EXHIBITION
‘The Other 150'
(and nothing to do
with Dr Livingstone)
July 2005
Livingstone, Zambia
The Other 150 (and nothing to do with Dr Livingstone)
This was another two-man exhibition made in partnership with painter
and fellow traveller, Quentin Allen.
The exhibition was supported and hosted by Maramba River Lodge, with
additional support from Alendo Travel and New Horizon Printing
Press, both of Lusaka, Zambia.
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Here’s what it was all about:
An Exhibition of Paintings and Photography on the Landscape and
Prehistory of the Victoria Falls and Batoka Gorge Region
A Different View of Zambia's No.1 Attraction
Paintings by Quentin Allen & Photography by Stephen Robinson
Why the wacky title?
Well, a lot has been heard in Zambia about celebrating 2005 as the
150th anniversary of David Livingstone's first sight of the Victoria
Falls. But the artists say there's another and bigger "150" worth
celebrating - the 150 million years since the landscape that
created the Victoria Falls and the Batoka Gorge was formed
So this exhibition focuses on the landscape and the prehistory of
the Victoria Falls and the region:
Why we should celebrate "The Other 150"
How Victoria Falls was formed; how it almost didn't happen; and how,
for all of us, it's such a lucky freak of Nature
African Rock Art by the Stone Age & Iron Age peoples who were around
to see the Victoria Falls and the Batoka Gorge in their much earlier
stages
See -
Batoka Series - Photographer’s Note
Exhibition
Visitor Comments: |
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The view from the terrace of the
exhibition hall……
elephants in the Maramba River
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‘The
best way the magic of the river has ever been captured! Well done.’ |
LM – Zambezi River safari operator,
Zimbabwe |
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‘Images stupefiantes.’ |
D – Bordeaux,
France |
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‘Fantastic – Zambia has so much to
offer’ |
CP –
lodge & tour operator, Zambia |
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‘Outstanding’ |
GH – tour operator, Zambia |
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‘Incredible’ |
R &
RL – visitors from Cape Town, South Africa |
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‘Impressive Art Exhibition’ |
WH – Lusaka, Zambia |
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‘Very, very good’ |
AP – Springs, South Africa |
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‘Beautiful & stunning. The elephant is amazing’ |
LW –
England |
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‘Absolutely beautiful, breathtaking pictures’ |
SC – England |
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‘Excellent exhibition ever seen’ |
N, S
,P & M – National Heritage conservation Commission, Zambia |
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‘Excellent pictures and exhibition’ |
His Majesty Munokalya Mukuni, Mukuni Royal Establishment, Zambia |
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‘Fabulous’ |
N –
restaurant operator, Livingstone, Zambia |
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‘Absolutely beautiful – Masters!’ |
C Family – Livingstone, Zambia |
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African Rock Art
Below, some examples of photographs of prehistoric rock art exhibited at this
exhibition.
The
art is probably by the Twa hunter-gatherer people and their ancestors. Examples
of their red-coloured rock art tradition are found throughout Zambia and thought
to be up to at least 5000 years old, with some perhaps as old as 10,000 years.
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Rock Art by Women: Prehistoric rock art at Pilila Azungu
(The Hill of the White Man), Kalemba, E Zambia.
An example of ‘Chinamwali”, a type of
the “White Spread-eagled” rock art tradition of the ancestors of the
modern-day Chewa (Nyanja) people of Eastern Zambia. Examples of this art tradition are up
to 1500 years old and the tradition extended into the early 20th
century. This is an artistic tradition of ancestral Chewa women and
was used in instruction sessions and ‘initiations’ carried out when
a girl comes-of-age and at her first pregnancy.
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Bichromate schematics at Mkoma Rock
Shelter
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Schematic at Makwe Rock Shelter
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Iron age paintings at Thandwe Rock
Shelter
indicate that the prehistoric rock art tradition
continued
into the early 20th century
– because of the addition of a motor
car!
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Iron Age paintings at Thandwe Rock
Shelter
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