Through Our Eyes

This heritage month. Come join us in celebrating culture and art through the eyes of Indigenous Khoe and San Arts

Perspective is everything. Context is often misconstrued and subjective. Timeless and tasteful, or modern and messy, culture demands to be examined!

“Many people take great comfort in the bathroom towels being the same colour as the soap, toilet paper, and tiles. It means there is a connection between them, and an environment of order. Home becomes a place not only of comfort, but of control. This sense of order, in whatever form it takes, acts as a shield against the unpredictability and lurking “chaos” of the outside world.”

The world has always seemed to own indigenous ideas and worlds. Owning it is a way of controlling the attitudes, fears, and unwritten rules which have formed our environment and our behaviour within it. The “it” being Contemporary Indigenous Khoe and San Culture. But what is the alternative to the controlled environment? What if it does not consist of “unpredictable lurking chaos”?

Come and explore indigenous contemporary art unsolicited and uninfluenced. Where Indigenous artists share their art, their culture, their stories. Through their Eyes.   

Date: 1 September – 30 September 2023
Time: 18:00 – 20:00
Venue: Iziko Education Learning Centre, Groot Constantia Wine Estate