Of Psyche

As we fight we tear off the fake veils society covered us with Ripping through all the layers of the veils we eventually reach Our true raw self

Knowing society will hate us but doing it anyway because the beauty of our true self’s is dazzlingly bright

In our sculptural model, the use of light was used as a representation of ones inner self one that yearns to break free as well as one lost covered in societies veiled layers

“South Africa has been shaken to its core by the merciless killings of women and children in the recent months… As such, Gauteng Treasury and Gauteng Department of e-Government women wore black attire and doeks on Friday, 6th September 2019 as a way of voicing their sorrow and that enough is enough, femicide must stop.”

(

Gauteng

Provincial Government, 2019)

As a form of protest and mourning, women gathered throughout the country to stand in solidarity for the fallen and living victims of gender-based violence. The protests towards the murder of the late Uyinene Mrwetyana, revealed how the doek was used as a veil of defence. In an African context, the doek is, to a large extent, seen as a form of liberation due to it forming part of an attire that is seen as dressing in a ‘respectful’ manner in some South African Nguni cultures. Our standpoint of identity and concept focuses on ‘defence’ and how acts of violence towards women still occur despite the above-mentioned attire. This narrative is translated through the artefact by the use of the colour black to represent mourning in relation to the women that were dressed in black clothing. The form created by the black blocks represent the fluidity and the fabric weaving pattern of the doek.