In Residency, 30 Years VideoBrasil p84 ISBN 978-85-7995-074-2
In Residency, 30 Years VideoBrasil p85 ISBN 978-85-7995-074-2
In Residency, 30 Years VideoBrasil p86 ISBN 978-85-7995-074-2
In Residency, 30 Years VideoBrasil p87 ISBN 978-85-7995-074-2
Dan Halter – In Residency, Routes for Artistic Research in 30 Years of Contemporary Art Festical SESC_VIDEOBRASIL ISBN 978-85-7995-074-2
Unerasable Memories – VideoBrasil p180-181 ISBN 978-85-7995-142-8
Unerasable Memories – VideoBrasil p180-181 ISBN 978-85-7995-142-8
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Sunday Times 3 May 2015 p7
Given Another Chance in the Colonies 2014
Given Another Chance in the Colonies 2014 Found plastic-weave bag, custom-made tartan fabric
65 x 70 cm
Kure Ndokusina Kwachiri Unofa Wasvika 2014
Kure Ndokusina Kwachiri Unofa Wasvika 2014 Found plastic-weave bag, custom-made tartan fabric
65 x 70 cm
Kure ndokusina, kwachiri unofa wasvika. (Shona)
Far is where there is nothing, where something is that you will struggle to the death to reach. (Literal English translation)
Where there is a will there is a way. (Closest English equivalent proverb)
Shona Proverb
The nothing and something connoted by the proverb is “value” so far as there is nothing of value to the individual then such a thing remains unsought for, far out of reach. On the other hand, where an outcome is valued then all means and effort at the disposal of the individual will be marshaled to achieve it, thus nullifying the common understanding of “far.” The one aiming for the valued goal will expend effort even to death to reach it.
Traditionally the Shona people in Zimbabwe used several variations of this proverb such as:
Through observing the jackal the Shona people established hubvu, the fruit of the mutsubvu tree, as the animal’s favorite fruit. What the variations illustrate is that values differ from situation to situation: for a man the love for his wife or girlfriend surpasses that for his mother, for the jackal it is love for the hubvu fruit. It is the sought after goals that determine the time and effort to be expended and also one’s priorities.
Kure Ndokusina Mai Kune Mukadzi Unofa Wasvika 2014
Kure Ndokusina Mai Kune Mukadzi Unofa Wasvika 2014 Found plastic-weave bag, custom-made tartan fabric
65 x 70 cm
Kure Kwegava Ndokusina Mutsubvu 2014
Kure Kwegava Ndokusina Mutsubvu 2014 Found plastic-weave bag, custom-made tartan fabric
65 x 70 cm
L. Ron Hubbard’s Tentative Constitution (part 1) 2015
L. Ron Hubbard’s Tentative Constitution (part 1) 2015 Hand-woven archival ink-jet prints
43 x 88 cm
L. Ron Hubbard’s Tentative Constitution (part 2) 2015
L. Ron Hubbard’s Tentative Constitution (part 2) 2015 Hand-woven archival ink-jet prints
43 x 88 cm
L. Ron Hubbard’s Tentative Constitution (detail1) 2015
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My artistic practice is informed by my position as a Zimbabwean currently living in South Africa. My work deals with human migration, a dislocated national identity and the dark humour of present realities in Southern Africa – largely a backlash to a history of oppression that continues to this day. I realize my work through the use of ubiquitous materials and employing local popular visual strategies as a form of expression. This often tends towards the language of craft and curio within a conceptual fine art context.
Crafting Experience in the Work of Daniel Halter – Andrew J. Hennlich
Andrew J. Hennlich | Making Futures Journal Vol 3 ISSN 2042-1664
