Selah houses a collection of books, journals, writing implements and art at 150 Albert Rd., Cape Town
But never dismantle a 1st.
I met Karel Martens a few years ago and he reviewed my portfolio. His comment was essentially that he liked my rough drafts – my sketches and my thinking – but none of my final products. He was right.
This is his book. I took it apart to look for more clues.
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Posted January 25th, 2012
Huge thanks to Jono Morgan for his tireless help with this piece today. Thanks to the residents of Masi who were so encouraging – sharing their comments and questions and rhetoric… Thanks Christine for your wall and thanks Sophia for these great shots of the work. Most thanks God for inspiring the work of my hands.
Main Road, Masiphumelele 6/12/11
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Posted December 6th, 2011
William Moses Matthew Breitenberg. Our son was born 25 November 2011 at 7 in the evening. 4.8 kilograms (10 pounds, 10 oz.) and he’s 57cm (22.5 in.) long. Happy and healthy everybody in the family truly excited for the birth of our first child.
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Posted December 1st, 2011
new bookshelves installed into the shop. finally starting to take shape for the opening in the new year…
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Posted November 30th, 2011
On the westbound N2 at Jan Smts Ave. Thanks Makensie Megan and Whitney for the massive help.
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Posted November 21st, 2011
Page Street in Lower Woodstock. Thanks to the residents and Boa Mistura for letting me have some time on their crane.
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Posted November 20th, 2011
I recently met an Egyptian woman named Saraa who has been actively involved in the ongoing civil resistance that began at the beginning of this year in Cairo and continues today. These protests resulted successfully in the removal of an oppressive regime of injustice. Before she left Cape Town, she asked if she could have a stencil to put up in her temporary residence at Tahrir Square, the symbolic heart of the revolution.
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Posted November 17th, 2011
A week ago fires raged through a township nearby called Masiphumelele. This catastrophe left over 5000 people displaced with little more than the clothes on their backs. The rebuilding started immediately; here the skeletons of new homes are seen being built the following day. Within 24 hours the government responded with truckload upon truckload of wood, zinc siding and tarps. Together with many of our friends, we have been sorting donations, helping to build new shacks, providing food and clothing, and painting of course – birds rising up from the ash. This structure was one of a few cinder block buildings to remain standing in the area. I asked the owner what he’d like written along with the birds and he said immediately, “uthixo luthando” which means “God is love.”
So often we go to bring hope, and instead find her smiling in welcome when we arrive.
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Posted November 16th, 2011
Recent public art piece entitled, These 3 Remain. Enkanini Township, Khayamundi, Stellenbosch. Thanks to the inSite / AICS crew from Amsterdam for all of your help and to the residents of Enkanini for your limitless enthusiasm and joy.
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Posted November 15th, 2011
As this site is going to become more of a “daily” from the shop, I’ll start including some more of the mundane-yet-perfect activities that go on around here on rainy afternoons.
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Posted November 11th, 2011
My favourite photography museum, FOAM, has recently published their first book A Book of Beds, and they’ve included my work… I took this photograph in an abandoned USSR military barracks in Latvia while travelling up the coast of the Baltic by motorcycle. 2008
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Posted September 14th, 2011
Last week we went back to Masiphumelele to paint on some of the newly built shacks. You can see that many of these new homes are made from recycled pieces of burnt zinc that barely survived the fires. My good friend Craig Johns is making a short film of the project and has taken some of these photographs above as well. As we were finishing up for the day a woman passed and said to us, “These birds I see them. These birds they will bring us peace.”
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Posted May 20th, 2011
