24/10/2024
*Clay, Library, Land studies*
“I initially had many ideas on how I wanted to approach this project: how I would photograph the community that used to live there and dig into archives to uncover more stories. But the land itself kept coming to mind, and it became the only thing I could focus on photographing. My collaborator, Zayaan Khan, had been collecting clay from the site, and gradually, the simplicity of the concept began to fall into place. I decided to photograph the emptiness of the suburb and try to capture any traces of life (or the lack thereof) among the vegetation.” Words by Kent Andreasen
Since 2023 The MAAK has been in cross-disciplinary dialogue about District 6 with artist/ researcher Zayaan Khan and photographer Kent Andreasen. The works presented in ‘Clay, Library, Land studies’ reflect on the collaborative gestures that have emerged in this process so far and are told through the lens of a new library we are currently building at Rahmaniyeh Primary School.
‘Clay, Library, Land Studies’ with be on show at Demo Projects (79 Roeland street, Cape Town) from 24th Oct - 9th Nov.
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