Sethembile Msezane: Living sculptures that stand for history's truths
सेटेम्बील मिसेन: इतिहास की सच्चाइयों के लिए ज़िंदा मूर्तियाँ
Sethembile Msezane deconstructs the act of public commemoration -- how it creates myths, constructs histories, includes some and excludes others. Full bio
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to imagine this with me.
एक क्षण लेना चाहती हूं
very little context,
बहुत कम संदर्भ हैं,
a figment of your own imagination.
आप अपनी खुद की कल्पना नहीं हैं
में साँस लेते हैं
जब लोग मुझसे बात करते हैं?
भारी सोच है, है ना?
that reflect upon our society,
जो हमारे समाज पर प्रतिबिंबित करते हैं,
how a young black girl can grow up
यह सोच कर बड़ी हो सकती है
and perhaps she doesn't exist.
और शायद मौजूद ही नहीं
positive images of themselves
सकारात्मक छवियाँ नहीं देखते हैं
are negative stereotypes,
that the rest of society treats them.
समाज उनके साथ कैसे पेश आते हैं
for about five years at the time.
of dislocation and invisibility.
गहराई से महसूस किया
सकी जिन्होंने मुझे परवरिश धी,
South Africa what it is today.
को वो बनाया जो वो आज है
करने का सोचा
ever as neutral as they may seem.
तटस्थ नहीं होते जितना दिखते है
this performance in 2013 on Heritage Day.
दिवस पर एक प्रदर्शन किया
with masculine architecture,
मर्दाना वास्तुकला के साथ,
and Afrikaner nationalist men
अफरीकनर राष्ट्रवादी पुरुषों का आगमन
gender and racial divide,
लिंग और नस्लीय विभाजन गूंजता है,
the way that women --
जिस तरह से महिलाओं --
to dominant male figures
and the act of remembering
और याद करने का कार्य
and effective ways.
तरीके में प्राप्त किया जा सकता है
public holiday series,
सार्वजनिक अवकाश श्रृंखला,
as a form of social commentary
सामाजिक टिप्पणी के एक रूप के रूप में
to certain issues,
कुछ मुद्दों पर,
of the black female body
काली महिला शरीर का
to the union buildings in 1956,
1 9 56 में यूनियन भवनों में,
of how women are treated,
महिलाओं को कैसे व्यवहार किया जाता है,
ने टैक्सी रैंक पर हमला कर दिया]
विरोधों पर कैसे टिप्पणी करूं?
स्क्वायर भी कहा जाता है,
against apartheid laws.
रंगभेद कानूनों के खिलाफ
being seen as only victims in society.
पीड़ितों के रूप में देखने में खुश नहीं थी |
how people reacted to this.
जान कर आश्चर्य चकित होंगे
my performances,
reflect upon their society,
अभिव्यक्ति के लिये प्रेरित कर रही थी
as well as the current democracy.
She's been there since three o'clock.
About an hour still?
are quick to join a group
सगंठन की सदस्य्ता जल्दी लेंगे
to do something as an individual.
versus the collective.
individual message in performance ...
के माध्यम से प्रसारित करती हैं
that she's doing it on her own.
she's using hair extensions as wings,
विस्तार पन्ख के लिये क्यों करती हैं
there right now,
African pride, I think.
represents the African culture.
का प्रतीक क्या है
all these colonial statues.
Bhambatha, Moshoeshoe, Kwame Nkrumah --
बमबाथा, मोशोशो, क्वमे क्रुमा -
for our liberation.
जीवनदान दिया
Maybe in a museum; not here.
places where young people,
Rhodes, all these people,
के साथ नहीं चल सकते
the colonialism.
was scheduled to be removed
का कार्यक्रम बना
for and against its removal
in statues in South Africa.
इन मूर्तियों में रुचि हुई्
focused on problematizing
माध्यमों ने इसे सम्स्या बनाया
I had just begun my master's
कार्य प्रारम्भ किया था
of the debate of the statue,
a meeting with my supervisors,
was going to fall on that day.
as the statue came down.
प्रदर्शन करने वाली थी
that was looted from Great Zimbabwe
in Cecil John Rhodes's estate
for nearly four hours.
on their phones and cameras.
और फ़ोन पर तस्वीर लेने लगे
of Cecil John Rhodes.
घोषित करने के लिये
as he became absent from his base,
अपनी जड़ से नहीं रहा
has arisen in South Africa.
दक्षिण अफ्रीका में पैदा हुआ है
in the same space and time
एक ही स्थान और समय में
beliefs and dreams
आध्यात्मिकता विश्वास और
felt incomplete.
कहानी अधूरी महसूस की
of God and the ancestors,
भगवान और पूर्वजों की,
के लिए मेरी ज़रूरत
a little bit more,
थोड़ा और अधिक,
share a common story
की कहानी एक समान है
that were looted from Great Zimbabwe.
कि ग्रेट जिम्बाब्वे से लूटे गए थे
were returned to the monument.
स्मारक पर लौट आए थे
that there will be unrest
पड़ताल कि जब तक अंतिम
about the world around me:
मेरे आसपास की दुनिया के बारे में
and not only see an image of myself,
अपने आप की एक छवि देखती हूं,
who have made me who I am today.
मुझे वो बना दिया है जो में आज हूँ
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Sethembile Msezane - ArtistSethembile Msezane deconstructs the act of public commemoration -- how it creates myths, constructs histories, includes some and excludes others.
Why you should listen
With masked face and powerful gestures, Sethembile Msezane disrupts and deconstructs the process of commemorative practice in South Africa, demanding space next to colonial-era statues for her country's, and her gender's, erased histories. In one iconic work, she performed at the removal of the John Cecil Rhodes statue at the University of Cape Town ("Chapungu: The Day Rhodes Fell," 2015), and starting in 2013 she performed a series of pieces called "Public Holiday" that place her body in contrast to colonial-era monuments in Cape Town's CBD.
Msezane is a ANTI Festival International Prize for Live Art nominee (2017). She is the TAF & Sylt Emerging Artist Residency Award winner (2016), and she is the first recipient of the Rising Light award at the Mbokodo Awards. She is also a a Barclays L’Atelier Top 10 Finalist (2016). Her 2017 solo show at Gallery MOMO is titled "Kwasuka Sukel: Re-imagined Bodies of a (South African) '90s Born Woman", and features sculptural work that places colonial images in the context of Victorian-style furniture and dress, reframing and reclaiming a part of colonial history. She was one of the selected artists for gallery solo projects at the FNB Joburg Art Fair (2017), and her work is currently housed in the Zeitz MOCAA collection as well as Iziko South African National Gallery's collection.
Selected group shows include "Women's Work and The Art of Disruptions" at the Iziko South African National Gallery (2016), "Dis(colour)ed Margins" at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe (2017), "Re[as]sisting Narratives" at Framer Framed, Amsterdam (2016), "Dance, if you want to enter my country!/ Global Citizen" at GoetheOnMain, Johannesburg (2016), "Nothing Personal" at SMAC Gallery, Cape Town, #theopening at Greatmore Studios, Cape Town (2016) and "Translations" at Emergent Art Space and Reed College, Portland, Oregon (2015).
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