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Uganda protests Danish = artist's=20 photo exhibition of Ugandan villagers
Published: November 16, =
2006
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KAMPALA, Uganda: A Danish photographer has run into a harsh art = critic =E2=80=94 a=20 Ugandan government minister.
Kristian von Hornsleth's photos of Ugandan villagers he persuaded to = adopt=20 his name in exchange for pigs and goats "is unacceptable and aimed at=20 dehumanizing Ugandans," Ethics and Integrity Minister James Nsaba Buturo = told=20 reporters in the Ugandan capital Thursday.
Speaking on phone from Copenhagen, Hornsleth said that the exhibition = was=20 meant to highlight the plight of poor African countries. His subjects = are shown=20 posing with identity cards showing their first name is "Hornsleth." In = all, 100=20 photos taken over several months were part of "The Village Project = Uganda =E2=80=94 we=20 want to help you, but we want to own you", an exhibition set to open in=20 Copenhagen, Denmark on Friday.
"I give the animals to the poor people who need them. They drop their = names.=20 I give them a beautiful name and make art. It is basically free trade. = You sell=20 something to me, I buy something from you," the artist said.
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On his Web site, he says trade, not aid, is the way to lift Africa = out of=20 poverty.
Buturo was unconvinced.
"If Hornsleth wanted to assist poor Ugandans he should have simply = assisted=20 them while they kept their identity. Making them drop their names in = exchange=20 for a piglet is abusing their human rights at the highest level," Buturo = said.=20 "While he is protected by freedoms in his country, Uganda has the right = to=20 complain. I have instructed police to investigate his project in = Uganda."
Hornsleth began his project in May, meeting with villagers, lawyers = and=20 others to prepare for the project in Buteyongera, a village about 50 = kilometers=20 (30 miles) from the capital, Kampala.
So far, at least 500 villagers have been issued with new identity = cards after=20 agreeing to change their first name to Hornsleth, the artist's agents = say.
Uganda has written to Denmark to protest Friday's exhibition, Buturo=20 said.
Danish Ambassador Stig Barlyng said that his country had received = Uganda's=20 complaint and while he had no respect for Hornsleth's project, Denmark = could not=20 do anything about it.
"The exhibition is a private initiative of Hornsleth and the Danish = Embassy=20 has no jurisdiction over it," the envoy said. "The best Uganda can do is = to=20 complain to Hornsleth himself."
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