Tales of a Nomadic City

Tales of a Nomadic City is a long-term collaborative research project spanning two decades. Centred on Nouakchott, the capital city of Mauritania, it assembles oral histories, vernacular archives, rare archival film and photographs, a feature documentary about the city, as well as a VR experience. The material is progressively given form and published in books, exhibitions, and online, meeting various audiences and inviting people to revision the history of the city.

For this installation at the Freiburger Filmforum, film excerpts from the archive are presented alongside an immersive VR experience co-directed by Christian Vium & Med Lemine Rajel, accompanied by a newsprint publication, a cassette, and a limited-edition poster.

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