(Pic by Kerim Seiler and Gregor Metzger: Installation view of Pneuma Somnambull: Nomadic Structures, Mpande Bay, Transkei (2010); Fluorescent tubes, wood, metal, plastic, power; Installation dimensions variable)Collaborative project by two Swiss artists for KZNSA.
Pro Helvetia Cape Town, the Swiss Arts Council, presents Nomadic Structures, a collaborative project by two Swiss artists – visual artist Kerim Seiler and dancer/choreographer Gregor Metzger – that will be installed in various urban and rural locations in South Africa in March and April.
Due to open at the KZNSA Gallery on March 23, Nomadic Structures is a travelling, mobile, public art project, and features Pneuma Somnambul (or Restless Spirit) - a sculpture made up of a number of tetrahedron-shaped cells and decorated with colourful fluorescent lights that blink at a slow pace.
For the artists, Seiler and Metzger, the main goal of the project is to present Pneuma Somnambul in as many locations as possible – including the main centres of Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg but also lesser traversed locations in between. In fact, the process of travelling, finding interesting locations, negotiating, constructing Pneuma, its presentation, documentation, and then subsequent deconstruction all are integral to the project.
Nomadic Structures opens on March 23 at 18h00 to runs until April 17 at the KZNSA Gallery at 166 Bulwer Road, Glenwood, in Durban. More information on 031 277 1703, fax 031 201 8051 or cell 082 220 0368 or visit www.kznsagallery.co.za
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