hours of the day, when its desks are still empty, coupled with the buzzes and chaos noises of the sunset activities.
Play the soundscape and the explore the 'sample' gallery (15 images).
The pairs of images and soundscapes allow the observer to reconstruct the experience of those places through a non-didactic sensory combination process.
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A project developed by Cecilia (in collaboration with TFTF collective for the audio recordings).
I spent the month of August 2017 in Waaw artists' recidency, where I developed some photographic projects.
Two moments is part of what I produced there.
An audiovisual installation that represents two key places in Saint-Louis, the fifth most populous city in Senegal: the great mosque of Guet N’dar and the market of N’dar Toute.
These places have been deconstructed in space and time through photographic shots and field recordings* collected 12 hours apart from each other during key moments in the social life of the village.
The first place, the road intersection in front of the mosque (a.k.a. the pelican crossroad because of the animal that lives there), is presented through the recording of the prayer song sang at dawn and through the images at sunset on the day of Tabaski.
Play the soundscape and explore the 360° image of the crossroad.
The second place, the N’dar Toute market, is presented through pictures taken during the early hours of the day, when its desks are still empty, coupled with the buzzes and chaos noises of the sunset activities.
Play the soundscape and the explore the 'sample' gallery (15 images).
The pairs of images and soundscapes allow the observer to reconstruct the experience of those places through a non-didactic sensory combination process.
A project developed by Cecilia , in collaboration with TFTF collective for the audio recordings.
TFTF is a collective of designers (Davide Belotti, Riccardo Cavallaro and Antonino Rizzo) established in 2013. TFTF interprets the practices of design as a tool for analyzing and narrating the space around us.
TFTF durante le registrazioni al porto di Saint-Louis.
Back to the Design Fiction Portfolio.