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  • Folds. Anticipated abundance 
    Miller, Gwenneth (2018)
    "Folds: Assumed Abundance" was inspired by fabrics in Renaissance and Baroque paintings and contemporary Vlisco wax prints. This work commenced with research into the origins of colour pigments and the historical context ...
  • Record of Pangbourne 
    Miller, Gwenneth (2019)
    "Record of Pangbourne" incorporates a scan of a page from the only record book of the artist's father, where livestock and the cycles of drought and rain were captured. Reflecting on an ethic of care, the artist added an ...
  • New dams from the old 
    Miller, Gwenneth (2019)
    "New dams from the old" was collated from photographs the artist took of ten small dams built by her father to provide water for his animals. Many of the dams were washed away, but in symbolic hope, he would repeatedly ...
  • Black tears and the sea 
    Miller, Gwenneth (2019)
    In the work “Black tears and the sea” (2019), a photograph of an unusually quiet sea on a hazy, grey day, was digitally overlaid with glass drops. The title recalls the idea of dark tears, a murky bodily fluid, as if quoting ...
  • At the foot of the bed 
    Miller, Gwenneth (2019)
    The small ink sketch formed part of a larger body of work in the exhibition “Enfolding”. The work simply captures the whirlpool of folded sheets at the foot of the hospital bed. The lines and patterns traced the physical ...
  • Karen Devroop and Fabrizio Savino at the 2019 Unisa Jazz festival 
    Devroop, Karendra (2019-04-12)
    This creative output involved a jazz quintet performance at the 2019 Unisa Jazz Festival. The featured artists involved a collaboration between Karendra Devroop (South Africa) and internationally acclaimed jazz guitarist, ...
  • Sophiatown Swing 
    Devroop, Karendra; Duby, Marc (2019-04-19)
    Sophiatown Swing is an original Jazz Theatre production that I had created in 2019. This unique, first of its kind production includes a 9 piece jazz ensemble, video, narration and a small set. The basis of the production ...
  • Karen Devroop with the Johannesburg Festival Orchestra 2019 POPS Concert 
    Devroop, Karendra (2019-11-10)
    This creative output involves a solo performance on my part as soloist with the Johannesburg Festival Orchestra at ZK Matthews Great Hall in Pretoria. Being invited to perform as soloist with an orchestra is a huge honour. ...
  • Ndabe Zitha (String Quartet No: 1) 
    Mulungo, Bernett Nkwayi (2019-11-28)
    Ndabe Zitha String Quartet No: 1 by Bernett Nkwayi Mulungo The writing of this composition, similarly, to the Gazankulu Suite written in the same year, was inspired by compositional questions I had during my teaching ...
  • Gazankulu Suite (Piano Trio: Piano, Clarinet and Violin) 
    Mulungo, Bernett Nkwayi (2019-12-07)
    Gazankulu Suite by Bernett Nkwayi Mulungo The writing of this composition, similarly, to the Ndabe-Zitha String Quartet No: 1 written in the same year, was inspired by compositional questions I had during my teaching of ...
  • Liquid life 
    Miller, Gwenneth; Miller, Gwenneth (2020)
    The work is developed from photographs of details of life-preserving equipment, such a s IV drips, monitors, electric wiring and tubes. Indian ink drawing overlays a collaged print of a laboratory from the archives of Dr ...
  • Reading Harari. 21 Reasons 
    Miller, Gwenneth (2020)
    The ink drawing depicts impressions of a hospital room and details of life-preserving equipment, such a s IV drips, a monitor, electrical wiring and a wash bowl. Central to the composition is a suggestion of a veiled figure ...
  • Forest for my Love series 
    Miller, Gwenneth (2020)
    The first section of the ink drawing's title "Forest for my love" originates from the physical site of a park where trees were planted as an act of remembrance. The series of artworks reflect on healing rituals and ethic ...
  • The knot that cannot be untangled 
    Miller, Gwenneth (2020)
    “The knot that cannot be untangled” (2020) developed from an end-of-life experience. Moving between the edges of known and unknown, I explored the folds in a hospital bed sheet, and the sense of returning to a universe of ...
  • Reservoir I, II and III 
    Miller, Gwenneth; Miller, Gwenneth (2020)
    These artworks are images of witnessing transient life and speak of our incredible ability of finding beauty in the moment, even during profound trauma. When completely at a loss for words, intense observation becomes a ...
  • We knew how to build a dam 
    Miller, Gwenneth (2020)
    Dark tones of black and Indigo saturates the surface of these paintings to evoke the melanchholic mood. The phrases “We know how to build a dam” and “To stop a river from flowing”, used as titles of two small paintings, ...
  • Enfolding 
    Miller, Gwenneth (2020)
    The series of artworks formed part of a project, "Enfolding" that researched memory embedded in folds and layers; captured in sites and objects. Painterly marks and stains express the nature of memory to be detailed at ...
  • The thread of all sorrows 
    Miller, Gwenneth (2020)
    “The thread of all sorrows” was compiled from digitally cropped details from various Renaissance paintings portraying lamentation. The concepts of this work and the ink drawing "Sorrow" recognise that the experience of ...
  • Sorrow 
    Miller, Gwenneth (2020)
    The drawing was presented as port of solo exhibition titled: “Enfolding”, which finds an echo in Gilles Deleuze' (1993) writing on The fold. The ink drawing "Sorrow" developed as an extension of the print work “The thread ...
  • Unisa Big Band at the 2020 Unisa International Piano Competition 
    Devroop, Karendra (2020-01-21)
    I founded the Unisa Big Band in 2018. The ensemble is currently comprised of some of Gauteng’s foremost jazz artists but also includes some young jazz musicians who are part of the Unisa Music Foundation’s community ...

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