The Lost Lover book was curated by Australian French artist Julia Drouhin and Zimbabwean poet and publisher Thuthukani Ndlovu (The Radioactive Blog) to open discussion about a common feeling, love, and socio-cultural issues inspired by advertisements seen in the streets of Bloemfontein. These advertisements are printed in the same pink and blue coloured fonts with various phone numbers, pasted on walls in public spaces mostly in the CBD, aligned with keywords as “penis enlargement” or “safe and pain free abortion”, offering solutions for life problems.
Thuthukani and Julia then hosted poetry workshops in South Africa and Tasmania to collect responses to those posters and generate content for the Lost Lover book, acting as a score for a live broadcast in public space that will relay the participants voices through a network of community radio stations, A.I.R. (Altitude Immersive Radio).
