EXHIBIT B - Paradis Perdu

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EXHIBIT A draws together several threads concerning European racism towards Africans from the mid 19th century to the present. It looks at ethnographic exhibitions, social Darwinism, and today's increasingly xenophobic policies of the EU. Since it was made for festivals in Austria and Germany, it also focuses on the imperial moment in German South West Africa (Namibia), and the atrocities committed by German colonial forces.

EXHIBIT B, made for Belgium and France, widens the lens to take in both the Belgian Congo (DRC) and the Republic of Congo (‘Congo Brazzaville’). Much the same scenario of exploitation of resources (ivory, rubber and timber) and people occurred in both these neighbouring Congo territories during the great imperial period that followed the Scramble for Africa. Covering both of these countries will give the piece direct relevance in both Belgium and France.

Brett is researching for the piece in Belgium, France, the DRC and the Republic of Congo in 2011. EXHIBIT B will be presented in Belgium and France in 2012/13.

EXHIBIT C, focusing on the African territories annexed by Britain and Portugal, will be ready in 2014.

An outline of the EXHIBIT series can be found on the ARTICLE link below.

IF YOU ARE INTERESTED IN HOSTING ANY IN THIS SERIES OF PIECES, PLEASE CONTACT US. BRETT WILL BE VISITING SITES IN BELGIUM AND FRANCE IN AUGUST AND OCTOBER 2011