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The Art of Public Space The Art of Public Space Curating and Re-imagining the Ephemeral City Kim Gurney UniversityofCapeTown,SouthAfrica ©KimGurney2015 Foreword©LienHeidenreich-Seleme2015 Afterword©EdgarPieterse2015 Allrightsreserved.Noreproduction,copyortransmissionofthis publicationmaybemadewithoutwrittenpermission. Noportionofthispublicationmaybereproduced,copiedortransmitted savewithwrittenpermissionorinaccordancewiththeprovisionsofthe Copyright,DesignsandPatentsAct1988,orunderthetermsofanylicence permittinglimitedcopyingissuedbytheCopyrightLicensingAgency, SaffronHouse,6–10KirbyStreet,LondonEC1N8TS. Anypersonwhodoesanyunauthorizedactinrelationtothispublication maybeliabletocriminalprosecutionandcivilclaimsfordamages. Theauthorhasassertedherrighttobeidentifiedastheauthorofthis workinaccordancewiththeCopyright,DesignsandPatentsAct1988. Firstpublished2015by PALGRAVEMACMILLAN PalgraveMacmillanintheUKisanimprintofMacmillanPublishersLimited, registeredinEngland,companynumber785998,ofHoundmills,Basingstoke, HampshireRG216XS. PalgraveMacmillanintheUSisadivisionofStMartin’sPressLLC, 175FifthAvenue,NewYork,NY10010. PalgraveMacmillanistheglobalacademicimprintoftheabovecompanies andhascompaniesandrepresentativesthroughouttheworld. Palgrave®andMacmillan®areregisteredtrademarksintheUnitedStates, theUnitedKingdom,Europeandothercountries. ISBN 978-1-349-57405-6 ISBN 978-1-137-43690-0 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/9781137436900 Thisbookisprintedonpapersuitableforrecyclingandmadefromfully managedandsustainedforestsources.Logging,pulpingandmanufacturing processesareexpectedtoconformtotheenvironmentalregulationsofthe countryoforigin. AcataloguerecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheBritishLibrary. AcatalogrecordforthisbookisavailablefromtheLibraryofCongress. To the imaginaries of Roscoe John Kerby, Joseph Michael Feast & Kathleen Ruth McGaughey Contents ListofFigures viii Foreword x PrefaceandAcknowledgements xii 1 Re-imaginingJohannesburg:NomadicNotions 1 2 CuratingtheEphemeralCity 17 3 WalkingtheFootlooseCity 41 4 PlayingtheCyborgCity 68 5 PerformingtheSpectralCity 93 6 Silo-Breaker:ArtandtheUncertaintyPrinciple 120 7 TowardsanArtoftheCommons 143 8 LivingtheEverydayCity 160 Afterword:CapturingArtinCommon 166 Notes 169 Bibliography 174 Index 184 vii Figures 1.1 Abucketholdingroses,handedouttopassersby duringNaKuRandzatocommemorateamusicianshot deadonthisstreetcornerinDoornfontein 9 1.2 Achalkedwarningsign–‘Youhave40sec[onds]’–at aninnercityintersectionforNaKuRandza 10 1.3 Silk-screenersprintanti-xenophobicstatement-bearing T-shirtsasgiveawaysduringNaKuRandza 11 2.1 ParticipantsonMmaTseleng’skwaitocitywalkfor ShoeShop 24 2.2 MurrayKrugertakesabreakfromwashingtaxisinhis performanceworkforInHouseProject,blendingin withviewers;LeilaAndersonofCommonSenselooks onfromtheright 37 3.1 WalkersduringShoeShop’sopeningparadetakeover theBusRapidTransitlaneincentralJohannesburg 42 3.2 PerformersfromtheAlexandraFieldBandduringShoe Shop’sparade 43 3.3 AnneHistorical,akaBettinaMalcomess,polishesshoes duringajointperformanceonopeningnight 48 3.4 ShoesforsaleonDonnaKukama’scitywalkthrough shoppingprecinctsdowntown 53 3.5 Abandonedshoesonacitypavementspottedduring ShoeShop 57 4.1 Prop-shoppingwithAntheaMoys(andSebastian Quack)atadiscountwarehouseinpreparationfor Flipside 79 4.2 ‘TheEskimos’listentopretendmusicwhilewalking thestreetsduringFlipside 80 4.3 Theprojectroomfacadeswirlsinavortexof teleportingtechnologyduringFlipside 82 5.1 UnitedAfricanUtopiasco-curatorTanjaKronewatches participantsgobyduringthecitywalk 95 viii ListofFigures ix 5.2 UnitedAfricanUtopiasco-curatorMpumiMcatatunes hisradiototheICRpiratefrequencyfortheutopian narrativescript 97 5.3 UnitedAfricanUtopiasco-curatorJoãoOrecchiaatthe startoftheutopianadventure 98 5.4 UnitedAfricanUtopiasco-curatorHansNarvablendsin amongfashionmannequinsduringthecitywalk 100 6.1 Apossibleportalspottedduringaworkshopcitywalk topreparenarrativescriptsforFlipside 130 6.2 Passersbyreadingtheartist’sstatementforJodiBieber’s seriesofpostersinstalledbyLesleyPerkes(right)as partofShoeShop,PritchardStreet 132 6.3 TheMillenniumBardissembled,instorageatAugust House,EndStreet 138 7.1 TheremnantsofThabisoSekgala’sShoeShopposter PanKop(2010)onawallinTroyeville 149 7.2 InMemoriam:Thisclose-upofremnantsofthesame artworkposterbyThabisoSekgala,Figure7.1above,is dedicatedtoitscreatorandLesleyPerkes,whoseteam installedit.BothSekgalaandPerkeshavepassedaway sincethemanifestationofNewImaginaries 158 8.1 Firefightersdousetheflamestoputoutthefireina heritagebuildinginDoornfontein 161 8.2 Informaltraderssavewhattheycanoftheirwares,as policecordonoffthecornerfollowingthegutted building’ssubsequentcollapse 162 8.3 Mattress-makerscontinuetoplytheirtradeamongthe rubbleoftheirpreviouspremises 163 8.4 Thesiteislaterrazedfordevelopment;businessstill continues 165
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