Africa Rifting: Lines of Fire Namibia/Brazil

CCAC #: 0488
Artwork title: Africa Rifting: Lines of Fire Namibia/Brazil
Artist(s): Georgia Papageorge
Year made: 2001
Artwork type: Video
Medium: Video
Video art duration: 15:14
Edition: 9/15
Source: donated by the artist
Year acquired: 2004
Installation type: Movable artwork
Current location: In storage
Exhibitions:
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Georgia Papageorge looks at the Gondwanaland continental split between Africa and South America as both a geological and sociological rift. The artist travelled to and joined these two continents together through the use of red banners, suggesting a link between Namibia and Brazil through violence, hope, salvation and redemption.


Photographer: Unrecorded
Photo copyright: Consult with CCT curatorial team

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