Tuesday, August 7, 2007

Cape Town: Start/Fin(n)ish

Site specific projects in Cape Town

1) The Castle of Good Hope - the Dutch fortress with Table Mountain in the background - sets the scene. The cement mixers form a legion that gyrates seductively. Music Concrete is an alternative soundtrack to the urban sprawl.


2) C-units: Pirate ships off the coast of Blaauwbergstrand. These sea unit apartments are being built on protected dune area.....bad taste with a view.


3) Rest in Peace is a makeshift graveyard made out of estate agent signboards in Durbanville - another Afrikaans suburb of cluster housing, microwave dinners and nuclear families.