Bella Knemeyer
The Grand Parade at 1:500,
2018
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Cement, Sand, Mild Steel, Various Wires, Found Slate and Concrete Debris
26,8 x 18 x 51,6 cm (including stand)
Edition of 3*
R6,000.00
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*Each edition has been hand-made and is unique.
Edition Ref. Code: BP–07
Drawing upon public life studies and the adjacent Central Library’s archive, The Grand Parade at 1:500,offers a sculpted reading of Cape Town’s oldest and largest public square. The mapping of its social and capital flows, fixed elements and documented memory through concrete, wire, found debris and inscription reflects on the ways in which people embed themselves into space and time.
Impaired by a segregated three-decade long restriction of access and open-air gatherings, the Grand Parade posits a scaled reminder of the city’s enduring absence; of a sense of place and belonging, of inclusion, of commons and of vernacular history - remaining a stranger to the lived experiences of daily life.
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Knemeyer’s work navigates her ongoing interests in public life, memory and placemaking and their impact on the cultural lives of cities. Bridging modes of research, sculpture and landscape architecture, Knemeyer’s practice is guided by the ways in which people texture spaces, and is shaped by how individuals, in particular strangers, can be brought together through Triangulation and the reimagining of public spaces.
Knemeyer currently works in research at the African Centre for Cities and has previously exhibited at the AVA Gallery, Infecting the City, Smith Studio, Masiphumelele Public Library, UJ Gallery and Nirox Project Space.
*Each edition has been hand-made and is unique.
Edition Ref. Code: BP–07
Drawing upon public life studies and the adjacent Central Library’s archive, The Grand Parade at 1:500,offers a sculpted reading of Cape Town’s oldest and largest public square. The mapping of its social and capital flows, fixed elements and documented memory through concrete, wire, found debris and inscription reflects on the ways in which people embed themselves into space and time.
Impaired by a segregated three-decade long restriction of access and open-air gatherings, the Grand Parade posits a scaled reminder of the city’s enduring absence; of a sense of place and belonging, of inclusion, of commons and of vernacular history - remaining a stranger to the lived experiences of daily life.
Edition Ref. Code: BP–07
Drawing upon public life studies and the adjacent Central Library’s archive, The Grand Parade at 1:500,offers a sculpted reading of Cape Town’s oldest and largest public square. The mapping of its social and capital flows, fixed elements and documented memory through concrete, wire, found debris and inscription reflects on the ways in which people embed themselves into space and time.
Impaired by a segregated three-decade long restriction of access and open-air gatherings, the Grand Parade posits a scaled reminder of the city’s enduring absence; of a sense of place and belonging, of inclusion, of commons and of vernacular history - remaining a stranger to the lived experiences of daily life.
Knemeyer’s work navigates her ongoing interests in public life, memory and placemaking and their impact on the cultural lives of cities. Bridging modes of research, sculpture and landscape architecture, Knemeyer’s practice is guided by the ways in which people texture spaces, and is shaped by how individuals, in particular strangers, can be brought together through Triangulation and the reimagining of public spaces.
Knemeyer currently works in research at the African Centre for Cities and has previously exhibited at the AVA Gallery, Infecting the City, Smith Studio, Masiphumelele Public Library, UJ Gallery and Nirox Project Space.
