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Two young Ethiopians tell about their lifes as students of Addis Ababa University; they focus on the sharing of a small room in the dormitory and the reality of a multi-ethnic country like Ethiopia. The observing camera shows the dormitory, as it were a stage, consisting of bunk beds, built-in cupboards and a corridor. Eight young men share this narrow space, where they sleep, eat, study or pray. They are Christians or Muslims, communicate in one of the many local languages or help themselves with English in order to understand each other. What may look like a refugee camp allows us actually to gain an insight into a community of young people, who prepare their future in a promising African country.

* Winterthur/Switzerland, lives and works in Basel/Switzerland and Brussels/Belgium education ZHdK Zürich, Graphic design; Swiss Television Zürich, stage design; FHNW Basel, audiovisual design. from 1995: videotapes, video installations, documentary videos, video for dance and theater. Works 1995-97 on cruise-ships around the world, lives 1998-2000 in Montréal/Canada and 2002-07 in Paris, then moves to Brussels. 2000-02 lecturer for video Fachhochschule Vorarlberg/Austria. 2004-14 guest lecturer HSLU Lucerne/Switzerland.