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katharina balgavy

contemporary works 
  1. the airfield
  2. keep it secret
  3. there is no measure 
  4. on the invasion of plants
  5. it does not like you
  6. we see is what we see
  7. the speculation of finance
  8. but my mother country
    preferred it with clothes on
  9. readymade
  10. es löste ein unbehagen aus
  11. untitled (flowers)
  12. the art of museology
  13. new worlds 
  14. roland barthes 100
  15. gradient
  16. color coating 
  17. golden

commissioned works
  1. ragnar kjartansson 
  2. mario garcia torres
  3. stefano bernardin
  4. heribert prantl 
  5. angelika loderer
  6. gmp architects
  7. oscar niemayer
  8. architecture l + ll 
  9. cosmology
  10. maximilian rittler
  11. paris noiré
  12. schön magazine
  13. faq magazine
  14. liwenlin x b willhelm
  15. hotel amour 
  16. vogue italia
  17. ohboy jeans
  18. marie claire
  19. until the quiet comes
  20. projeto uere
  21. sharon lockhart

contact
Mark

1.2  keep it secret




ZA / 2011

The Paarl Monument was erected on the 100th anniversary of the National Party and Society of Real Afrikaners in 1975, overlooking the Western Cape in Paarl, South Africa. The Paarl Monument, described as a Language Monument is situated in the Republic of South Africa which counts eleven official spoken languages, Apartheid was officially ended in 1990.

Afrikaans originates from 17th century settlers and their Dutch dialects, and is spoken by a 13.5 percent of the total population (2011). It is a fact of exclusion of various other languages spoken in the country, like Zulu, Xhosa, Sotho, Tsonga, Ndebele and many more are not represented.The Paarl Monument does exist as attraction without any references to Nationalism, Apartheid or historical, significant facts on site. The meaning of inclusion and exclusion in the symbolism of the monument leads to a paradox and distorted image of the nature of national heritage and the symbolic manifestations of nationhood. Keep it Secret refers to hidden facts on site, censorship within the education system of diverse culture groups and various language codes in processing history for the total of the South African population.

Edition Photo, 2012, Vienna, AT
Keep It Secret, US Gallery, 2012, Stellenbosch, ZA
Mark

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