Rendered Passages

Passages approaches the unsettling potentiality of migration by exploring its performative dimension, by giving back and restoring (rendering up) in an attempt at transcoding and rephrasing, instead of fixity and portrayal. The works join to share their sense of what Sara Ahmed terms ‘uncommon estrangements’, aiming to open up blind spots around silenced narratives of migration that (un)settle grand narratives.

Course Coordinator: Nontobeko Ntombela

Involved artists and academics: Ayrson Heráclito, Bernard-Akoi Jackson, Brett Pyper, Clarissa Diniz, Duduzile Ndlovu, Greer Valley, Juan Carlos Orrantia, Nashilongweshipwe Mushaandja, Nicola Cloete, Nolan Oswald Dennis, Noor Nieftagodien, Pamela Sunstrum, Sinethemba Twalo

With contributions from: Matseliso Matsoane, Maphuti Mabotja, Kamogelo Walaza, Rory Thomas, Fouad Asfour, Andiswa Mdlangathi, Nomaqhawe Molife