2016-09-07_#Post-Box-1984

An exploration into the ethereal mythologies, iconography and architypes of Joburg. an exhibition of photographs, taken of Johannesburg, from one vantage point and over a period of 10 years. #Post_Box_1984 is both testament to the naming conventions of social media metadata, and to the affect, our personal perceptions (metadata), has on prescribing meaning : The use of physical “Instagram” filters is a deliberate metaphor for the mental filters we perceive our world through. Seen through the eyes and referential filter of 1984, both Joburg, and Joburgers alike, emerge painted with a brush of magic and tragic realism.

“…the honest truth, insofar as this suggests absolute fidelity to historical fact, is inaccessible…. for memory cannot do the necessary work independently of fantasy…”
— Frank Kermode
a-cloud-in-the-heart-of-harvest
a-cloud-in-the-heart-of-harvest
a kindly act of sun• Burden of truce
a kindly act of sun• Burden of truce
a-memory-is-fixed-on-paper
a-memory-is-fixed-on-paper
As-above-so-below
As-above-so-below
Dirty Martini
Dirty Martini
Architectural weave
Architectural weave
awash
awash
BACK-TO-THE-FUTURE
BACK-TO-THE-FUTURE
abridge
abridge
calling all angels
calling all angels
Brooding-on-the-singers-and-the-wise
Brooding-on-the-singers-and-the-wise
Calling-occupants
Calling-occupants
Gold dusk
Gold dusk
rendezvous in cabernet III
rendezvous in cabernet III
Monument to early mornings
Monument to early mornings
falling in line with the sun
falling in line with the sun
Frisco Time
Frisco Time
Gimme-hope-Jo'anna
Gimme-hope-Jo'anna
Homework
Homework
I like to ride my bicycle
I like to ride my bicycle
seeing-is-believingRoom with a view
seeing-is-believingRoom with a view
wonder don't you?
wonder don't you?
Gold bars
Gold bars
Hello sunshine II
Hello sunshine II
isotonic-inaction
isotonic-inaction
leaning-on-a-line-running-like-dye
leaning-on-a-line-running-like-dye
Let there be light
Let there be light
What about green? III
What about green? III
you pity me in exile
you pity me in exile
...in the path of a lightning bolt @jakebugg
...in the path of a lightning bolt @jakebugg
Exhibition drip feed : lying in state
Exhibition drip feed : lying in state
Matador
Matador
mirrored-devotion
mirrored-devotion
Lunar affect
Lunar affect
MURDER
MURDER
Obsessive-logical-enquiry
Obsessive-logical-enquiry
as above
as above
Safyr-Blur
Safyr-Blur
Manor Mansions multiexposition
Manor Mansions multiexposition
sometimes-finesse
sometimes-finesse
Stock-Exchange
Stock-Exchange
Tell-me-why-I-don't-like-Mondays
Tell-me-why-I-don't-like-Mondays
Melo-drama
Melo-drama
The-End-Of-The-Road
The-End-Of-The-Road
The-enduring-symbolism-of-pigeons
The-enduring-symbolism-of-pigeons
the-epitome-of-sand-castles
the-epitome-of-sand-castles
the-light-is-with-us-should-we-cross-?
the-light-is-with-us-should-we-cross-?
The-temper-of-om
The-temper-of-om
to-fetch-a-pale-of-water
to-fetch-a-pale-of-water
Exhibition B side : we end where we begin
Exhibition B side : we end where we begin
We-turn-a-corner-and-leave-behind-evacuated-libraries
We-turn-a-corner-and-leave-behind-evacuated-libraries
murmuration
murmuration
Where's Wally?
Where's Wally?
words-so-thin-but-they-are-strong
words-so-thin-but-they-are-strong

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