{"id":6578,"date":"2016-04-05T11:36:42","date_gmt":"2016-04-05T09:36:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/perspektivet.no\/en\/?post_type=utstillinger&p=6578"},"modified":"2023-03-07T11:29:12","modified_gmt":"2023-03-07T10:29:12","slug":"places-we-live","status":"publish","type":"bc_exhibition","link":"https:\/\/perspektivet.no\/en\/exhibitions\/places-we-live\/","title":{"rendered":"Places We Live"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Over a billion people \u2013 a sixth of the world\u2019s population \u2013 currently live in slums. Worldwide urbanization and mass poverty have led to many people living a marginalized existence outside the official city limits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monotonous language is often used to depict slum life, with poverty, crime, want and misery predominating. In Places We Live<\/em> Jonas Bendiksen<\/a> puts himself at the centre of the home, amongst the creative d\u00e9cor, small ornaments and souvenirs, and asks the slum dwellers to recount their lives. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The overriding narrative is that of the human capacity to establish a normal life and create a home<\/em>. Huge variations in the circumstances of individuals and personal style are unveiled, and our understanding of how we<\/em> live in the twenty-first century is challenged.<\/p>\n\n\n