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Desire Paths: District Six

Kapwani Kiwanga
Desire Paths: District Six , 2017
Printed cotton fabric and galvanised reinforced steel
Work: 240 x 150 cm

In Desire Paths research into town planning, aerial photography and other records relating specifically to Apartheid era townships results in a discovery of desire paths; routes carved out by human will and need that goes against the rigid grid of the installed infrastructure. Printed onto cotton fabric that undulates over the mesh grid, these graphics offer an aerial view on the movements of individuals through Soweto, Langa, District Six and the Cape Flats.