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Zanele Muholi joins master photographers in ‘Freedom, I dream up for myself and others’ at Val de Vie, Paarl
21 Jul 2024 (2 min) read
Artist and visual activist Zanele Muholi joins Freedom, I dream up for myself and others, an outdoor photography exhibition showcasing master photographers from across Africa, curated by curator and interdisciplinary art practitioner, Anelisa Mangcu.
Following its successful run for the past year across the streets of Stellenbosch as another Stellenbosch Outdoor Sculpture Trust initiative, the presentation has now been moved to Val de Vie Winelands Lifestyle Estate in Paarl for the next three months.
“Freedom, I dream up for myself and others is an exploration of a visual language that bridges gaps between cultures, creates understanding, and inspires empathy and connection,” explains Mangcu. “This photographic presentation transcends language barriers and allows people to convey ideas and concepts using imagery and visual cues.”
The works selected in this exhibition are intended to be more mindful of the subtleties of our dreams and how we view the world; they’re expected to resonate with us all, and with the medium of photography it does so in its purest form with no distortions.
“Photography is a tool that never warps or ages. This medium teaches us to look, to look again, and to do so harder,” continues Mangcu. “This visual universal language has the ability to change perception, encourage understanding and create a sense of urgency when needed. It has been the reason to incite human action and at other times to inspire human connection.”
The exhibition explores the Masters of Photography who draw inspiration from the African continent, and encourages the audience to foster meaningful dialogue in investigating the archive. The artists have pushed boundaries within the medium of photography and created works that have stood the test of time. “Archives are not just windows into the past, they are the authentic creations of individual people who lived before us and still live among us. They are the archaeology that was never buried,” says Mangcu.
Muholi’s Isiqhaza II, Philadelphia, 2018, an image from their ongoing series Somnyama Ngonyama (Hail the Dark Lioness) is the selected work, alongside photographs by Berni Searle, David Goldblatt, James Barnor, Akinbode Akinbiyi, Calvin Dondo, Obie Oberholzer and Malick Sidibe.
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