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Artist
Sammy Baloji
b. 1978, Lubumbashi, Democratic Republic of the Congo · Congolese
Sammy Baloji creates photographs and installations from colonial archives, mining landscapes and industrial histories in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. His work connects extraction, memory and the visual legacy of colonial administration.
Photography; installation
Artist Films
Sammy Baloji – "These images became like testimonies" | Tate
Major Works
- 2006Mémoire
- 2007Kolwezi
- 2010–11Congo Far West
- 2013Essay on Urban Planning
- 2015Hunting and Collecting
- 2016Urban Now: City Life in Congo
- 2017Tales of the Copper Cross Garden
- 2017K(C)ongo, Fragments of Interlaced Dialogues
- 2018A Blueprint for Toads and Snakes
- 2020Kasala: The Slaughterhouse of Dreams or the First Human, Bende’s Error
Interviews & Writing
- Museum-quality video search →RESEARCH QUEUEvideo
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