BOOKS
Saalfeld, Christine.
The art of Cohabitation. as an Art Form of Social Coexistence.
Rotterdam, Stad-Nomade Artist Book, 2017.
€ 19.50
Softcover with flaps, 112pp., 21.5x26cm., richly illustr. in b/w., in very good condition. Trilingual edition: NL-ENG-DEU. ISBN: 9789082642100.
This book is a graphic and photographic novel by visual artist Christine Saalfeld. It is about experiences, projects and meetings with people in Rotterdam Zuid. The focus is on the quality of coexistance in terms of poverty, unemployment and how these circumstances could effect the quality of life. It is possible that the quality of life is beter because people actually need each other; when they need each other, they tend to form a coalition instead of competing with each other. Based on the cultural diversity and the economic conditions of life, an urban dynamic has developed which changes norms, values and moral ideas.