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Benches are for resting

Benches are for resting

David Jones

2014

Kom Sit

Benches are for resting | Bankies is vir rus | Izitulo zilungiselelwe ukuphumla


Resting is not sleeping and usually requires no more time than catching one’s breath, the resting of one’s legs or the complete collapse of one’s diaphragm… momentarily. From the existing minimalist concrete bench the final year Sculpture students of the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University in Port Elizabeth have created an inviting and pleasant resting place, but not for sleeping on…


Hierdie rus is nie slaap nie en vra gewoonlik nie meer tyd as om ‘n mens se asem te skep, ‘n mens se bene te rus of die volkome ontspanning van ‘n mens se midderif nie …kortstondig. Die finale jaar Beeldhoustudente van die Nelson Mandela Metropolitaanse Universiteit in Port Elizabeth het uit die bestaande minimalistiese betonbankie ‘n aanloklike en aangename rusplek geskep, maar nie om op te slaap nie…



Ukuphumla ayikuko ukulala okanye ukungqengqa yaye akudingi xesha lingaphezulu kunelokutshaya isigarethi, okanye ukubamba umphefumlo, ukuphumla nje umlenze okanye ukuphelelwa kwesiqwanga somntu..........ngexeshana. Ukususela kwisitulo eside sekokrithi esele sikho abafundi abenza unyaka wokugqibela kuKrolo beYunivesiti iNelson Mandela Metropolitan eBhayi bayile indawo yokuphumla etsala umdla nepholileyo, kodwa engenzelwanga ukulala kuyo......

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