haunting

“Haunting, by contrast, is the relentless remembering and reminding that will not be appeased by settler society’s assurances of innocence and reconciliation. Haunting is both acute and general; individuals are haunted, but so are societies.”

— Eve Tuck & C. Ree in ‘A Glossary of Haunting’. (p. 642, 2013)

“haunting” is a porous and unfolding project towards an anti-colonial praxis. it is an ever-ripening somatic, spiritual and intellectual endeavour to develop the tools and vocabulary that enable me to engage with the ghosts of coloniality and allow me to commune, transform and learn alongside ancestors and descendants. this research formally began in 2017 when i relocated from cape town to berlin. residing in a colonial “centre” as opposed to a “periphery” provided me with new perspectives of structural global injustices and the very different ways in which we are haunted by the horrors of modernity. it became an urgent imperative to learn how to comprehend imperial thinking and colonial legacy; to keep this legacy close and closely scrutinized – for that seems to be one of the more effective ways of apprehending its habits of oppression.

this weird, time-looping project consists of large and small actions that take me and my other selves to strange and useful places. it is not always comprehensible or recognizable but art seems to be the most effective container for this type of undoing through doing (or doing through undoing).

feel free to click into the photo galleries and videos, or press the ‘plus signs’ to read more about the projects below.