Object Ecologies, an exhibition by the Centre of Curating the Archive, opened at the South African Museum on Saturday the 3rd of November. The event was well attended with the University of Cape Town's Vice-Chancellor, Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng, giving an inspiring opening speech.
As part of a mutual interest in the mobility of objects, we present four mobile museums, each curated with differing intentions and effects. One details the global perambulations of the rhinoceros; another the botanical ecology of a medicine chest; the third, death and sacrifice in three iterations; and the fourth a collection of museum objects convened by emerging curators.
The Centre for Curating the Archive’s Onthouers | Rememberers project launched on the weekend of the 18th of September at the Liggiesfees in Clanwilliam. Members of the Clanwilliam and Algeria communities joined to view the website and Dr Siona O’Connell’s latest documentary film, Uitgesmyt.