eGoli, 2008
Three channel digital video, 3 dimensional animation, soundtrack, custom screens
8'00" looped
dimensions variable
A journey through the mythical city of eGoli, City of Gold, as Johannesburg was once known as, with architectural references of fractal geometry intrinsic throughout African culture. eGoli presents an interpretation of urban and organic forms, providing an allegorical vision, as part of an infinite variety of virtual conclusions.
Urban Land Cruisers, 2008
1980 Toyota Land Cruiser, light
Soundtrack: South African radio channels in 7 indigenous tribal languages
15'22"
Contemporary migrations through the physical vehicle, as well as across the virtual airwaves, mask the history of invasions and coexistence as it cyclically decays and is reinvented.
Westcliff Hotel, Johannesburg: July 17, 2007
Digital video, hotel floorplan, tape,
4'20"
Dimensions variable
Focused on the temporality of migration, ownership of space and class structures associated with tourism. Spatial politics looked at the purchasing of time within an unfamiliar space versus the ownership associated with daily familiarity, which ultimately provided an uncomfortable intersection of shared intimacy and confinement.
Fluid Architecture: Johannesburg 02, 2008
Duratran print, lightbox
26"w x 46"h x 5"d