Hi everybody, It has been about six months since this blog has been updated, and we are sincerely sorry for that. Things were happening – we were busy and we are sure you were too. These past few months have been especially strenuous for Everyday Lusaka – we had to prepare for the Zambian Art …
Everyday Lusaka has been active for exactly 72 days now. Though this may seem like a short period, it has been enough time for us to realise some of our responsibilities as curators and creators of work made and shared in Africa. Our project aims to document and share the beauty in the everyday, no …
Our previous topic dealt with the buildings of Lusaka. It attempted to show the diversity of what is meant by a building – whether unfinished, iconic or simply broken down. These buildings all touched on a certain characteristic of everyday life in Lusaka; it is as if they somehow mirrored the fears, aspirations and realities …
Our previous theme dealt with the inside of Lusaka. Our pictures showcased a diversity of what the inside can come to mean, and what stood out the most from these pictures was that the ‘inside’ lends a certain level of intimacy to space and objects; perhaps this was peering out of your house window through …
Our theme of late has focused on roadside Lusaka – our images have been more candid than anything, attempting to portray that decisive moment so essential in street-photography. These moments are first and foremost aesthetically appealing, an attempt to depict some semblance of artistic form. They go beyond form, reaching into the realm of human …
We often fail to recognize a simple truth about modern city life – we are people of the road. We live off some road, we walk alongside the road, drive on a road, we buy our food at a shop next to the road. How would we connect without a road? Can we even begin …
What is the everyday? Or rather, who is the everyday. The everyday might as well be a person – an elusive shadow that follows us but is never seen, a shadow that is unique to every one of us. My everyday is certainly different to yours – I travel a different road to work each …