Concrete Affection - Zopo Lady

Kiluanji Kia Henda
Concrete Affection - Zopo Lady, 2014
Digital film with shipping crate installation
Dimensions variable

Inspired by the first chapter of the book by Polish journalist and writer Rychard Kapuscinsky, Another Day of Life - Angola 1975, the short-film Concrete Affection - Zopo Lady (2014) draws a portrait of the modern architecture of Angolan capital Luanda. Its central reference is the important historical period when the city was completely abandoned by thousands of inhabitants (mainly Portuguese and white Angolans), as a consequence of Angolan independence in 1975, followed by a long-term civil war. With images from terraces and interiors of buildings, streets and avenues, the action unfolds in a completely uninhabited city, where the narrator tells his story about the painful decision to leave the city where he lived his whole life.