The Artifacts of Power is a series of drawings that unpack the relationship between the body and the artifact, exploring how this relationship creates imprints of care, exhaustion, and loss as acts of repair, deciphering remnants of power exchanged in space, and narrated through conversations of repair in the city.
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© Simphiwe Mlambo
Artifact 1: The Podium of the Acts of Repair
A reflective observation, through performance, of the act of repair.
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© Simphiwe Mlambo
Artifact 2: The Couch of Exhaustion
A reflective observation, through discussions around exhaustion, of the act of repair
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© Simphiwe Mlambo
Artifact 3: The Couch of Care
A reflective observation of the act of repair through discussions around care.
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© Simphiwe Mlambo
Artifact 4: The Chair of Loss, and the Silent Room.
A reflective observation of the act of repair through performance around Loss, and the Silent Room.
Narrators of Power: The couch, the chair, the podium.
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