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hyperreal prototypes

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    Home is our first real mistake. It is the one error that changes everything, the one lesson you could let destroy you. It is from this moment that we begin to build our home in the world. It is the place that we furnish with smell, taste, a talisman, a name. -1


    “Disneyland is presented as imaginary in order to make us believe that the real (i.e the world outside Disneyland) is real., whereas in fact all of Los Angeles and the America surrounding it are no longer real, but of the order of hyperreal and of simulation” -2

    Home is our first real mistake. It is the one error that changes everything, the one lesson you could let destroy you. It is from this moment that we begin to build our home in the world. It is the place that we furnish with smell, taste, a talisman, a name. -1


    “Disneyland is presented as imaginary in order to make us believe that the real (i.e the world outside Disneyland) is real., whereas in fact all of Los Angeles and the America surrounding it are no longer real, but of the order of hyperreal and of simulation” -2

    Siwelile Mathenjwa

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    Siwelile Mathenjwa

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    Siwelile Mathenjwa

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    Siwelile Mathenjwa

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    Siwelile Mathenjwa

    hyperreal prototypes

    Death Mask
    Death Mask
    Karabo Moumakwe
    The Stain - Control
    The Stain - Control
    Thelma Ndebele
    The Weight of Nothing
    The Weight of Nothing
    Jana Crous
    The Weight of Carrying an Infant
    The Weight of Carrying an Infant
    Zahraa Essa
    Shadow Hand
    Shadow Hand
    Fathima Mu
    Phantom Map
    Phantom Map
    Kamal Ranchod
    Tapestry
    Tapestry
    Zahraa Essa
    Kaji: Work
    Kaji: Work
    Gloria Pavita
    Phantom Map
    Phantom Map
    Kamal Ranchod
    Bending Architraves
    Bending Architraves
    Kamal Ranc
    Distortion
    Distortion
    Zahraa Essa
    Paper Space
    Paper Space
    Paper Space
    Paper Space
    Gila Abrams
    Sound Columns
    Sound Columns
    Nothando Lunga
    Phantom of the Familiar
    Phantom of the Familiar
    Izak Potgieter
    untitled image
    The Other Side
    Jessica Cristovao
    untitled image
    Forbidden Fruit
    Natalie Harper
    untitled image
    Proximity
    Gloria Pavita
    untitled image
    Before the Ball
    Thelma Ndebele
    untitled image
    #joziourcity
    Kamal Ranchod
    untitled image
    Anguish Longer than Sorrow
    Nothando Lunga
    Aish Baladi
    Aish Baladi
    Zahraa Essa
    Giza
    Giza
    Atmospheres at Rest
    Atmospheres at Rest
    Thelma Ndebele
    The Battle of the Camel_ The Window - Th
    The Battle of the Camel_ The Window - Th
    Fathima Mula
    Out of gallery
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