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Sounds of Blikkiesdorp glimpses into everyday life in Blikkiesdorp, a newly built temporary housing area in the far periphery of Cape Town. Erected by the municipality, it is occupied since 2008 by people from very different backgrounds, some who were previously living in a nearby squatter’s camp, some having been forcefully moved from the city to this hostile and isolated place. Despite the harsh living conditions and the uncertainty of their future, the people we come across do all their best to improve their house, to make a living and keep their spirits high. In a place of informality and resourcefulness, music becomes the link between the structures, the alleys and the people: the real soundtrack for Blikkiesdorp.

Laurence Bonvin is a documentary photographer and artist whose work deal with landscape, architecture, public space, informality, urban transformations and peripheries at large. She has extensively exhibited her work in Switzerland and internationally. She is the author of four monographies. Sounds of Blikkiesdorp is her second short film.