All are welcome to [re]present: a
three-part public showcase by Contemporary Archive Project Public Opening on April
28, 29 and 1 May, 2023, at Msinsi Inanda Dam, Isithumba Community Development
Centre and at eThekwini Beach (Blue Lagoon).
April 28, 2023, at 14h00 at Msinsi Inanda Dam
April 29, 2023, at 14h00 at Isithumba Community Development Centre
May 1, 2023, all day at eThekwini
Beach (Blue Lagoon)
[re]present is a project with a specific mandate towards the decentralisation of
photography’s common trajectory of:
Make > Take away [from place of origin] > Present [in galleries,
online, print].
Most of this cycle can often take place without the knowledge (or benefit) of the community in which the work was made. This project will prioritise CAP’s core value of conscientised and ethical practice within photographic and text-based documentary work.
The project in its structure, outdoor nature and choice of locations takes photography to areas outside of the main centre of Durban.
The works,
[re]presented in areas in which they were made, breaks an established mould of
‘taking’ work away from their original locality and into urban gallery spaces
and online platforms. The project promotes physical [re]presentation of
photographic works and text in locations in which the work was made.
The works will be exhibited at three locations: Msinsi Inanda Dam,
Isithumba Community Development Centre and at eThekwini Beach (Blue Lagoon)
featuring photography by Thobani K, Mandisa Buthelezi, Lindokuhle Ndlovu, Paulo
Menezes and Niamh Walsh-Vorster.
[re]present is funded by the Goethe-Institut Project Space (GPS) project grant
2023.
Posts
