Sport In The Struggle Exhibition
Exhibition Material Catalogue
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Contents Introduction Overview Hosting the exhibition
Exhibition elements Mandela statue Panels Multimedia Remembrance wall video unit Print material
Inventory List Other ideas
Introduction The purpose of this catalogue is to give heritage and cultural centres an overview of the Sport In The Struggle Exhibition material, with a view to hosting the exhibition in their own venues. The Exhibition is a sport history project that tells the stories of the forgotten heroes of sport who were denied the opportunity to excel on national and international levels of sport due to Apartheid. As such it is an on-going and open-ended project that grows as more names and general information is discovered, research and added to the existing body of work. The exhibition was first developed in 2013 in a simple format and displayed in nine venues, one in each province. In 2014 the content was revised and expanded, and a more formalised structure for the exhibition was developed and displayed at the Apartheid Museum in March and April 2014. Designed to be a mobile and easily transportable exhibition, It has since been travelled to other venues both locally and internationally. The Exhibition will in due time become the core collection of the envisaged National Sport Hall Of Fame that is currently in the planning stages.
Overview The main purpose of the Sport In The Struggle Exhibition is to remember, preserve, celebrate and provide education about South Africa’s lesser known sport history. Physically it consists mainly of upright, self-standing alumninium panels with graphic designs consisting of words, photos and drawings that tell the story of a particular event or person in the history of South African sport. The panels form a rough storyline starting with the early days of sport during the turn of the nineteenth century, through the years of Apartheid, highlights the role sport played in the struggle against oppression, and ends with the return of democracy and equality in sport in 1994. The panels featuring interesting facts, stories and details that endeavour to introduce the viewer in an engaging way to some of the prominent and not-so-prominent black sportspeople of that era. The main displays are supplemented by several larger panel display as well as a number of printed and multimedia items that serve to make the exhibition memorable and interactive.
Hosting the exhibition General
The Sport In The Struggle Exhibition is suitable for hosting at museums, universities, and spaces that have a professional exhibiting program and inhouse skills to manage temporary and traveling exhibitions.
Designing the exhibition to your needs
The floor space size required for the complete exhibition is fifty square meters (50m2), and a minimum ceiling height of 3m. The exhibition can be made to fit into a smaller space by selecting only certain elements from the complete catalog. The easiest way to design an exhibition to fit your space is to use a floorplan of the room or area where the exhibition will be hosted, and drawing in pencil the elements of the exhibition to scale.
Transporting the exhibition
SRSA will organise and pay for transport or the exhibition to the venue. The host is responsible for receiving and signing off on the exhibition material once received. The host is also responsible for organising and payment of the transport to return the exhibition material to SRSA.
Setting up and running of the exhibition.
Before receiving the material, the host should provide SRSA with a layout and floor plan of the intended exhibition that will take place in their venue. SRSA will help to oversee the setting up, but the host is responsible for doing the actual work involved under the guidance of SRSA technical personnel. It is recommended that the exhibition be hosted for between 6 - 8 weeks. The host should also keep a visitor’s book and basic statistics about visitor numbers.
Marketing and Events
This is a very important part of the exhibition. The host is responsible for the opening, promoting and supporting of the exhibition, and should ensure that as many members of the community as possible visits the exhibition. This includes putting up posters and distributing flyers about the exhibition.
Maintenance
The host is responsible for the maintenance of the exhibition, including cleaning, for the during of the exhibition.
Breaking down and packing
SRSA will oversee the breaking down and packing of the exhibition, however the host should supply manpower to perform the actual work.
Exhibition elements
Note: There may be small discrepancies between the photos of the panels here and the actual ones in existence, due to updates that may have been made on the panels.
Mandela statue Description: Panel of Nelson Mandela in a boxing pose, 2,5m high mountain on a white backing
Upright panels Size: 700mm wide by 2000mm high Description: Aluminium frame with four loose foot brackets. Graphic panels are held to alumninium frame by magnetic strips. Can be used double sided or single sided. Quantity: 41
Upright Panel #1 Rugby Pioneers
Upright Panel #2 Bud Mbelle
Upright Panel #3 Football Groundbreakers
Upright Panel #4 Early Sport In Johannesburg
Upright Panel #5 27 June 1956
Upright Panel #6 Man From Wimbledon
Upright Panel #7 Black Golfing Aces
Upright Panel #8 Simon Nhlapo
Upright Panel #9 Amaranee Naidoo
Upright Panel #10 Scara Sono
Upright Panel #11 Rosina Sedibane
Upright Panel #12 Cycling
Upright Panel #13 Cricket
Upright Panel #14 In Another Country
Upright Panel #15 The Pariah Games
Upright Panel #6 Rugby
Upright Panel #17 King Kong
Upright Panel #18 Netball
Upright Panel #19 Sam Ramsamy
Upright Panel #20 The Station Bomber
Upright Panel #21 Sea Point Swallows
Upright Panel #22 Olympics of the Oppressed
Upright Panel #23 Political Football
Upright Panel #24 Apartheid In Action
Upright Panel #25 Commonwealth Games
Upright Panel #26 Legends of Boxing
Upright Panel #27 Going Against The Norm
Upright Panel #28 Galvanising Sport For The Struggle
Upright Panel #29 Mpush Makambi
Upright Panel #30 The End Is In Sight
Upright Panel #31 Recognising our sport legends
Upright Panel CARTOON COLLECTION #1 of 6
Upright Panel CARTOON COLLECTION #2
Upright Panel CARTOON COLLECTION #3
Upright Panel CARTOON COLLECTION #4
Upright Panel CARTOON COLLECTION #5
Upright Panel CARTOON COLLECTION #6
Upright Panel DRUM COVER SERIES #1
Upright Panel DRUM COVER SERIES #2
Upright Panel DRUM COVER SERIES #2
Upright Panel DRUM COVER SERIES #3
Upright Panel DRUM COVER SERIES #4
Upright Panel DRUM COVER SERIES #5
Upright Double Panels These are panels that are double the size of Upright Panels, ie 140omm wide. Quantity: 5
Upright Double Panel #1 The Early Years
Upright Double Panel #2 The Orlando Swimming Baths
Upright Double Panel #3 Early Politics And Sport
Upright Double Panel #4 Divided Stadiums
Upright Double Panel #5 Introduction
Large Format Panels These are large format panels, printed on canvas and held upright by an aluminium frame, mostly suitable to set up against a wall that is at least 3,5m high. Sizes: Varies Description: Aluminium frame with four loose foot brackets. Graphic panels are held to alumninium frame by magnetic strips. Can be used double sided or single sided. Quantity: 3
Large format Panel #1 Title: The Ones Who Went Further Size: 3000mm x 3000mm
Large format Panel #2 Title: Firsts and Milestones Size: 4000mm x 3000mm
Large format Panel #3 Title: The Winning Post Size: 1200mm x 800mm This double sided panel is designed to be suspended from rafters, horizontal beams or other suitable supports. It is not floorstanding.
Print And Multimedia These are support elements to the main exhibition.
Remembrance Wall (video) This is a video of approximately 12 minutes featuring interviews with David Samaai and some of the other personalities featured in the exhibition. Includes television stand, video on DVD or memory stick, and one television. Excludes DVD player.
Sport In The Struggle Jigsaw Puzzle A jigsaw puzzle featuring a well-known photo of Nelson Mandela in boxing pose. It is displayed on a table for visitors to play with. Size: xx Cocktail or other table for displaying jigsaw puzzle not included.
Cocktail table cloths Themed table cloths are available for round cocktail style tables if needed. Quantity of three, in different designs.
Quiz Book An A4-size book of questions and answers to test a visitor’s knowledge of what they see in the exhibition.
Sport in the Struggle Exhibition Poster A1 size poster of the exhibition. Each venue receive five copies of the poster for marketing and awareness purposes.
Exhibition newspaper A broadsheet, 24 page newspaper-style publication featuring highlights from the exhbition.
Exhibition Inventory Plan your exhibition by marking off the items you require for your own version of the Sport In The Struggle Exhibition.
o Mandela Statue
Double Upright Panels
Upright panels
o The Early Years o The Orlando Swimming Baths o Early Politics in Sport o Divided Stadiums o Introduction
o Rugby Pioneers o Bud Mbelle o Football Groundbreakers 1899 o Early Sport In Johannesburg o 27 June 1956 o The Man From Wimbledon o Black Golfing Aces o Simon Nhlapo o Amaranee Naidoo o Scara Sono o Rosina Sedibane o Cycling o Cricket o In Another Country o The Pariah Games o Rugby o King Kong o Netball o Sam Ramsamy o Station Bomber o Sea Point Swallows o Olympics of the Oppressed o Political Football o Going Against The Norm o Commonwealth Games o Legends of Boxing o Recognising Our Sport Legends o Mpush Makambi o Galvanising Sport For The Struggle o The End Is In Sight o Apartheid in Action o Cartoon Series (6 panels) o Drum Cover Series (5 panels)
Large Format Panels
o The Ones Who Went Further o Firsts and Milestones o The Winning Post
Other Items o Table Cloths o Puzzle o Quiz Book o Remembrance Wall Video Display o Exhibition newspaper. Qty required: _____ o Exhibition Posters
And Finally... Tips on how to make the Sport In The Struggle Exhibion exciting and memorable for your visitors: Construct a blackboard for visitors to write the names of their own sport heroes from yesteryear. Many sportspeople from the Apartheid era are already forgotten, and this is a way for us to gather their names and honour them. Keep a visitor’s book for comments. This helps us understand what visitors think of the exhibition.