Making Space – the solo exhibition by photographer Nicole Clare Fraser at DAOR Contemporary is the focus of today’s Sanlam Arts Round Up on Fine Music Radio. Nicole and Kerry Red, DAOR Director, walk us through the exhibition.
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Nicole takes us through her process as a photographer, which is very tactile and hands on – it’s a matter of making and not simply taking the photograph. What she wants to do is capture spaces that are empty and devoid of people – “a quiet moment”. She is presenting public spaces out of context, which is explained in the full title of the exhibition “Making Space: Photographic Traces of Absence, Stillness and the In-Between in Public Spaces” 
The explanation of the traditional dark-room process to produce the small scale black and white images and taking advantage of modern technology to allow for enlarged prints, in a sense is another aspect of “making space”.
Kerry tells us what initially attracted her to the work and how impressed she was at the way that Nicole responded with her camera to the emptying out of spaces caused by COVID.
The good news is that there is a walkabout of Making Space by Nicole Clare Fraser on 2 March at 17:00. So hurry to DAOR Contemporary and view these often haunting and always captivating photographs!
WHAT: Nicole Clare Fraser – Making Space
WHERE: DAOR Contemporary, Coode Crescent, Port of Cape Town, Cape Town, 8001
WHEN: open until 11 March 2023 | Walkabout: 2 March 2023 at 17:00 – First Thursdays Silo District
INFO: T +27 71 624 7130 | +27 64 941 3316 | E info@daor.co.za | Visit | Instagram
PHOTOS: Stadium II 2020 Silver gelatin handprint Image size 140 x 175 mm Paper size 200 x 250 mm Edition of 3 + AP |
Apartment Block, 2020, Silver gelatin handprint, Image size 140 x 175 mm, Paper size 200 x 250 mm, Edition of 3 + AP
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