About salt caravans
In the reportage about Ousmane Dodo, I retraced in my last post, salt caravans are mentionned. They are one of the last ressources of nomads, after being one of their main wealth...
And it reminded me the impressive display of a Swiss artist, Not Vital, who spends a part of his life in Agadez. He built there many works, and developped a school and local artwork.
In an 2006 exhibition in Bielefeld Kunstahlle, I discovered "Salt", where he displayed 21 tons of salt, what a caravan brings back. And just beside, what the worth of these 21 tons in food, just a hundred kilo of spaghetti ! (Spaghetti which were sent to the country after the exhibition)
And it reminded me the impressive display of a Swiss artist, Not Vital, who spends a part of his life in Agadez. He built there many works, and developped a school and local artwork.
In an 2006 exhibition in Bielefeld Kunstahlle, I discovered "Salt", where he displayed 21 tons of salt, what a caravan brings back. And just beside, what the worth of these 21 tons in food, just a hundred kilo of spaghetti ! (Spaghetti which were sent to the country after the exhibition)
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posted by Marie-Aude @ 2:38 PM
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