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Revision as of 14:29, 6 October 2019
To have the name of the object
Conversations with Saskia Willaert
Saskia Willaert is in charge of the collection of African instruments at the Musical Instruments Museum in Brussels. She is also responsible for the inventory of these instruments and the digital documentation of them. In 2016, we had two conversations with her about the details of that work.
October and December 2016, Saskia Willaert in conversation with Michael Murtaugh, Femke Snelting, Martino Morandi and Sam Muirhead. Photographs: Michael Murtaugh