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Mother.Monster.Stitch and Joburg Ballet

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Joburg peeps! If you were unable to visit my monographic solo exhibition ‘Mother.Monster.Stitch’ at Berman Contemporary in Cape Town, don’t fret…you can visit it now at 223 Jan Smuts Creative Hub, until the end of April.

PLUS: you are invited to this one-night-only performance art encounter!

2 April 2026 – Performance at 18:30–19:10 and repeated at 19:40–20:10
“Candice Berman Gallery is delighted to collaborate with Joburg Ballet on a one-night-only performance-art encounter, presented in response to three exhibitions. This special collaboration brings together visual art and contemporary dance in a dynamic and immersive exchange.

Four choreographers, Chloe Blaire, Gabriella Ghiaroni, Tumelo Lekana, and Gabrielle Fairhead, present newly developed, site-specific performances in response to exhibitions by Restone Maambo, Hannalie Taute, and Shana Ellappa. Each choreographic work translates the visual language, materiality, and themes of the artworks into movement, opening a dialogue between disciplines.

Staged within the gallery, the evening comprises four distinct performances situated across the exhibition spaces. These unfold as an intimate journey through the gallery and are presented twice over the course of the evening, allowing audiences to experience the works across both time slots: 18:30–19:10 and repeated at 19:40–20:10.
Please RSVP on the 223 App
(ensure you have the latest version of the app)“

‘Mother.Monster.Stitch on Afrimaxx

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I am thrilled to let you know that the episode “What our heritage teaches us” on Afrimaxx including the feature where I talk about my exhibition ‘Mother.Monster.Stitch’ is airing this week. You can watch it on The Home Channel, DStv channel 176 and The Home Channel+ on Openview channel 113. 

Airing dates: 23 March – 29 March

Airing times (CAT): Monday – 19:00 (Prime Time)

Repeats:

  • Tues – 07:00 & 15:30
  • Wed – 11:00
  • Thurs – 15:00 & 19:30 (Prime Time)
  • Fri – 03:00 & 22:00
  • Sun: 00:00, 12:30 & 21:00

Features:

  • Ghana: Negros Tou Moria
  • Kenya: Thriving Empire
  • South Africa: Hannalie Taute
  • DRC: Patrick Mhindo
  • Location Feature: Chaminuka Lodge, Zambia

Alternatively, you can watch the full episode on DW’s AFRIMAXX website from this Friday, 27 March (see the link below):

https://www.dw.com/en/what-our-heritage-teaches-us/video-76566552

ICTAF 2026 with Berman Contemporary

Up next: Investec Cape Town Art Fair 2026

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I am delighted to announce that my work will be represented by Berman Contemporary at the Investec Cape Town Art Fair from 20 – 22 February 2026.

My work will be in great company at the Berman Contemporary Main Booth C14, where, as the gallery notes: “the viewers are invited into a layered, multi-sensory space where listening is not passive but attentive, tactile, and embodied. Here, listening is understood as a form of translation, a way of making sense of internal and external worlds through material, memory, gesture, and care. Rather than prioritizing the auditory, this exhibition looks at how we listen through process, presence, and perception.”

You will become a real boy if you deserve it 2022_2023 Photographic print, thread and rubber 857x 122 cm
“You will become a real boy if you deserve it” Archival print, thread and rubber

On Saturday the 21st of February at 15h00 I will be doing a live performance titled: “I’M FINE”.

The performance extends the concerns of my exhibition Mother. Monster. Stitch. into live time.

Focused on a single, overused phrase, “I’m fine,” the work treats reassurance not as truth, but as a social reflex used to manage discomfort, deflect concern, and smooth over situations that remain visibly unresolved and the pressure to appear “okay” even when the body suggests otherwise. The performance centers feminine labour: grooming, maintenance, emotional regulation – unpaid, invisible, infinite. It is not about collapse or protest. It is about how much work is required to simply manage what is expected. It is a quiet, durational piece that allows audiences to observe at their own pace.

Hannalie Taute Call of the Monster for Mother.Monster.Stitch. performance piece.

I look forward meeting you there!