DJATALA (ENTRETIEN AVEC MALICK SIDIBÉ)

of CLERMONT Albert

FRANCE, 2007, 00:30:00

Production : Avec le soutien de l'Atelier Vid�o Art Plastique, CRRAV (R�gion Nord/Pas-de-Calais)
Genre : Creative documentary, Portrait
Keyword : Africa, Interview, Photographs, Portrait

Summary :
Interview with Malick Sidib� Malick Sidib�, 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 Sidib�, 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.

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