Anja Bohnhof
Krishak, 2017/2018
"A third of all working people around the world are engaged in the agricultural sector. In Asia and Africa millions of small farmers produce the majority of all the food consumed, mostly working on very small pieces of land. This is in stark contrast to the parallel development towards ever larger energy- and resource-intensive forms of cultivation that are supported globally by open markets and targeted subsidies.
The term “non-simultaneity” coined by the philosopher Ernst Bloch means that not all the milieux and sectors of a society undergo modernisation processes and achieve comparable levels synchronously. In India, known as a country of contrasts and extremes, Bloch’s non-simultaneity can be seen, experienced and felt everywhere. The subcontinent has long since opened up to compete on the global market and therapidly increasing prosperity of its upper and middle classes contrasts with the way of life of the majority of the population, whose daily life largely consists of often fruitless efforts to satisfy the most basic needs.
The photographs give an impressive and visually intense view of life on the land, while at the same time reflecting the toughness of a farmer’s daily life, a life that not only seems to be stuck in a time warp but also illustrates a global issue: What should sustainable agriculture look like in the fraught nexus of ecological and social demands?"
Anja Bohnhof
C-Print. Each 50 x 40 cm, 65 x 50 cm, 70 x 50 cm or 84 x 64 cm (90 x 70 cm)
The term “non-simultaneity” coined by the philosopher Ernst Bloch means that not all the milieux and sectors of a society undergo modernisation processes and achieve comparable levels synchronously. In India, known as a country of contrasts and extremes, Bloch’s non-simultaneity can be seen, experienced and felt everywhere. The subcontinent has long since opened up to compete on the global market and therapidly increasing prosperity of its upper and middle classes contrasts with the way of life of the majority of the population, whose daily life largely consists of often fruitless efforts to satisfy the most basic needs.
The photographs give an impressive and visually intense view of life on the land, while at the same time reflecting the toughness of a farmer’s daily life, a life that not only seems to be stuck in a time warp but also illustrates a global issue: What should sustainable agriculture look like in the fraught nexus of ecological and social demands?"
Anja Bohnhof
C-Print. Each 50 x 40 cm, 65 x 50 cm, 70 x 50 cm or 84 x 64 cm (90 x 70 cm)
From the series KIRSHAK- YIELD OF TIME, 2017/2018, C-Print
From the series KIRSHAK- YIELD OF TIME, 2017/2018, C-Print