“…city within a city reveals thousands of cities inside” by Mayura Subhedar (IND/NL)
The idea was to intervene and understand the space; also the mental space we inhabit that are more and more impervious to reality.
During this project Mayura decided to come in to contact with two nodes in the Durban city – the Early Morning Market and the Musgrave mall. The intention here was to interact among the people around in order to understand certain social norms and ways of life which contribute to contemporary culture to be alive with expanded artistic equipments.
In this process and special context of world cup Mayura had to also rethink and question the possibilities of her common practice to produce a work of art.
[...] ‘When I interrupted Vinesh, What do onions that you sell mean to
you? Here he paused rattled by the absurd interruption – for once during the
course of his intended speech, he flattered but with a gleam in his voice he
slowly told me what they meant’.
Continue HERE with Mayura Subhedar’s impressions and artistic process during TIME_FRAME Durban Workshop.