In this body of work, I aim to focus on the notion of death and my healing processes accompanied with it through a personal narrative. ‘Conversasie van Wina’ speaks about my personal emotive state, questioning the period after my father’s death and how I dealt with this experience. I explore themes of time, death, memory and presence that my close family and I have shared in his absence – with scenes pertaining to our family home, where he spent […]
Umthwalo is a isiZulu word that’s means load/burden/luggage.Umthwalo (Load) is a project in which I aim to focus on the “load” that I have experienced from losing someone close to me: the strain caused by the death of a loved one is turned into the urge to preserve some of their belongings as a memento. For those who have experienced a similar ordeal, this means: “keeping the spirit alive”.Having to move on with a load which is not […]