[spacer height=”20px”] Growing up at my grandmother’s place gave me a different perspective of home. The love and care she gave to me and my younger sibling was loving and caring with a bit of strictness. This shaped my view of home. In my view, in order for a home to be a complete home, there has to be a woman in the household. Therefore in my photographs I look to domestic objects that are presented around the house which […]
[spacer height=”20px”] Sun gon rise, Sun gon shine Sun gon set Sun gon rise, Sun gon shine Sun gon set I feel sorry for the both of us I don’t mean to hurt your feelings Im sorry, Im going through it Lets go get those Jordans you wanted Cause I can spend a few hundreds My SON the flyest in the school Never see him in no off brands You know ima put in them Gucci for the dance I […]
[spacer height=”20px”] Since this lockdown started, I haven’t spent even a single day locking myself at home. Police keep roaming around my hood and all me and my neighbours do is just to run away as soon as they appear.
[spacer height=”20px”] The work focuses on my family in Phola Park, Thokoza , where I live. The idea of being locked in at home and being separated from one another as if we are strangers, where we are prisoners in our own spaces. I imagine that if one of my family members becomes infected with this disease (Corona Virus), it would mean the whole family could be at risk of death. I stay in a backyard, one room shack with […]
[spacer height=”20px”] Home is where you are. Home is where your essence is. Home is not physical. Home is where you lay your head. Home is what gives you butterflies. My body of work focuses on home as a subjective place/meaning that can be different for everyone. It explores what home means to me but also what I think Home might mean to other people. Home is a poem. Home is a movie. Home is grandma. Home is my favourite […]