We had a successful opening in Penang last month, where we were part of two exhibitions, one at China House and the other in the Alliance Francaise. This is part of the Photography Open Salon’s extension from Arles to Penang, and Stefen had the chance to travel twice to this magical town in January for press conferences and talks.
We have attached some news paper reports from the event.
The Poverty Line Team is currently in India, and we get a very common question from everyone who asks, “How is the Poverty Line calculated”? When we set out to do this project, we didn’t realise how difficult this question might be. While we try to be as accurate and unbiased in our approach towards the calculation of the poverty line, we still get a lot of queries and skepticism on the accuracy.
I came across an article yesterday reading the Sunday Times of India, about an interview with former president of India APJ Abdul Kalam, about his book ‘Target 3 Billion’.
I read with interest one of the questions posed to him, and I quote this in its entirety.
Q (Shobhan Saxena): How can a country alleviate poverty if it can’t even decide the number of poor people it has? The figures ranges from 350 million to 800 million. Why is it so difficult? Continue reading
We are excited to announced that our project, ‘The Poverty Line’ will be featured as the winning series of a very prestigious and interesting exhibition in Penang, Malaysia on the 12th January 2011. Three countries of the Poverty Line will be represented in the exhibition – Malaysia, China and France. The exhibition will be on for a month, from the 12th January to 11th February.
Hi everyone,
Thanks for all the support and encouragement during this time, and we never imagined this body of work to gain so much momentum over the last 12 months.
The team would like to wish you a Merry Christmas where ever you are, and hope that you managed to spend precious time with your loved ones.
We are continuing to work during the festive period, as we will be doing the project in India, home to the world’s most people defined by the poverty line.
Please keep this website tuned. We have a lot more exciting news coming up for the new year!
Stefen Chow
MGA 1,284 (USD 0.64, EUR 0.51). This is based on per capita per-day basis of national poverty line tracked by the National Institute of Statistics (INSTAT).
Stefen was interviewed by German radio, afk M94.5 based in Munich two weeks ago. The interview was aired on the 25th November 2011. Stefen spoke about the motivations behind the project, the artist residency in Arles, France and expansion plans into other countries.
The interview was conducted in English and translated into German. Please click the link below to listen to the interview. Interview recording courtesy by Sofia Botvinnik of afk M94.5
Stefen Interview with Radio Munich afk M 94.5
We were honoured to be featured on a special feature by 163.com, a top web portal in China; this discusses the Chinese government’s new poverty line of CNY 2,300 (USD 361.36). And pleasantly surprised that we had over 7,000 visits in a day, with visitors from 305 cities in China.
The article observes that while China has raised the poverty line, which now works out to USD 0.99 per day, it still lags behind the World Bank’s international standard of USD 1.25 a day. It also looks into issues like inflation of food staples like flour and rice, and the allocation of poverty alleviation funding to education and healthcare. A thoughtful piece examining the other side of the issue.
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