Sound Portrait I

Sound Portrait I, draws on practices from relational architecture where it excavates narratives from the public who are currently in communion with selected site and place. As part of the Unsettling Space project on the ‘Decolonial Turn’, this sonic intervention aimed to act in opening public dialogue between a group of students and their experiences. The work was created through sound recordings of interviews with students where they were encouraged to speak on topics of shared experiences with their peers. After the recording process, the work was broadcast across three of the university campuses, across two cities (Durban and Pietermaritzburg, ZA). Unsettling Spaces was funded by the Andrew Mellon Foundation and awarded to members of the School of Arts, at UKZN.