after a PROUD and JOYOUS setup, we were detained for 3 hours by a drunk ZANU madman. I’ve never personally seen such violations of human rights, nor experienced such powerlessness in the face of ‘officials’.
Written by Heath on May 2nd, 2011
SIYA SO! = LEAVE IT LIKE THAT!
Written by Heath on May 2nd, 2011
We were rained out yesterday. We lost a lot of time, but we made some progress…
Written by Heath on May 1st, 2011Today is the day to complete our mission.
today will be structure building day…
Written by Heath on April 30th, 2011
LET THEM HAVE SHADE
Written by Heath on April 30th, 2011so the excitement builds.
We have 1 and a half days left to complete our shade structures…
That’s the final destination now – to build a number of structures to provide shade for people in public spaces in and around Harare!
more repeat patterns from HARARE
Written by Heath on April 29th, 2011These are our working images to draw references from.
HARARE
Written by Heath on April 29th, 2011
Inspiration for the project here is based on these vibes all over Harare.
HIFA
Written by Heath on April 25th, 2011I’m in Harare for HIFA – the Harare International Festival of the Arts. I’m making a public work with 5 talented local craft designers. We’re going to use lots of waste plastic and other previously used materials. I’ll post pictures as we work… This is one inspiring city.
post night-walk soft-vandalism
Written by Heath on January 31st, 2011I was inspired by my walk to give some public space a bit of attention.
I attached a paper napkin to the hand-rail outside the SIWA (the only local grocery/everything store in Fiskars). It was GONE in the morning.
I even said thank you very much on it, and I wrote the word art…
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- a little later – you can tell by the ice puddle on the floor
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- test. thank you very much.
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- i think this means no…
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- then i thought about it a bit, and added ART… it could have worked…?
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- all that was left the next day was the ice puddle… I was sad.
nightwalk 2
Written by Heath on January 31st, 2011So I had previously planned to try and use one specific building in the village for some kinda installation. This was not possible due to unsafe conditions within. This nightwalk was about trying to reimagine the whole thought process I had previously gone through. In the form of more notes to self.
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- the local hall
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- stuff could be hung or attached to the ladder
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- nicicles
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- nice dark spot round the back
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- bus stop out front…
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- possible use of existing spots out front
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- the lovely public lighting in Fiskars… catches the snow.
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- I dreamed of covering these with ice-paper-colour…
So the pictures above go along with the sound clip below:
