Andrew Boraine » History and Memory

Stop the Secrecy Bill: Pictures from Right2Know march, Cape Town, 17 September

Andrew — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 20:54:17 +0000

Observatory, Cape Town, down memory lane

Andrew — Sun, 05 Jun 2011 19:11:06 +0000

I found myself going down memory lane last week when I was interviewed for a film about the life and times of the suburb of Observatory, Cape Town. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, I lived in three different student houses in Observatory (1 Trill Road, 12/12a Alfred Street and 14…

At street level, where public and private spaces intersect, things get really interesting…

Andrew — Tue, 17 May 2011 03:38:54 +0000

This is a copy of my talk at the opening of Along these City Streets, an exhibition by Mary Visser currently on at the AVA Gallery at 35 Church Street, Cape Town.

Mary Visser has produced a most beautiful set of paintings for her new exhibition – Along these City…

Along these city streets

Andrew — Mon, 09 May 2011 19:58:29 +0000

I’m looking forward to opening a new solo exhibition of Mary Visser’s paintings entitled Along these City Streets, which features, amongst other things, the people, places and buildings of Upper Long Street, Cape Town.

6pm, Monday 16 May, AVA Gallery, 35 Church Street – all welcome

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The Fringe is a space to watch

Andrew — Mon, 09 May 2011 19:26:56 +0000

Read an update of Cape Town’s The Fringe Innovation District by project coordinator Yehuda Raff (Cape Argus, 09 May 2011)

In 2007, a group of forward-thinking people got together and talked about the need to establish an environment that would support innovation and development in the design, media…

Capturing the soul of a city – it has to be on foot

Andrew — Sun, 08 May 2011 12:27:50 +0000

The only way to capture the soul of a city is on foot. Joburg Photowalkers is a great project that attempts to do just this - check it out.

(All pictures from Joburg Photowalkers Facebook page)

“Pedestrians in Cape Town are a hunted race”… We’ve made some progress

Andrew — Sun, 17 Apr 2011 20:03:17 +0000

In 2005, Gehl Architects from Copenhagen did an analysis of public space and public life in the Cape Town Central City. Jan Gehl, world-renowned architect and pioneer of the city-building philosophy of “first people, then space, and then buildings”, commented at the time, when he saw the extent of car-dominance…

Ernest Cole photographic exhibition opening at the South African National Gallery in Cape Town on 25 February – not to be missed

Andrew — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 21:18:30 +0000

One of the consequences of growing up as a young white South African in the land of apartheid in the 1960s was ignorance of the full horrors of the system. One book in particular helped to make me aware of what was going on at the time - House of Bondage by Ernest…

Voices from Cairo through Social Media

Andrew — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 08:24:16 +0000

Have a look at this interesting project from UCLA’s HyperCities Egypt project, which has been tracking, streaming and then archiving tweets from protesters in Cairo over the past two weeks.

People’s Power in an Ancient City

Andrew — Sat, 12 Feb 2011 08:02:21 +0000

Who hasn’t been transfixed and moved by the scenes over the past 18 days on Cairo’s Tahrir (Liberation) Square – the brave resistance to a tyrannical regime, hopes dashed when the dictator refused to go, the celebrations and joy when he finally left?

How appropriate for us in South Africa that Mubarak’s resignation…