Author Archives: Christina

Defying Human Nature or Taking Down the Wall. interventions.

Posted on November 24, 2010 by Christina

While I continue to collect material for the first part of the final project (interviewing and photographing organizations and individuals who work to improve living conditions for the homeless and prisoners), the second part of the project is taking on … Continue reading →

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proposal for final project (please tell me what you think of it! in desperate need of feedback…)

Posted on October 20, 2010 by Christina

  My proposal for the final project is a documentary/sensory exploration of people/characters/collectives/communities/organizations/individuals who defy the “human trait” to separate/segregate/create injustice/inequality. My project will thus continue in the line of the two previous audio and sensory exploratory exercises (and possibly … Continue reading →

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C.Urb, Johannesburg, Interview with Thomas Chapman (part2)

Posted on October 13, 2010 by Christina

  Interview with Thomas Chapman, co-founder of C.Urb 12. October 2010 Christina Gossmann -What do you think of the notion of transgressive public interventions; which one should be permanent (should they be at all?)?; which ones should be temporary? (e.g. … Continue reading →

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C.Urb, Johannesburg. Bio and Projects (part1)

Posted on October 13, 2010 by Christina

 C.Urb was founded by Marco Corazza and Thomas Chapman in their Honours year at Wits University Architecture School. The acronym C.Urb stands for ‘Counter-Urbanism Collective’ and is derived from the popular term ‘Counter-Culture’, (a subculture which runs counter to those … Continue reading →

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Human Nature.

Posted on October 11, 2010 by Christina

In this project I attempted to grasp my interests in a broader sense. So far for this class, I have written and created projects on the homeless in Johannesburg, xenophobia in South Africa, Apartheid and segregation in South Africa and … Continue reading →

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Boston Palestine Film Festival

Posted on October 4, 2010 by Christina

I highly recommend it to everybody. Friday night was the opening at the MFA. The opening film “Zindeeq” by Michel Khleifi depicts one night in the life of an self-exiled Palestinian documentary film maker. He confronts his and his people’s … Continue reading →

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matters of contrast (sound project number 1)

Posted on October 4, 2010 by Christina

  The short interviews were preceded by three official definitions of the word Apartheid from an online dictionary1. I wanted the listener to know what the official definition is before hearing any personal (mostly American) perceptions of the word on … Continue reading →

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urban homeless and upper class – civic engagement through participatory media

Posted on September 14, 2010 by Christina

Another area of interest and my personal concern are the homeless of Johannesburg. While I stayed in Johannesburg, I would spent quite some time with South Africans and foreigners living on the street. The homeless became a special matter of … Continue reading →

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interventionist media in xenophobic violence, SA 2010

Posted on September 14, 2010 by Christina

I spent the past few months in Johannesburg, South Africa, working for a weekly newspaper, called Mail & Guardian. My entries this week will have to do with my experiences there. South Africa has faced a major wave of xenophobic … Continue reading →

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