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Conn Bertish at blank projects
'During the course of 2011 I collected defunct city signage, stripped it of its advertorial origins, and hand-painted text thereon. These new, repurposed signs were then disseminated in public space throughout the greater Cape Town area. These works reference our country’s existing traditions of low-tech advertising and develop these practices through ambiguous language and the site-specificity of their placement. A telephone number was included on each sign allowing for an incidental audience to respond to the text, creating a relational and interactive element to the artwork.
The work is exhibited as a series of individual signs and prints, with telephonic responses transcribed as text and ambient sound installation..' -Conn Bertish
26 July - 25 August
'Landmarks I'
Dillon Marsh
'Landmarks I' is the second solo exhibition by Dillon Marsh, featuring the landscape photographic series Limbo and Cross Country. According to Marsh: 'I tend to focus on things that are out of the ordinary, picking them out of the landscape where they might otherwise blend in. In each case I have chosen objects that can be found in multitude within their environment, so that I can depict a family of objects in a series of photographs. By displaying each project as such, I feel I am able to show both the character of the individual members, and the characteristics that make these objects a family'.
Limbo (2012) is a series of photographs showing trees that have died, but not yet fallen. All these trees were photographed in various suburbs of the Cape Flats area of Cape Town, including Bridgetown, Bonteheuwel, Ruyterwacht, Windermere, and The Hague. About Cross Country (2012), Marsh explains, 'Illuminated crucifixes have become a common sight in many parts of South Africa, and this is particularly true for the town of Worcester and its surrounds. I became intrigued by the way these crosses decorate the landscape and photographed these seven with the intention of showing the effect these relatively small structures can have on the landscape at dusk'.
