Acts of invasion stand central to how we define ourselves as human beings – how we look outside of and within our own bodies to comprehend things that exist far away or deep inside.

Comprising a collection of drawings and a sculptural installation, this exhibition investigated the complex relationship between humans and forms of scientific representation. By taking invasion as the thematic backdrop to this relationship, I explored how the tools used for monitoring forms of invasion are entangled with our perception of self.

This exhibition was specifically attentive to the power of drawing as a means to engage with the otherwordly. My interest in drawing stems from its deep and, by now, quite twisted etymological roots – roots I often turn to.

Drawing is, first and foremost, a gesture – a process of drawing closer, drawing out, or drawing in by means of some bodily or technological intervention. We draw to represent – we illustrate, we mark, we map, and we plot. But drawing can also be that which impels someone or something to pull (to move, stir, or sweep), to withdraw (to drain, transfer, absorb, siphon, or bleed) and to attract (to mesmerise, summon, or tempt). 

10 October – 16 November 2019, SMAC Stellenbosch.

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Exhibition catalogue is available here.