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The exhibition In Land We Resonate by Lakisha Apostel and Lungiswa Gqunta explores two distinct approaches to connecting with the earth. One excavates, while the other embeds herself into the soil. The artists reveal how gestures like digging and stirring the earth can open it as an archive of forgotten memories and suppressed histories. Their works show the soil not only as our foundation but also as an active witness to the past and future.
The artists each depart from their personal experience of displacement. Gqunta’s video installation is named after the Riotous Assemblies Act of 1956, a South African law that prohibited public gatherings in outdoor spaces. In her work, she examines alternative forms of gathering within the home as a way of accessing knowledge deeply rooted in post-colonial South Africa. Drawing on childhood memories, she shows how the tradition of women folding sheets can become a moment for collective dialogue.
Collectivity equally echoes through Apostel’s…
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The exhibition In Land We Resonate by Lakisha Apostel and Lungiswa Gqunta explores two distinct approaches to connecting with the earth. One excavates, while the other embeds herself into the soil. The artists reveal how gestures like digging and stirring the earth can open it as an archive of forgotten memories and suppressed histories. Their works show the soil not only as our foundation but also as an active witness to the past and future.
The artists each depart from their personal experience of displacement. Gqunta’s video installation is named after the Riotous Assemblies Act of 1956, a South African law that prohibited public gatherings in outdoor spaces. In her work, she examines alternative forms of gathering within the home as a way of accessing knowledge deeply rooted in post-colonial South Africa. Drawing on childhood memories, she shows how the tradition of women folding sheets can become a moment for collective dialogue.
Collectivity equally echoes through Apostel’s…
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