Siyazama is making an A.R.T. statement about the AIDS orphan situation in our country!

Today Linda and I were invited to a meeting with Carol Brown, who is a freelance international art curator. She and David Gere (yes! his brother is Richard) are again joining forces, and this time it's to develop an amazing 'cabinet of curiosity' type exhibition which will talk to the myriad of things that are impacting the AIDS pandemic in Southern Africa. Siyazama is to make hundreds of small beaded child figure dolls, which will collectively make a strong statement about the statistics, which are periodically released with regard the AIDS orphan statistics in our country. Our aim is to visually make sense of these statistics through an installation from which it is hoped should build awareness of the growing inhumane calamity in our part of the world. We see it as a call to action! 

The exhibition is intended to begin at the Tatham Art Gallery, Pietermaritzburg, in December 2011, and from there it is hoped that it will end up at the World AIDS Conference in Washington 2012. We are very excited to be part of this prestigious exhibition!!