Edit this page.With his project “Traffic Mum” Saliou Traore seeks to initiate choreography within a public space. He is interested in the ways that people approach obstacles in their path and attempts to explore the concept of tolerance, designed behaviour and normal everyday life. His interest in spatial organisation of people derives from his interest in culture and the differences in his experiences of two very different cultures – his homeland of Burkina Faso in Africa, and the other in the Netherlands. He is interested in the ways men deal with an obstacle – that either they wait passively, or creatively manoeuvre around it. In his homeland of Burkina Fosa people deal with blockages in an angry way, shouting and beeping their horns. Here in The Netherlands I have observed that people are not so quick to show such intolerance, since tolerance is something they (BETTER IS SOMETHING DUTCH PEOPLE APARENTELY ) pride themselves on. Perhaps this is why they are so ready and able to be extremely direct in conversation, sometimes remarks can seem to have a jagged edge. I wonder if this the result of suppressed expression towards everyday experience?
The morning of April 22nd was a perfect setting for strolling around the eclectic streets of De Pijp in Amsterdam with a group of like minded individuals, united for a common purpose. The sky was clear blue and smiles radiated warmly from everyone that attended the event. It was clear that parents felt it was an important day, and when I spoke to those gathered there on the Heineken Plein, they resounded my thoughts about pushchairs being a form of transport in their own right. One mother remarked that we as parents should be proud of our vehicles and felt that this was the perfect setting for pushchairs to be seen as significant. Another was interested in the challenge of merging with the public as a group of parents because we are usually confined to playgroups, and she said that at times this felt like some secret and elite existence
Edit this page.With his project “Traffic Mum” Saliou Traore seeks to initiate choreography within a public space. He is interested in the ways that people approach obstacles in their path and attempts to explore the concept of tolerance, designed behaviour and normal everyday life. His interest in spatial organisation of people derives from his interest in culture and the differences in his experiences of two very different cultures – his homeland of Burkina Faso in Africa, and the other in the Netherlands. He is interested in the ways men deal with an obstacle – that either they wait passively, or creatively manoeuvre around it. In his homeland of Burkina Fosa people deal with blockages in an angry way, shouting and beeping their horns. Here in The Netherlands I have observed that people are not so quick to show such intolerance, since tolerance is something they (BETTER IS SOMETHING DUTCH PEOPLE APARENTELY ) pride themselves on. Perhaps this is why they are so ready and able to be extremely direct in conversation, sometimes remarks can seem to have a jagged edge. I wonder if this the result of suppressed expression towards everyday experience?
The morning of April 22nd was a perfect setting for strolling around the eclectic streets of De Pijp in Amsterdam with a group of like minded individuals, united for a common purpose. The sky was clear blue and smiles radiated warmly from everyone that attended the event. It was clear that parents felt it was an important day, and when I spoke to those gathered there on the Heineken Plein, they resounded my thoughts about pushchairs being a form of transport in their own right. One mother remarked that we as parents should be proud of our vehicles and felt that this was the perfect setting for pushchairs to be seen as significant. Another was interested in the challenge of merging with the public as a group of parents because we are usually confined to playgroups, and she said that at times this felt like some secret and elite existence
