Glass House II

May 30
2010
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This building’s windows don’t open.
It is a completely self-sufficient, self sustaining, oxygen recycling
marvel of modern architecture (in its day).
Today it stands completely empty, even the mattresses moved out long ago.
If the JHB CBD were a thriving universe of construction and the renovation of hope,
this building would be the biggest singular black hole in that world.
It [...]

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Trajectory

May 30
2010
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This is a bullet hole. A bullet entered this pane of glass from the outside world.
The outside world is initially not our centre of focus, but it is hinted at,
for the moment, though, it is purely the context of this story.
You are the critic : a detective of meaning.
Here before you lies an outlined impression, [...]

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Bath House

May 29
2010
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I take bathing for granted. Witnessing a simple, every day ritual, of someone, a body bathing, on a roof top, in the mid day sun, from a bucket and an orange plastic water jug, makes me wonder how and to what degree I call myself a South African.
Having lived 19 floors up in the middle [...]

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STAD / CITY : TO LET / FOR SALE

May 29
2010
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STAD / CITY : TO LET / FOR SALE -the rebirth of the prospector-
The changing face of the Joburg CBD (2003-2010) as witnessed and photographed
by, artist in residence, Alastair Mclachlan from the INTERMISSION gallery.
Responding to the increasing interest in the rejuvenation of the city, and the
unique dichotomy of the inner city this exhibition sets out [...]

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Reflecting Ponte

May 28
2010
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