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REVIEW: Robert Knoth & Antoinette DeJong – “POPPY: Trails of Afghan Heroin” (2012)

Poppy: Trails of Afghan Heroin

By Paul Loomis for ASX, November, 2012

The list of locations and scope of coverage in Poppy: Trails of Afghan Heroin is comprehensive. Poppy claims to trace the Afghan the entire recent history of the opium trade, to describe trafficking routes and opium’s impact on millions of people. It claims to do all of this on an enormous scale; across 13 countries and with more than 17 years of on-the-ground reportage. This massive project is allegedly accomplished by only two people: Robert Knoth and Antoinette de Jong. However, the book delivers on its promise. Knoth and de Jong’s photographs and text reveal complex networks of clandestine commerce with skill, sensitivity, and compassion.

The the book begins in Afghanistan, where desperate poverty coupled with a corrupt political environment allow the country to produce 93% of the world’s opium and gain 54% of its GDP from trading it, usually after it has been refined into heroin.

REVIEW: Robert Knoth & Antoinette DeJong – “POPPY: Trails of Afghan Heroin” (2012)

ASX.TV: Kadir Van Lohuizen – “Via Panam” (2012)

VIA PANAM – A 40 WEEK JOURNEY EXPLORING MIGRATION IN THE AMERICAS

viapanam.org paradox.nl/viapanam

Why do people migrate? Where to and for what reasons? What is the fate of the different indigenous populations in the Americas? In Via PanAm, Kadir van Lohuizen investigates the roots of migration in the Americas, a phenomenon which is as old as humanity but is increasingly portrayed as a new threat to the Western world.

Via PanAm follows Van Lohuizen’s footsteps from the very south of Chile to the very north of Alaska. Travelling 28,000 km along the Pan-American Highway and crossing through 15 countries, Van Lohuizen visualizes the stories of the communities, regions and societies he encounters. His work reflects a diverse range of migration experiences both historic and contemporary. The photo stories reflect the complexity of migration – the diverse motivations for coming and going, the struggles and successes, the economic, political, social and environmental contexts, as well as the intimate moments

ASX.TV: Kadir Van Lohuizen – “Via Panam” (2012)

ASX.TV: Robert Knoth and Antoinette de Jong – ” Poppy: Trails of Afghan Heroin

Exhibition and book by Robert Knoth and Antoinette de Jong. Launched at March 31, Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam. Book available online from then at ydocfoundation.org or hatjecantz.de. Production: paradox.nl/poppy

ASX.TV: Ed van der Elsken – “Amsterdam” (2011)

ASX.TV: Koen Wessing – “Septiembre 1973″

ASX.TV: Ed van der Elsken – “Tokyo Symphony” (2010)

In the last years of his life Ed van der Elsken worked on what should have been his audiovisual magnum opus: Tokyo Symphony. The installation was meant to be his homage to Japan – a land that had embraced him personally as well as a photographer and author.

The installation was never finished due to his early death at age 60. It was thought that the collection of 1,600 images, which is currently stored at the Nederlands Fotomuseum in Rotterdam, was all that remained of this ambitious project. In 2007, researcher Frank Ortmanns discovered five audiotapes belonging to the project. Fascinated by this missing piece of the puzzle, Ortmanns approached Paradox to discuss the possibility of posthumously realizing Tokyo Symphony. Taking into account Van der Elsken’s fascination with AV technology, it was concluded that a contemporary approach to this installation would be most appropriate. In other words: to make an installation as if Van der Elsken were still alive.

ASX.TV: Ed van der Elsken – “Tokyo Symphony” (2010)

ASX.TV: Ed van der Elsken – “In Japan” (NL) (2011)

ASX.TV: Ed van der Elsken – “In Japan” (2011)

ASX.TV: Koen Wessing – “Interview” (2010)

ASX.TV: Koen Wessing – “Interview” (2011)

KOEN WESSING IN CONVERSATION WITH KEES HIN

Director: Kees Hin | Camera: Jan Wouter van Reijen | Editor: Thomas Vroege | Soundmix: Wart Wamsteker

Koen Wessing’s Indelible Images is a multi-platform project that shows Koen Wessing’s coverage of the 1973 military coup in Chile and more of his Latin American work from the 1970s. The project is a collaboration between Dutch photographer Koen Wessing, filmmaker Kees Hin and curator/designer Jeroen de Vries.

The first show was produced by Paradox for the Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistral (GAM) in Santiago de Chile. The project included an exhibition at the GAM from March 8 to April 30, 2011, and the donation of selected prints of Wessing’s photographs from 1973 to the archive of theUniversidad Diego Portales for scientific and educational purposes. Centro Gabriela Mistral (GAM) was a former cultural center during the Allende administration that was occupied by the troops after the military coup and used as headquarters for the military

ASX.TV: Koen Wessing – “Interview” (2010)