In collaboration with Ursula Engel and Stijn Deklerck
Series of approx. 600
How do we represent a city which has already disappeared? Starting in 2009 the Chinese government demolished the Old City of Kashgar — the heartland of the Uyghur Muslim minority — and began to erect a modern city in its place. At the beginning of the destruction, our team and took over 600 photographs of the old city, documenting the site before it was razed. We are currently exploring how to make visible the Old City again through conversations with partner archives, collecting oral histories, as well as returning to document what has risen in its place. This project is ongoing.
Next project: → The Museum of Found Objects: Toronto (Maharaja and—)
Previous project: ← Dead Low, High Water
Katika ushirikiano na Ursula Engel na Stijn Deklerck Mfululizo wa takriban. 600: Tunawakilishaje mji ambao tayari umepotea? Tangu mwaka 2009, serikali ya China ilibomoa mji wa Kashgar, mji mkuu wa Waislamu wa Uighur, na kuanza kujenga mji wa kisasa. Wakati wa uharibifu huo, timu yetu ilichukua picha zaidi ya 600 za mji wa zamani, ikiandika tovuti kabla ya kuharibiwa. Kwa sasa tunachunguza jinsi ya kuifanya Jiji la Kale liwe wazi tena kupitia mazungumzo na maktaba za washirika, kukusanya historia ya mdomo, na kurudi kurekodi kile kilichoinuka mahali pake. Mradi huu unaendelea. Mradi ujao: → Makumbusho ya Vitu vilivyopatikana: Toronto (Maharaja na <unk>) Mradi uliopita: ← Dead Low, High Water