tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32826738684359402172012-02-16T22:46:01.716+02:00esti strydomproject space and digital galleryEstihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02293496177777991618noreply@blogger.comBlogger371100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3282673868435940217.post-84523579666321602182009-04-05T20:29:00.005+02:002009-08-21T18:32:13.899+02:00Lomography workshop at Greatmore studios'hippie with leaf' 2009Here is one of the photos taken with the funky lomography cameras- it was quite an intense experience as these cameras don't allow for any control. Also notice light leak in top left corner- result of cheaply made plastic body. This photograph was taken with an 'oktomat' - a camera which takes 8 pics in sequence on one frame of film. This pic was my favourite out of Estihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02293496177777991618noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3282673868435940217.post-68479491196163325362009-04-05T20:27:00.001+02:002009-04-05T20:28:41.805+02:00GaneshaPlaying in the dark...Estihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02293496177777991618noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3282673868435940217.post-51972986737687099952009-03-25T19:53:00.005+02:002009-03-25T20:18:25.799+02:00a nice photountitled, 2009, photographic print on canvas, 297X420mm, edition of 2capturing two waterlilies on a diffused day.Estihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02293496177777991618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3282673868435940217.post-88944357760802749662009-03-23T13:09:00.003+02:002009-03-23T13:16:53.267+02:00ABSA L'atelierI entered an old work of mine on a whim, and it was chosen for the top 100 of the country- to be exhibited in Johannesburg as part of the ABSA l'atelier annual competition.Estihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02293496177777991618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3282673868435940217.post-23757727750903498002008-10-22T22:12:00.004+02:002008-10-22T22:40:27.854+02:00tagsIndividually hand-painted water colour tags for love and light meditation benches.close-upinside of the love and light tags with illustrationtags designed for marzipan jeweleryEstihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02293496177777991618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3282673868435940217.post-53467185429969435642008-10-17T12:40:00.004+02:002008-10-17T12:42:43.220+02:00talking cactiiEstihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02293496177777991618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3282673868435940217.post-54931658473794828912008-09-17T15:29:00.002+02:002008-09-17T15:36:54.412+02:00page layoutEstihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02293496177777991618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3282673868435940217.post-66935545810469428662008-09-17T15:27:00.001+02:002008-09-17T15:29:15.011+02:00panoramic stitchingEstihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02293496177777991618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3282673868435940217.post-78065476036899881632008-09-17T15:08:00.001+02:002008-09-17T15:11:26.858+02:00logosEstihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02293496177777991618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3282673868435940217.post-88561241458500050312008-09-17T14:59:00.003+02:002008-09-17T15:05:39.142+02:00websitesEstihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02293496177777991618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3282673868435940217.post-91462669094870066342008-07-08T20:41:00.001+02:002008-07-08T20:43:56.320+02:00PostersEstihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02293496177777991618noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3282673868435940217.post-59199603550444107162008-04-16T15:14:00.006+02:002008-05-24T16:08:59.059+02:00Magical Photo BoothI was invited to participate and create art for the DEDT booth at the Design Indaba 2008.I wanted to interact with the viewers directly, and so I came up with two separate projects for the two days i spent there. The first day i set up a take away 'Free Mielie Pap' Stall and on the second day A 'Magical photo booth' where people could have their picture taken with a projected background.Our boothEstihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02293496177777991618noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3282673868435940217.post-30698115140483855932008-04-16T14:25:00.007+02:002008-05-24T16:10:09.677+02:00Take-Away Mielie PapI was invited to participate and create art for the DEDT booth at the Design Indaba 2008.I wanted to interact with the viewers directly, and so I came up with two separate projects for the two days i spent there. The first day i set up a take away 'Free Mielie Pap' Stall and on the second day A 'Magical photo booth' where people could have their picture taken with a projected background.Our boothEstihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02293496177777991618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3282673868435940217.post-57920121187729105112008-04-16T13:26:00.002+02:002008-04-16T13:46:54.513+02:00Graduate Exhibition work Phantasmagorical Menagerie “Then at thy nod the phantoms pass away; no traces left of all the busy scene, but remembrance says- the things have been.” -Samuel Boyse. The Deity, circa 18th C. By projecting written history, archival material and illustrations from the 16th-21st century into and onto real, specific sites, I contrast colonialist’s experience as adventurers / explorersEstihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02293496177777991618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3282673868435940217.post-52913656052294471092008-04-16T13:24:00.005+02:002008-04-21T13:11:28.102+02:00WHALEWHALES,2007, lightjet photographic print, 59.4 X 84cm Civic centre, Hertzog Boulevard ( near Roggebaai, now reclaimed land) “There are many whales in Table Bay from which there was good hope at first of getting train-oil, but it has been found by experience that they are too lean, and that no profit can be made from them.” -Johan Nieuhof. 1654. The first fifty years of Dutch Estihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02293496177777991618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3282673868435940217.post-88439069214301501972008-04-16T13:24:00.004+02:002008-04-16T13:26:15.251+02:00Process PicturesDocumentation depicting the making ofthe 'Phantasmagorical Menagerie' series.Estihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02293496177777991618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3282673868435940217.post-52899761171172522662008-04-16T03:07:00.005+02:002008-04-16T03:20:18.940+02:00Field tripPhotos taken on a 3rd year university photographic field trip:untitled, 2006.'carolion', 2006.clanwilliam graveyard, 2006.'untitled' 2006.Estihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02293496177777991618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3282673868435940217.post-53425886070833743192008-04-16T02:41:00.006+02:002008-04-16T03:03:46.637+02:00Cupcake your community 2I was asked to perform 'Meet your neighbour: Cupcake your Community' at Lynwol flats, Hope street, Cape Town, as part of the Injunction event held on world aids day, 2007.cupcake your community performed at 'lynwol' flats, hope street, cape town, 2007.documentation: eating the cupcakes:)documenting the process of collecting ingredients, photos: Shruti Nair, 2007.documentation of making the Estihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02293496177777991618noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3282673868435940217.post-46963855593590331732008-04-16T02:21:00.006+02:002008-04-16T03:05:39.458+02:00Meet your neighbour: cupcake your communitydocumentation for photo-litho print, 'cupcake your community', 2006.silk screen t-shirt, as part of 'cupcake your community', 2006.lists of tenant names, documentation for cupcake your community, 2006.cupcake your community: photo-litho print on fabriano edition of 5 and t-shirt, 2006. Following the ideas from 'meet your neighbour' i came up with this project for a lithography elective in my Estihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02293496177777991618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3282673868435940217.post-28525789847580299132008-04-15T14:47:00.008+02:002008-04-21T13:24:04.142+02:00Meet your neighbour‘a house is a machine for living in’ Le Corbusier This idea by Le Corbusier influenced my exploration of the inner workings of our block of flats (Centreville, Cape Town CBD) its residents and others who make up the immediate constructed community.I found that while the site brings us together (one ‘block’ of flats) the walls and design of the architecture divide us. I felt alone- Estihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02293496177777991618noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3282673868435940217.post-44817408842600231012008-04-15T14:06:00.006+02:002009-03-25T20:12:06.968+02:00untitleduntitled, 2006, photographic print, 28 x 35.5 cmOne of the prints i produced as part of a colour-darkroom exercise.Estihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02293496177777991618noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3282673868435940217.post-5650777866294624112008-04-15T13:20:00.006+02:002008-04-16T03:06:07.248+02:00eyes, ears & arseholesI produced this photographic series to highlight my concern about advertising and the false perceptions that exist around the fast food industry.marshmallows, 2006, glossy photographic print 28 x 35.5 cmfruit jellies, 2006, glossy photographic print 28 x 35.5 cmjellybabies, 2006, glossy photographic print 28 x 35.5 cmzoo biscuits, 2006, glossy photographic print, 28 x 35.5 cmjellybeans, 2006, Estihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02293496177777991618noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3282673868435940217.post-36202536064837014642008-04-14T17:04:00.003+02:002008-04-16T03:06:51.014+02:00Barend de WetI was invited by the artist Barend de Wet, to do a shoot of him in various roles, as art object:PhotographerBoer (Farmer)AbseilerEstihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02293496177777991618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3282673868435940217.post-27837194594977525932008-04-14T16:49:00.003+02:002008-04-16T03:06:51.015+02:00Barend de Wet as art objectI was invited by the artist Barend de Wet, to do a shoot of him in various roles, as art object:Go playerBeekeeperSurferEstihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02293496177777991618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3282673868435940217.post-33352908625233244732008-04-14T15:10:00.003+02:002008-04-16T03:06:51.017+02:00My home is myselfMyself:I used slide film to rephotograph snapshots from my childhood albums, which I then projected onto my present adult body using a kodak carousel slide projector. I combine two different time-spaces, as well as sandwiching older photographical methods with digital photography into one image.Estihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02293496177777991618noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3282673868435940217.post-2515803895210329162008-04-11T17:07:00.004+02:002008-04-16T03:06:51.018+02:00TIGERDocumentation of real-time performance 'tiger' 2007Estihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02293496177777991618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3282673868435940217.post-63377014076946809532008-04-11T16:59:00.001+02:002008-04-16T03:06:51.019+02:00TIGERTIGER Real-time performance/ intervention. at Bertram House parking lot, Hiddingh Campus U.C.T Cape Town. 14 November 2007. 19h30-20h30 “The menagerie, with lions and an ailing Bengal tiger in tiny cages, was a place much visited till it closed c1838. The first building of the SA College (later University of Cape Town), designed in Egyptian style, appeared in 1841 and there would be many Estihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02293496177777991618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3282673868435940217.post-19486444942135117542008-04-11T16:56:00.003+02:002008-04-16T03:06:51.020+02:00CAMELEOPARDALUS CAMELEOPARDALUS, 2007, lightjet photographic print, 59.4 X 84cm Canterbury Street, Zonnebloem, Cape Town. ‘Request to send with one of the returning ships (t’ Zeepaard) to Mr Allamand, professor of philosophy in Leiden, to be given to him in favour the Cabinet of Natural Curiosities of His Highness the Stadholder, the skin and skeleton of a Caeleopardalus, in 2 cases measuring 6 by 3 ½ Estihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02293496177777991618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3282673868435940217.post-5783788171134856442008-04-11T16:54:00.004+02:002008-04-16T03:06:51.021+02:00ELEPHANT ELEPHANT, 2007, lightjet photographic print, 59.4 X 84cm Woodbridge island, Start of Rietvlei nature reserve, Milnerton. In July, Jourdain went ashore at Rietvlei just to the north of Milnerton on the road to Blaauwbergstrand, across Table Bay from Cape Town. He wrote: “It is to be understood that this river is a mile (say 1.6 km) from the place where the ships doe water; that Estihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02293496177777991618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3282673868435940217.post-48556723436241030562008-04-11T16:51:00.003+02:002008-04-16T03:06:51.022+02:00NOORDKAPPERSNOT (jellyfish) NOORDAKPPERSNOT. (aqueora forskalea/ local jellyfish) 2007, lightjet photographic print, 59.4 X 84cm Marine Drive, Milnerton. (Gas Tanks) In modern Afrikaans the word ( Northern Right whale) is spelt Noordkapper, and at one time Western Province fishermen referred to whalebone as ‘noordkapperbaard’. ‘Noordkapperolie’ was whale-oil and jellyfishes were called ‘noordkappersnot’, a name Estihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02293496177777991618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3282673868435940217.post-88573046487511474362008-04-11T16:49:00.001+02:002008-04-16T03:06:51.024+02:00CITY TEXT PIECE CITY TEXT PIECE, 2007, lightjet photographic print, 59.4 X 84cm Old Mutual Building. (View of the foreshore) Cape Town ‘These are bred in India and Afric, and bought up and down Europe to be seen for money:” -Edward Topsel.1658. History of four-footed beasts. Estihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02293496177777991618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3282673868435940217.post-63076218676491900972008-04-11T16:47:00.001+02:002008-04-16T03:06:51.025+02:00BOKKIES BOKKIES, 2007, lightjet photographic print, 59.4 X 84cm Queen Victoria Street, demolition site next to the centre for the book, Cape Town. “… found everywhere the finest flat meadows in the world, most suitable for planting and cultivating, full of game, harts, hinds, roes, steenbok, eland…” JVR .18 September 1652. Journal of Jan van Riebeeck. Vol 1. 1651-1655Estihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02293496177777991618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3282673868435940217.post-63782492693848566012008-04-11T16:41:00.003+02:002008-04-16T03:06:51.029+02:00CAPE LION CAPE LION, 2007, lightjet photographic print, 59.4 X 84cm Company Gardens entrance. Wale Street, Cape Town CBD. “During the forenoon the Commander, walking the gardens, saw tracks of wild beasts everywhere, and shortly afterwards a bold lion jumped up just outside the gardens not more than forty or fifty paces from him, and leisurely made off towards Table Mountain.” -JVR. 16 June Estihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02293496177777991618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3282673868435940217.post-44926669895599917672008-04-11T16:39:00.003+02:002008-04-16T03:06:51.031+02:00EUROPEAN RABBIT (and European Squirrel) EUROPEAN RABBIT (and European Squirrel)2007, lightjet photographic print, 59.4 X 84cm Entrance of Company Gardens, Cape Town, CBD. A letter dated 13 May 1652 to the headquarters in Amsterdam advocated the introduction of“… some rabbits to breed from in the downs so suitable for them.” -Jan Van Riebeeck in Precis of the Archives of the Cape of Good Hope. Letters and documents received, Estihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02293496177777991618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3282673868435940217.post-8910983817093823202008-04-11T16:37:00.002+02:002008-04-16T03:06:51.033+02:00Giraffe GIRAFFES,lightjet photographic print, 59.4 X 84cm Table Mountain Reserve, with view over Cape Town CBD. “… four giraffes, the largest about 12 feet (3,7m) high. One about 8 or 9 feet (2.4 to2.7m) lame of one leg…” -John Herschel. 1830.Herschel at the Cape. Diaries and correspondence of Sir John Herschel, 1834-1838.Estihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02293496177777991618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3282673868435940217.post-31956795056879758252008-04-11T16:34:00.003+02:002008-04-16T03:06:51.035+02:00Hyena HYENA, 2007, lightjet photographic print, 59.4 X 84cm Dolphin Beach, Bloubergstrand, Milnerton. “In spite of all refreshments and diligence for their comfort, a few more died, and although we buried their bodies deep enough in the earth we saw in the morning that the corpses had been dragged from the graves and torn apart here and there in the open, and half-eaten by wild Bush-dogs, Estihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02293496177777991618noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3282673868435940217.post-66507480423552787252008-04-11T16:30:00.003+02:002008-04-16T03:06:51.036+02:00TurtlesTURTLES, 2007, lightjet photographic print, 59.4X84cm Admiralty private beach and reserve, Simon’s Town. “My navy Captain introduced me to the Naval society of Simon’s Town where the South-Easter blows five days a week, and the Admiral of the Cape Station lived in splendour, with at least a brace of live turtles harnessed to the end of a little wooden jetty, swimming about till due to be Estihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02293496177777991618noreply@blogger.com0