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FRANCE, 2007, 00:30:00
Production : Avec le soutien de l'Atelier Vidéo Art Plastique, CRRAV (Région Nord/Pas-de-Calais)
Genre : Creative documentary, Portrait
Keyword : Africa, Interview, Photographs, Portrait
Summary :
Interview with Malick Sidibé Malick Sidibé, Peul descent Malian, covered by his images the last half of the XXth century : the end of the colonization, the independence… His artistic acknowledgement, beyond the borders of the Mali, is placed on the period of the 90’s and the 2000 years. Today, he’s living and working at Bamako. Our meeting spread out on April the 27th, 2005, in the Bagadadji district, at the « Malick Studio ». The interview starts with these words : “Malick Sidibé, I am a photographer… All happened at Bamako…” At the Mali, in summer 2002, I started to carry out portraits : artists, gallery managers, art students… I realized that a form should be found to the words I was hearing over there. These words had been stolen, deviated, caricatured… this way reproducing behaviours of authority and submission of which we know well the negative extensions. A fix shot and a minimal sound recording, with a mike and a sober editing. This is derisory, but, actually, the essential is there. I am convinced I have took the right decision. This constraint became a positive asset.
Original language : french
Original format : video
Aspect ratio : 4/3
Chroma : Couleur
Available version(s) : Version originale française