KZNSA: Angela Buckland

TURN (our) GAZE INWARDS

On www.dut.ac.za,  Vice Chancellor Bawa states: "My decision to suspend the academic programme on Monday 25 July is underpinned by the need to put in place measures that will ensure that the University returns to a state of sustainable peace and stability – without which the pursuit of knowledge is impossible. "  

---> background to the student protests and suspension of the academic programme.

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... and YES the 

academic programme has been suspended indefinately till further notice

however 

that doesn't mean one should not take the opportunity to "pursuit knowledge" independently_ get to the Galleries... gather your peers, friend and camera... go explore all things Photographic.

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Angela Buckland [AB]

www.artthrob.co.za

One of the recent exhibitions @ the KZNSA features the photographic works of Durban Photographer, Angela Buckland.  Over the years, AB focus has shifted. In her earlier work she observed, responded and commented on the outer world; but the realities of being a mother has turned her gaze inwards...

---> to view AB's other exhibitions 

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AB's recent exhibition entitled: LOCATION - Block A, Thokoza Women’s Hostel is an installation comprised of 700 small  photographs and is on show from 26 July - 20 August 2011.

www.nsagallery.co.za

www.nsagallery.co.za

---> to view more thumbnails of recent exhibition

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BLURB from AB (sourced from www.nsagallery.co.za): 

"Thokoza Women's hostel was the first African women's hostel built in 1925 in South Africa.This new work is the sister version of a previous work completed in 2002, the oldest men's hostel in Durban, Block A, Jacobs Men's Hostel. I have been drawn to these environments because of their unnatural and complex histories. I am interested by detail, emblematic of a universal need to humanize space. I have photographed each and every resident's bed or some artefact in their bed space. The photographic strategy adopted for both artworks was to take one frame within a couple of seconds and record a trace that marks some form of humanity..." 

---> to continue reading...

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GLOSSARY

What does humanity and 'to' humanize mean?

...these words refer to the human race • human beings collectively • the fact or condition of being human • human nature • care • dignity • kindness • brotherly love • charity • understanding • sympathy •  

human culture (literature, history, art, music, and philosophy)

trace:

to find or discover by investigation
• find or describe the origin/development of • follow or mark the course or position of (something) with one's eye, mind, or finger

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How do these photographic works record a trace that marks some form of humanity? 

What elements in these photographs would consider to be a trace? 

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