MODERN WORLD, 2016
Modern World is a video constructed of scanned archival photographs, sourced from 1950s-1970s architectural periodicals housed in the Built Environment Library at the University of Cape Town. The montage of stark black and white images of modernist architecture in Southern Africa and iconic examples from other parts of the globe, was composed in several iterations, each scored to samples of various drumming tracks. As the rhythm slows and picks up pace, the images accelerate in tandem, from slow single beats to an aggressive rapid flashing, with the buildings perceivable only as abstract shapes. In these images architectural form asserts itself as object, its geometry unyielding.
Modern World, 2016
Gallery MOMO, Cape Town, South Africa
GUS Gallery, Stellenbosch, South Africa
video projection
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