Berni Searle is the sixth Zeitz MOCAA Atelier artist-in-residence. Searle’s eight-month residency officially commenced on 20 June 2024 and will run until 2 March 2025.
In this iteration of the Atelier residency, titled On Site, Searle offers visitors an intimate connection to her work. The studio has been uniquely configured to serve multiple functions, including spaces for visitors to view a substantial collection of her moving image works, sketches, objects, publications, and photographic works from her previous projects.
“The city of Cape Town is central to my practice, which is connected to the experiences and narratives of its people, its histories, and poetics, both troubled and transcendent. I draw from my own biography, as an inhabitant of the city,” says Berni Searle. “The residency is a celebration of this relationship to place and On Site situates me within my context as an affirmation; with the studio functioning as a site for reflection, observation, and play,” she adds.
The Zeitz MOCAA Atelier is an experimental platform and residency located on Level 2 of the museum and occupies a multi-gallery of 400 square metres. In addition to providing an exploratory space for Cape Town-based artists, the Atelier is open to the public, allowing visitors to Zeitz MOCAA access and insight into the artists’ modes of production and processes. Previous residents include Kemang Wa Lehulere, Thania Petersen, Haroon Gunn-Salie, Igshaan Adams and Unathi Mkonto.
WHAT: Berni Searle – Zeitz MOCAA Atelier artist-in-residence
WHERE: Zeitz MOCAA,Si
WHEN: 20 June 2024 and runs until 2 March 2025.
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