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9/5/2011

Homing

Kznsa Gallery, Durban

A group exhibition of new work by twelve Durban based Artists.

Home, any shelter that is the usual residence of a person; the place in which one's domestic affections are centered; the dwelling place or retreat of an animal; the place or region where something is most common; any place of refuge or residence; a principal base of operations or activities. Where the heart is.

Twelve Durban-based artists have teamed up to present a body of new photographic work surrounding the theme of ‘Homing'. The artists have each taken a unique and individualistic approach to their interpretation of ‘Homing'. What distinguishes this exhibition is the wide range of intentions and modes of presentation that the members of the group have chosen to show their work. From an installation of light-boxes to digital prints on paper, a sculptural installation of a street ‘spaza' and large-scale photographs printed on wallpaper and glued to the gallery walls, this is no regular documentary photographic exhibition.

An important component will be presented in the Mezzanine Gallery. Working with members of the group, Durban street photographers were mentored to develop participatory work with our city's vulnerable young people who are most often perceived to be ‘homeless'.

This two-month project intended to create a dialogue between the free-lance street photographers and the former street children who are now housed at Umthombo. We strived to create a relationship between the two groups where the photographs were a collaboration and final representation a collective decision. The project reflected on where the street kids were coming from, their present disposition and how the visual exposes the possibility of different perceptions and possibilities.

Street children catalyze our world, their images give pause for alternative narratives, convictions, juxtapose our hopeless descriptions with that which sees beyond the gut wrenching regularity of urban intersection realties, heralding possibility.

Participating artists are: Andrew Griffin, Troy Inman, Harry Lock, Peter McKenzie, Neith Moore, Michele Silk, Lanel Janse van Vuuren, Thulani Welcome Ngcobo, Ernest Siphiwe Mthembu, Vincent Musa Chala, Thulani Derrick Mbhele, Emmanuel Nkosinathi Shangazi.

Opening Tuesday 10th May, at 6pm

Main, Mezzanine and Multi-Media Room
Kznsa Gallery, 166 Bulwer Road, Durban Sud Africa

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