Brodie/Stevenson is pleased to announce a solo exhibition of new work by Pieter Hugo.
For the past year Hugo has been photographing the people and landscape of an expansive dump of obsolete technology in Ghana. The area, on the outskirts of a slum known as Agbogbloshie, is referred to by local inhabitants as Sodom and Gomorrah, a vivid acknowledgment of the profound inhumanity of the place. When Hugo asked the inhabitants what they called the pit where the burning takes place, they repeatedly responded: 'For this place, we have no name'.
Their response is a reminder of the alien circumstances that are imposed on marginal communities of the world by the West's obsession with consumption and obsolesce. This wasteland, where people and cattle live on mountains of motherboards, monitors and discarded hard drives, is far removed from the benefits accorded by the unrelenting advances of technology.
The Exhibition will be taking place in Braamfontein, south of Rosebank a short drive from the area of the Johannesburg Guesthouses, so if you have a chance to pop down there, it should be well worth the visit.
The exhibition opens on Thursday 4 November, 6:30-9pm. The exhibition closes on 15 December 2010.
Gallery Times:
Monday to Friday: 9am to 5pm
Saturday: 10am to 1pm.
Cost: Free
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