Mongo n. argot. Objet jet\u00e9 puis r\u00e9cup\u00e9r\u00e9.\u00a0Cape Mongo suit l\u2019histoire d\u2019un personnage au cours de son voyage dans la ville du Cap. Chaque personnage Mongo est fabriqu\u00e9 \u00e0 partir des d\u00e9chets de la ville \u2013 des \u00ab\u00a0cr\u00e9atures poubelles\u00a0\u00bb mythiques qui ont \u00e9merg\u00e9 des d\u00e9charges croissantes de la culture de consommation. La cr\u00e9ature revisite les espaces de leurs pass\u00e9s imaginaires \u2013 les lieux associ\u00e9s \u00e0 leur existence mat\u00e9rielle et \u00e0 la constitution de leurs relations sociales \u2013 comme si elle marchait \u00e0 contre-courant de la ville ax\u00e9e sur la consommation. Le voyage des personnages \u00e9voque des images qui \u00e9voquent certaines des trajectoires historiques qui ont conduit \u00e0 l\u2019in\u00e9galit\u00e9 end\u00e9mique et \u00e0 l\u2019ali\u00e9nation sociale qui caract\u00e9risent le Cap d\u2019aujourd\u2019hui.<\/p>\n
Mongo n. slang. object thrown away and then recovered.\u00a0Cape Mongo follows the story of a character as they journey through the city of Cape Town. Each Mongo character is made from the city\u2019s discarded waste \u2013 mythical \u2018trash creatures\u2019 which have emerged from the growing dumps of consumer culture. The creature revisits the spaces of their imagined pasts \u2013 the locations associated with their material existence and the constitution of their social relations \u2013 as if walking against the consumer-driven currents of city. The characters\u2019 journey conjure up imagery that touches on some of the historical trajectories that have lead up to the endemic inequality and social alienation which characterises present day Cape Town.<\/em><\/p>\n