Pulse is a time-lapse film that speaks about radical acts of transformation through fire and ritual performativity. It depicts the burning to ashes of a defunct handmade beehive while a restorative soundtrack conjures the bees back to life.

In sculpture, the presence of the artist can be guessed in the form of the object, but this pre-sence remains abstract. In front of the object, we are in front of a dialogue between the artist and the material, this dialogue can last 5min as it can last 10 years.

The work explores urban hybridity in a contemporary African setting.

The visual narrative depicts a mutating urban fabric; reflecting the fluidity of the modern condition which gradually infuses a traditional society. It absorbs the vestiges of a colonial past, and transforms the notions of place and identity.

Web Jacket - My work is related to identity and history, and seeks to interrogate people’s origins and boundaries – how these can be renegotiated and recontextualised in different socio-political environments. I also investigate the impacts of contemporary technology on humanity, especially Africans.

Fall into the Sky is an expressive short documentary that experiments with mixed media methods and hybrid modes in its examination of colourism, afrophobia and xenophobia in South Africa.

Pulse is a time-lapse film that speaks about radical acts of transformation through fire and ritual performativity. It depicts the burning to ashes of a defunct handmade beehive while a restorative soundtrack conjures the bees back to life.

Francois Knoetze – Cape Mongo

mongo n. slang. object thrown away and then recovered

Cape Mongo follows the stories of six characters as they journey through the city of Cape Town.