Roommates is an accumulation of ten doors that have been intersected and combined at different angles to explore different planes. These planes and variable directions suggest and explore, through abstraction, the open-ended notions that the symbol for a door implies. Notions of opening and closing, new and old opportunities, to pass through or movement, all contribute to a reading of this symbol as some sort of portal. Roommates, is an installation that consists of four sculptures that have been created and specifically placed to explore bodies within space. My implication with the door as a material for this project is a simple one - it is a combination of and a simple reflection of my own time spent in Stellenbosch, studying here and being in a university residence. It not only speaks to the university life but more of the connections made here in this space. In addition, its placement relates to movement, being placed at a large intersection. Movement from one area of town to another; where one steps over the invisible boundary that separates a more affluent part of town from that which is less so.

Roommates is ’n versameling van tien deure wat mekaar deurkruis en teen verskillende hoeke by mekaar aansluit om verskeie vlakke te verken. Hierdie vlakke en veranderlike rigtings suggereer en verken, deur abstraksie, die gedagte van oopheid wat simbolies met ’n oop deur geassosieer word. Die gedagte van oopgaan en toegaan, nuwe en ou geleenthede, om deur te beweeg, of beweging, dra alles by tot die vertolking van dié simbool as ’n tipe poort. Roommates is ’n installasie wat uit vier beelde bestaan en is geskep, en spesifiek so geplaas, om liggame binne ruimte te verken. My idee met die deur as materiaal vir die projek is eenvoudig – dit kombineer en weerspieël gewoon my eie tyd op Stellenbosch, terwyl ek hier gestudeer en in ’n universiteitskoshuis gewoon het. Dit spreek egter nie alleen van die universiteitslewe nie, maar veral van die bande wat in hierdie ruimte gesmee is. Verder het die plasing met beweging te doen, en daarom staan hulle by ’n groot kruising. Beweging van een deel van die dorp na ’n ander; waar jy die onsigbare drumpel oorsteek wat die meer welvarende deel van die dorp van die minder welvarende deel skei.

Ukuhlala kunye kwigumbi elinye kukufunyanwa kwamacango alishumi ebenqamlezile adityaniswa kwii-engile ezahlukeneyo ukuze kufunyanwe iziphekepheke ezahlukeneyo. Ezi ziphekepheke namacala ahlengahlengisiweyo aceba kwaye ahlola, ngokwembono ethile, uluvo oluvulekileyo olubonakalisa oko kubonakaliswa lucango. Uluvo lwamathuba avulekileyo navalekileyo, amatsha namadala, okugqitha okanye okuhamba, onke anegalelo okufunda imiqondiso njengohlobo oluthile lwesango. Abahlala kunye kwigumbi elinye, kukufakelwa kwento eqingqiweyo eyenziwe yabekelwa ukuze ihlole izinto ezikwindawo ethile. Eyona nto ndiyibonisayo ngocango njengesixhobo sale projekthi ilula kakhulu – kukudibanisa into nokubonakalisa into elula yexesha endilichithe eStellenbosch, ndifunda apha kwaye ndihlala eyunivesithi. Ayithethi nje kuphela ngobomi baseyunivesithi kodwa ngezinto ezininzi ezinxulumene noko kwenzeke apha. Ukusuka kwenye idolophu uye kwenye; apho umntu aye awelele komnye umda ongabonakaliyo owahlula enye indawo engcono yedolophu kwenye engekho ngcono.