Jean-Vincent Simonet - Kitengela
| Author | Thomas Bellegarde and Jean-Vincent Simonet eds. |
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| Publisher | Mousse Publishing |
| ISBN | 9788867496594 |
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Founded in the early 1980s by German artist Nani Croze, Kitengela is a five-acre village crafted from recycled glass, embodying Croze's vision of a creative utopia where art and nature intertwine. Through his photographs, Simonet captures the vibrant yet fragmented narrative of this place, revealing its intimate origins, artistic ambitions, and the sociocultural landscape it reflects, drawing a parallel between the stained glass walls and the surface of the page. Simonet portrays Croze's house in its social context, functioning simultaneously as a workplace, childhood home, and life-size bestiary, where animals mingle with their sculpture-garden alter egos in stone. This book serves as a visual inquiry into the fate of privatized utopias. It also resonates as an exercise against oblivion, stripped of nostalgia, where memories are vivid and pulsating.
| 152 p, ills colour & bw, 23 x 28 cm, pb, English |
Mousse Publishing
