A Point of Departure at Ebony/Curated CapeTown is a group show Curated by Christina Fortune looking at issues of identity, with works covering many media.
“While ‘identity’ as a point of departure may easily appear to be quite neutral, its presence relies on conditions that have historically insisted that ‘otherness’ always be identified. With the invention of race, deeply violent forms of taxonomy begun to tether themselves to human bodies. Slavery, indentured labour, normalised sexual violence, the creation of bantustans, unpunished genocide, apartheid and neoliberalism are amongst its local effects, entangled historically in agendas of white ownership and profit. And whilst constitutional democracy and equality are said to define the overwhelming majority of the postcolonial world, it remains clear that the task of identification continues to be delegated to the historically created ‘other.’
With works across media from Xhanti Zwelendada, Wooju Lee, Rory Emmett, Mikhalia Petersen, Jabu Nadia Newman, Haneem Christian and Aviwe Plaatjie, A Point of Departure employs an array of visual and conceptual strategies in asserting presence that go beyond easy, broad readings of preconceived identities. In doing so, the show considers how we use images to challenge the conditions which have created the necessity for identification. And more specifically, A Point of Departure reflects on the ways that, when intentionally played with, the burden of identity may move and shapeshift, becoming a tool of collectivity and belonging.” – Thuli Gamedze
Haneen Christian
The exhibition can be viewed online via this link and on ArtsyÂ
WHAT:Â A Point of Departure
WHERE: EBONY CAPE TOWN | 67 Loop Street, Cape Town 8001
WHEN: opening 5 May 2022 to Mid June.
INFO: T +27 (0)21 424 9985 | E info@ebonycurated.com | VisitÂ
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