White Curtains

16/06/2018

to body corporate with love

There's a reason why Colyton is known as the most rebellious town in Devon.

05/05/2018

"I'm sitting here going through The White Curtains diary. I've gone through it countless times and suddenly I'm awed by how profound all the other artists here are. The conversations, the work that went into the project, the feelings, and the intrigue about​how a whole group of people sat down and made such a long standing and probably socially relevant decision about CURTAINS!!!!

What do curtains symbolise? They shade our private lives from prying, disinterested eyes of the general passersby. Curtains protect household contents from sun damage, and they can change the mood of a space by their sudden explosion of colour, or quiet tranquility, or even depth in texture, whatever. But in this instance, why WHITE CURTAINS? What did the people who made the decisions hope to hide, shade, protect or disguise? Was it a social statement?

Suddenly I'm burning with curiosity and I'd love to know what happened before the decision, and why maintain this?

Suddenly, after so many years, questions in my head, admiration for you guys' awesome talent and commitment, and how, different strangers met from all over the country over an issue seemingly mundane but perhaps with a deep, if not sinister significance."

- Nokulunga Nobuhle Zondo

The making of White Curtains curatorial project (Cape Town 2015-2016) ________________________________________________ Concept: Valeria Geselev Editors: Valeria Geselev & Naz Saldulker Graphic Design: Carlos Marzia Studio Artists: Nokulunga Zondo, Frank Lunar, Janet Ranson, Malik Ntone Edjabe, Atang...

04/05/2018

Something very strange is spreading through the streets of Sea Point. It invades every home and flat, yet no one notices the peculiar thing.

Until one day, one cold winter day, 5 artists join forces to investigate the big mystery: who turned all the curtains in the windows into the one and only colour of white?

They embarked on a journey into the unknown.

This is the true story of their adventures.

Cape Town, South Africa, 2015 5 artists and 2 curators join forces to investigate a big mystery: who and why turned all the curtains in the windows of Sea Point…

22/11/2017

2 years ago Telford Vise wrote a wonderful review about White Curtains in Sunday Times...
“White Curtains”, a gently subversive collection of line drawings depicting scenes around Sea Point that’s itching to be filled with splodges of the stuff that makes body corporates blanche."

Windows into the soul of Sea Point / by Telford Vice for Sunday Times 22.11.15Live in that part of Sea Point nestled in the grand old lady’s cleavage that crinkles between Main and Beach roads and you...

09/11/2017

Good news Johannesburg!
White Curtains colouring book and White Curtains Diary can now be found at UJ FADA Library - Faculty of Art Design and Architecture, University Johannesburg.

That was possible following the Booknesses: Book Arts Exhibitions & Colloquium project, which is launching its catalogue of contemporary South African artists' books, directed by David Paton

The complete list of libraries lodging White Curtains books: Hiddingh Hall Library, UCT
National Library of South Africa (NLSA), Cape Town Campus
Central Library Cape Town
UJ FADA Library
Coming soon: Colin Eglin Sea Point Library

18/07/2017

good news! Sea Point Library now has in its collection the poetry book "Echo Location: a guide to Sea Point for residents and visitors" by Karen Press (Gecko Poetry, UKZN Press). Donated with love by White Curtains project & accepted with love by librarian Roni Snitcher

26/03/2017

good news! a local record! White Curtains is the first colouring-in book to be accepted into the public Cape Town Libraries :)
(!) Much thanks to the support of Dr. Nomusa Makhubu
(!!) Frank Lunar, your name is in the code!
(!!!) to Nokulunga Nobuhle Zondo with love

26/03/2017

White Curtains colouring book & White Curtains Diary, on display at Booknesses Exhibitions & Colloquium: survey of 100 South African Art Books, University of Johannesburg.
BIG THANK YOU to Kai Lossgott for the invitation and the documentation; and much gratitude to the contributors Nokulunga Nobuhle Zondo, Frank Lunar, Carlos Marzia; and the funding supporters Visual Arts Network of South Africa (VANSA) & Michaelis Galleries

24/03/2017

Today White Curtains books show up at the opening of Booknesses: Contemporary South African Artists’ Books.

20/03/2017

Thank you Between 10 and 5 for sharing the White Curtains story :)

Valeria Geselev interviews Nokulunga Zondo, a nurse who wrote a poem that inspired a traveling group exhibition. What started with her frustration with the South African peculiar custom of white curtains, reveals the power of art as social commentary.

16/03/2017

Attention Joburg! Look for White Curtains books at the Booknesses Exhibitions & Colloquium

07/03/2017

White Curtains Diary has arrived to University of Cape Town students! Take it home from Hiddingh Hall Library (if your heart beats for socially engaged art)

Design: Carlos Marzia Supported by: Michaelis Galleries and Visual Arts Network of South Africa (VANSA)