A Cape Institute for Architects exhibition showcasing emerging spatial practices in Cape Town that are questioning, challenging and addressing what is 'now', by theMAAK and Ssoft Stuff.
Each participant produced a line drawing and a 55 second audio clip describing their practice.
[Audio] I like to create narratives around architecture as a tool to describe and understand space and how my body inhabits it. These are sometimes fictional, because fiction helps me imagine new worlds with creative solutions that can be brought back into my work in a playful way. There is also a great need to listen to other people's stories and understand their experience of space. To acknowledge that multiple narratives exist and not just a singular story. I think a lot about how Eyal Weizman said that you can read politics into the most mundane of architectural elements. And it's true, the politics and attitudes of society leave traces in our built environment. Architecture can either strengthen or challenge the dominant narratives that govern public space. Like attitudes towards gender, race and belonging. Ultimately, as spatial practitioners, we should be thinking about how to make space that is equally shared by equals. And I think a key to doing this is by telling, listening to and sharing our stories and experiences of the built environment.