Initially, I
began with finding the spaces between people and myself that
precipitated certain levels of discomfort because of categories and
stereo-types that came easily.
Then I realised how rich a context South Africa is. Its history is
marked by the social and cultural dynamics that bypass boundaries
while still recognising if not emphasizing boundaries.
It is a country in a phase that is the most critical and most
interesting in the ways that it deals with creating nationalism
while emphasizing difference in identities. Identity, culture,
land, rights, economy, religion and more are continuously
re-appropriated and claimed and re-claimed.
It is this sense of ownership, or the loss of, that I would still
like to explore further.
What defined individuals by culture becomes a fashionable statement
and a sold identity in the global territory of
capitalism.