May 2010
1 post
WatchNbeep
November 2009
7 posts
NBEEP6
A conversation I had a week ago about call-boxes, mobile phone registration, monitoring of communication by the government and the upcoming elections got interrupted a couple of times by a ‘beep’ (as the Cameroonians call their invention) which is a ‘missed call’, not to be answered but just to communicate a message. What that message is, depends on the person calling, the...
shopping
Since arriving in Cameroon I’ve been intrigued and puzzled by the extraordinary amount of small scale business attempts. There is someone offering something at every thinkable location. But where and how to find one specific product? With the need in mind of having to buy some materials for my own work at one point, I’ve been trying to discover a pattern in the seemingly chaotic offer...
Don Boy Again Forever
Douala, the largest city of Cameroon and its port, is like a can of soda being pulled open right under you nose after it has been shaken vigorously. Lots of energy shooting up in all directions, very much including your face. At the same time, we are staying at Art Bakery, a residency in a quiet mansion located in the outskirts of town and part of a small village called Bonendale. We are hosted...
October 2009
1 post
HMK {Hotel MariaKapel} and Art Bakery Present:
Elopement
A lovable exchange between The Netherlands and Cameroon
Steven Jouwersma Alioum Moussa Justine Ngaga Boris Nzebo Nzepang Sander Veenhof
In November and December 2009 HMK will enter into a close collaboration with artists initiative Art Bakery in Douala, Cameroon. Dutch artists Sander Veenhof and Steven Jouwersma and HMK-curator Jantine...