A photographer, GEORGES SENGA (República Democrática do Congo, 1983) graduated in languages from the University of Lubumbashi. His work explores affective vestiges in abandoned landscapes. He has taken part in the biennials of Lubumbashi (2010 and 2015), Bamako (2011 and 2015) and Kampala (2014), and in festivals and exhibitions in several African and European countries such as South Africa, Ethiopia, Spain and Switzerland.
Two situations of conflict over urban territory compose the series CETTE MAISON N’EST PAS À VENDRE ET À VENDRE (2016). In Lubumbashi, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, the photographer came across several houses with the sentence “Cette maison n’est pas à vendre” [This house is not for sale] haphazardly painted on the front. Objects of family inheritance disputes, these houses were photographed inside and outside, documenting the memories and attachment of residents to their homes. In the city of Praia Grande (on the coast of the state of São Paulo, Brazil), in turn, amidst a context of rapid urban change, the photographer documented the fronts and surroundings of houses that are indeed for sale. In this case, the potential memories and fondness evoked by the buildings, and also their walls, will soon disappear.
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