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Khayelitsha - Aachen
Mural in Khayelitsha /South Afrika
The Khayelitsha Mural Painting (Cape Town, South Africa) is going ahead very well. The artists started working last week on preparation and started on the wall this week. They hope to have it finalised by the end of next week and the official launch with the acting mayoress of Cape Town will be on Tue, 27 November 2001.
The mural will be painted on a community recreation centre in Macassar, Khayelitsha, located on the corner of Landsdown Road and Cekena Street. It is aimed at the community and bringing tourists into the residential area through inclusion in the “sustainable development route”. Khayelitsha (meaning “Our new home”) was established in 1983 to make provision for ‘surplus’ residents from Langa, Gugulethu and some squatter camps at Crossroads. It developed in reaction to spontaneous settlements and ‘uncontrolled urbanisation’ as represented by squatter camps and ‘illegal’ migrants.
The Team : The City of Aachen and former City of Tygerberg (now amalgamated into the City of Cape Town) have an Agenda 21 Partnership which promotes an understanding about sustainable development. This partnership includes the local authority, as well as non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and community based organisations (CBOs). The four artists represent the south and the north, trying to bring the different elements together in a single mural painting.
Brele Scholz, Aachen She started her self-developed career in political graphic design. She left this narrow frame and continuted into a broader artistic expression. Through personal questioning she seeks essential and general reasons for human behaviour. Favourite examples of her artistic style are her project “Ortlos”, which is an installation high-lighting asylum and refugees, as well as the installation “Fluchtgeschichten”, which are visualised interviews in Germany during 1933 - 1948. Loyiso Qanya, Khayelitsha He attended graphic design classes at the Cape Technicon for two years while practising painting at home. Unfortunately he had to give up his formal education due to financial reasons, but carried on painting and started to work on various projects such as a group exhibition called “Happy Hour”. He has been involved as a facilitator in art workshops at community based organisations such as CAP (Community Arts Project) and the James Children’s Home in Hout Bay. His subjects are usually related to the existence of the human being and their behaviour. He would like to explore this subject in a deeper sense of understanding. Thulani Shuku, Khayelitsha Upon graduating from CAP (Community Arts Project) he hopes to study further in fine art and explore different mediums. He communicates his artistic abilities in paintings, drawings and prints, through which the audience becomes one with his inner thoughts. He prefers to work with human figures, landscapes, portraits and to create diverse scenes using loose and vibrant colours as a form of expression. His colour is the driving force, determining the composition rather than the other way around. His inspiration comes from everyday life, history, poetry, theatre, music, books, colours and other artists. Uta Göbel-Gross, Aachen Her artworks reflect her intensive interaction with different cultures, with their expression and their meaning. She goes deeply into ethnical roots, present bridges between cultures and integrates different element like a puzzle into her style. She sees herself as a visual archeologist who creates inter-cultural dialogues. Her artwork provides visible traces of people, for instance the body-negatives “Brust” and dialogues with signs, symbols and found objects such as “Angst Essen Seele Auf” and the series “Walkabout”. Supporters:Many thanks to all the sponsors that have assisted with the realization of this project, both in Aachen and in Cape Town. City of Cape Town : Mayoral Office, Sports and Recreation Department, Civil Engineering Department, Environmental Management (Agenda 21 Office) City of Aachen : Agenda 21 Office, Mandalay Coatings for sponsorship of paints, Baphumelele Waldorf School, Khayelitsha, for accommodation, Standard Bank, Landesinstitut für Internationale Bildung, NRW, Germany, Many private sponsors from Germany
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