Participating Artists Press Agency
Friday 19th of April 2024 – page 3
Lino Hellings is the artistic director of PAPA. She developed PAPA in a residency at Photo Press Agency Drik in Dhaka (Bangladesh) and in working with local photographers (with an international status) in PAPA-Labs in Lagos (Nigeria), Sao Paulo (Brazil), Rotterdam (the Netherlands) and Bishkek (Kyrgystan).
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Ramallah -
To give a glimpse on the Tactics of Life we have encountered so far, it is good to know people attach great importance to the feeling that LIFE is NORMAL…
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Ramallah Lab
Ramallah -
How to make a reservation for the parking space in front of your shop? This is one way to do that. Moreover it is a great opportunity to show your…
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Ramallah Lab
Ramallah -
When I think of Ramallah as I know it from Dutch TV, I see closed shutters. Because of the tense situation shopkeepers had to close down their shops, was the…
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Ramallah Lab
Bishkek -
People, fences, houses, roads are made up of a patchwork. We recognise the traditional patchwork style in the quilts that are aired on early spring days. We see the…
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Bishkek Lab
Bishkek -
Just to have another view on the city I stroll around the centre of the city on my own. This is near the White House where one year ago the…
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Bishkek Lab
Bishkek -
In the side streets of Mira Prospect, the big road the taxi drivers gather and wait for clients to come. Meanwhile they play games in improvised sitting rooms.…
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Bishkek Lab
Ramallah -
Despite the overwhelming ways, life is controlled here (by the Israelis mostly) there are many irrationalities. Things that do not match. Families have a small child born in another country…
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Ramallah Lab
Ramallah -
Wearing a headscarf does not mean you cannot look fashionable. The speciality here is to make a large hairdo that shows despite the scarf. The lady is smoking a water…
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Ramallah Lab
Ramallah -
Out of this money machine you get Israeli shekels because that is the official currency here. That puts Israel in a position to control the economy here as they give…
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Ramallah Lab
Ramallah -
Most Cars in Ramallah have Palestine number plates. And there are many. Huge cars as well. 4x4 and American pickup trucks. Get a loan at the bank and you can…
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Ramallah Lab
Bishkek -
Up to the day of today signs and signals of the Soviet times can be read everywhere in public space. On a flatbuilding it shows in big iron letters ‘Do…
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Bishkek Lab
Bishkek -
In the university area there are all kind of small kiosks like this bakery. As everywhere in the world, the young girls wear skinny jeans. …
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Bishkek Lab
Ramallah -
Everything is political here. If you call it Occupation it is a conflict between Palestine and Israel. If you see it as Colonialism there is more hope. Israel is coloniali…
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Ramallah Lab
Ramallah -
We tend to think, or more specifically I presumed all Palestine people were Islamic. That is not the case at all. Here in Ramallah there are ten or more Christian…
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Ramallah Lab
Ramallah -
Israel is the one who is controlling and distributing the water in Palestine, from Palestine. On the roof of all buildings you see the black water containers. Some houses get…
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Ramallah Lab
Ramallah -
If you have an Israeli numberplate you can drive straight through Palestine. The highway is only for cars with an Israeli numberplate. Next to the highway is the WALL. On…
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Ramallah Lab
Bishkek -
How could such peaceful, contemplative people get involved in two recent revolutions (2005 and 2010) and ethnic riots (2010)? I began to understand the mechanism a little after I…
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Bishkek Lab
Bishkek -
In a livingroom of one of the Soviet flatbuildings I found this internetshop. The owner doesn\’t speak English. This boy does so he is arranging a computer and helping me…
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Bishkek Lab
Ramallah -
We drew 4 patterns after the first week of posting photo’s (80) as a result from the shared photo walk.Walking in the streets of Ramallah you are made…
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Ramallah Lab
Ramallah -
When your son comes back from prison you welcome him by putting a specially made banner on your house. There are a lot of similar banners in the city…
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Ramallah Lab
Ramallah -
Another cliche image for a person who only knows Ramallah from TV is the image of buildings shot into pieces. However these heaps of rubble are put here…
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Ramallah Lab
Bishkek -
The public telephone book is omnipresent. Mostly job offers (tele marketing) or courses in English (Hot English). People living in the appartment buildings customize their the balconies. Store things like…
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Bishkek Lab
Bishkek -
This pensioner is trying to earn some extra money. The main street is packed with beauty salons. There must be some women who want to know how much they weigh…
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Bishkek Lab
Bishkek -
The Loft is an industrial building that is recently opened as an art gallery. It also hosts creative industries. Together with Gulnara Kasmalieva and Muratbek Jumaliev (ArtEast) we visit some…
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Bishkek Lab