Mark Aitken examines the relationship between photography and sound. This week: Dzhangal refers to a Pashto word meaning ‘This is the forest’, the origin of the contentious term ‘Jungle’ or the recently demolished refugee camp near Calais. Gideon Mendel was met with hostility when photographing residents so he turned his camera on personal ephemera. He continues to visit the location, conducting a ‘contemporary archaeology’. With music from the refugee diaspora.
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