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Study (Sepia Scallop), one of the works from Pamela Phatsimo Suntrum’s collaborative book ‘There are Mechanisms in Place’
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‘There are Mechanisms in Place’: Collaboration births sacred text

‘There are Mechanisms in Place’, comprising text, poetry and visual analysis of Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum’s practice, reveals how working together is a powerful philosophy

  • Nkgopoleng Moloi
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Polyhedra, still 5 from Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum’s book There Are Mechanisms in Place (2018), published by Michaelis Galleries, UCT
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The landscape of meaning: mechanism and memory in depictions of disaster

‘There Are Mechanisms in Place’ posits that the all-encompassing physicality of the landscape does not reference an ‘abstract’ danger, but one that is created by both nature and…

  • Amie Soudien
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