Visual Foreign Correspondents

Visual Foreign Correspondents, Issue 7

Prayer, 2008 by Thando Mama

Prayer, 2008 will feature in Fed Stuff (theFed Square daily playlist) from the 13th of May till the 9th of June, 2008.

Thando Mama is a Cape Town based artist making work which tackles the subjects of poverty, violence, black masculinity and the continuing marginality of African subjects.

For Visual Foreign Correspondents, Mama has made 'Prayer' in which scenes of violence and extreme poverty from clips of news media (accompanied by a sound track from an Islamic prayer call) are juxtaposed with an evocative, textured image sequence of two men alternatively and rhythmically bending in Islamic prayer.