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The undocumented past
Shared by Siemon Allen Date shared 30 May 2023 Projects Source Conversation

"The sad thing for me is that there is so much that remains undocumented, like all the major performances that took place at the Flat. We only really have the paper detritus from them…like a flyer, or poem, or a menu. But we don't actually have images of the performances, and some of them were pretty spectacular. I remember one performance where somebody was doing something with honey in their hair… I don't know, it would be great to have images of that. I guess that's always the curse of looking back and feeling like 'that was amazing' and I've only got the memory snapshot of it."
– Siemon Allen

As part of her ongoing project Social, curator Khanya Mashabela collects oral histories of artist-led project spaces in South Africa to complement a growing archive of associated printed matter, photographs, and digital assets collated through an open call to local arts practitioners.

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