LE MARCHÉ ORIENTAL|2008

A 2-minute intervention inside Cape Town’s disused Oriental Plaza, an Apartheid-era shopping mall designed to control Indian trade. On the 4th day of Ramadan, 2008, Sheikh Mogamat Moerat of District Six’s Zeenatul Islam Majid mosque was invited to sing the Adhan (call to prayer) inside the empty remains of the building a few weeks prior to its demolition to make way for luxury apartments.

Medium: Video, audio
Dimensions: Variable
Duration: 03:00
Date: 2008

Listen to Le Marché Oriental

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VIDEO CREDITS

Direction: James Webb
Camera: Norman Servais
Sound recording: James Webb & Vanessa De Michelis
Video editing: Matthew Kalil
Sound editing: James Webb
Thanks to: Sheikh Mogamat Moerat, Carine Zaayman

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