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Contact: Proto x Oath Magazine
Proto 24 October–4 November 2019
Photographic contact sheet from ‘Contact’, a collaboration between A4’s proto~ museum shop and Oath Magazine, with the negatives of participant photographs arranged diagonally across the page.
Ephemera: Oath Magazine’s Contact, October 24–November 4, 2019. Image courtesy of Oath Magazine.
Title Contact: Proto x Oath Magazine Dates 24 October–4 November 2019 Location Proto Tagline A photographic project with Proto, Oath Magazine, and inhabitants of the city. Credits

Coordinators:
Hamzeh Alfarahneh
Stephanie Blomkamp

Facilitators:
Day Mthembu
Raphael Bromilow
Ella Petousis

Partner:
Oath Magazine

Support:
Camera sponsored by Tothills
Film sponsored by ORMS

Oath stations a 35mm film camera at Proto. Passersby are invited to take the camera walking and capture two exposures. A contact sheet of images builds a collective narrative of the neighbourhood, Buitenkant Street, and its surrounds.

Event photograph from ‘Contact’, a collaboration between A4’s proto~ museum shop and Oath Magazine. A camera sits on a small table with explainer text. A poster on the pillar behind it reads “Take the Camera Walking”.
Event: Oath Magazine’s Contact, October 24–November 4, 2019. Image courtesy of A4 Arts Foundation.
Event photograph from ‘Contact’, a collaboration between A4’s proto~ museum shop and Oath Magazine. A participant holds a camera while standing on the pavement outside of A4’s premises.
Event: Oath Magazine’s Contact, October 24–November 4, 2019. Image courtesy of A4 Arts Foundation.
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