Sonya Mmakopano Rademeyer

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Aardklop National Art Festival

2019

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South Africa 

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Aardklop National Arts Festival is hosted annually in Potchefstroom (South Africa). At the opening of my exhibitions 'All we need is a Conductor' and 'The In-between', I did a live performance titled 'Shouting from the boulders'. This title references the "Untitled' poem around gender violence, by acclaimed South African poet, Antjie Krog. The performance was in direct response to the rape and murder of UCT student, Uyinene Mrwetyana on August 24, 2019. During the performance, large clay-clotted roots were attached to the performance dress, requiring these multiple roots to be lifted whilst walking . It also included a live-drawing performance with the smashing of one of the severed roots and shouting out "Nene!!!".

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Images were taken by MyMalaika Photography.

 

For more images of the performance visit studio180 

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Blogpost here

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Photo credit:MyMalaika_Photography