Inhabitant

Commissioned by the Goethe Institute Johannesburg

. . . A person or animal that lives in or occupies a space

Inhabitant looks at spaces, specifically inner city spaces, in an area such as  Johannesburg and how they are more than they seem superficially; a doorway becomes a home merely through the occupation of space even though it does not have the traditional structure of four walls and a roof.

The transient nature of such an occupation creates subtle shifts in the nature and use of space and brings into question the rights and ownership of such. The energy and superficial expectations of the city can be overwhelming and push its inhabitants to a point where they revert to a natural, anamalistic way of living out in the open without the confines of accepted structures.

Performances

GoetheonMain Johannesburg, 2011
iDans Festival – Istanbul, 2011
Danse L’Afrique Danse – Newtown, 2012

Inhabitant was co-presented by the San Francisco Museum

of Modern Art, Yerba Buena  Center for the Arts, and

Galería de la Raza as part of Public Intimacy: Art and Other

Ordinary Acts in South Africa and Live Projects 4, 2014

Exhibitions

Public Intimacy at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, 2014
Commute with intuitive instinct at Brundyn +, CPT, 2014

Te tuhi gallery, New Zealand, 2016

Awards        

Winner of the Critical Endeavour Award – iDans Festival 2011