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Along the Way was a collaborative project between Roger Jardine, Niall McNulty and Tamlyn Young, with disturbance design. The end result was an exhibition and book, published in 2008. This website serves as an online archive of the project.
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New Urban Imaginaries
Along the Way has been included in an exciting exhibition run out of Temple University in Philadelphia, USA.
Titled The world in my
street: New Urban Imaginaries, the project brings together artistic and
critical projects that engage the changing social, historical and political
dynamics of urban localities. It examines the dynamics of
participation and distribution as well as the evolving roles of photography,
video and web-based imagery in generating new ways of envisioning and
engaging cities. The World in my street will involve artists,
planners, theorists and others who are engaged in critical ways with urban
dynamics under pressure from the effects of globalization. While the
theoretical formulation of their efforts references Henri Lefebvre’s three
types of spatial representation—the production of everyday life, the
codifications of that life, and the liberatory conceptualizations that can
be imagined and invented—the project’s themes are also informed by the
critical analyses of writers engaged in particular places and their specific
histories, such as Geeta Kapur, Achille Mbembe and Cuauhtemoc Medina.
To read more about it, visit www.newurbanimaginaries.org.
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The Along the Way book is now available as a PDF download. Click here to download, print and read.
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Along the way
is a 52 page book documenting the lives of 10 inner city residents from
the city of Durban in South Africa. With images by Roger Jardine and
texts by Niall McNulty, the book celebrates the lives of those living
on the periphery, usually in poverty but not without dignity.
Each character featured in the book is represented by a colour. The
cover features horizontal bands of the ten colours, the thickness of
each band corresponding to that persons age. the cover thus becomes a
graphic representation of ten lives as they have been lived so far.
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Along the Way team members spent last Friday retracing the steps they took when first researching this project; reconnecting with participants and delivering them each a copy of the Along the Way book.
 Gloria with her book.
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Along the Way: The real Durban |
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(Thought Leader, 29 March 2008)
What happens if you take a writer, a photographer and an artist,
give them 30 days and set them free in the inner city of Durban?
Along the Way: 10 lives, 10 portraits. An intimate book of
photographic portraits and stories from 10 different people living in
Durban. From a priest to a retired whaler, a car guard to a traditional
tailor, these are real-life portraits written and photographed
beautifully. But without trying to blur the truth — no easy task.
Don’t believe me? Check out www.alongtheway.co.za
to read about the people who shared chunks of their lives to make up
this book. Best of all, it’s for sale (for only R40) and all the
proceeds go to an 11th person who was going to be included in the book.
Her husband and daughter died just before going to print, so now she’s
homeless and pregnant, and obviously in need of any help she can get …
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(The Weekend Witness, 12 April 2008)
A fascinating publication provides insight into the lives of ten Durban residents, writes Peter Machen.
One of the most enduring by-products of the recent Cascoland art festival that took place in Durban was the publication of a small book called Along the Way. This vibrant little multicoloured publication profiles the lives of ten residents of Durban who live or work on the route that the festival followed. Designed by Disturbance Design with beautiful photographs from Roger Jardine and texts and transcriptions from Niall McNulty and Tamlyn Young, Along the Way is a beautifully rendered glimpse into the broader life of a city whose textures and aesthetics are infinitely richer than the clichés spouted by the tourism industry.
The book begins at Second River Temple in Cato Manor, where we meet Guru Dhanasargaren, a Hindu priest who encourages people to pray their own way in the sacred spaces of the temple. “I have helped Christians and Moslems, black, white and Indian,” he says. “I believe that you can stand here and pray to the prophet Buddha.”
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Along the Way Exhibition: Books
for sale & music by Aiden Cornhill
Event Details
- Date: Thursday, 27th March 2008
- Time: 6:00 PM
- Venue: Manna, 40 Marriot Road,
Durban | Map
- RSVP: Cindine or Andile, 031 202 0059
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Ten portraits, ten people, one book.
disturbance and friends invite you to join us this Saturday for the launch of Along the Way.
Along the Way is a glimpse into just ten of the three and a half million interwoven worlds that make up our city.
Event Details
- Date: Saturday, 15 March 2008
- Time: 6:30 PM for 7:00 PM
- Venue: Warwick Triangle, 126 Johannes Nkosi Street (prev. Alice St.)
Durban | Map
- RSVP: Cindine or Andile, 031 202 0059
www.cascoland.com
Book details
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Take a photographer, a writer and an artist; a whole lot of walking; a thirty-day timeframe and what do you end up with? Along the Way – an intimate book of portraits and stories.
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