The Quiet Violence of Dreams spreads across three galleries in two cities: Stevenson Cape Town, blank projects Cape Town, and Stevenson Johannesburg (which I was unable to attend). In addition to these responses, some pre-existing works were chosen for their relevant commentary on themes prevalent in the novel, demonstrating the almost non-fictitious nature of the novel. After reading the novel, the artists selected by Joost Bosland created and contributed works relating to narratives and experiences that spoke to them. The novel could be read autobiographically, as the author and main character have many experiences of institutional violence in common. The novel follows him through Cape Town and its surrounds, and vividly explores his journey of questioning and understanding his sexuality and masculinity as a black man in post-1994 South Africa. The story follows the life of Tshepo, a young man of colour recently released from a mental institute after being admitted for psychosis. The exhibition functions as a collective response to Duiker’s 2001 novel of the same title and explores ways in which the artists relate, reflect and project their experiences onto a piece of writing. This should take you 6 minutes to read.Īs homage to the life of author K Sello Duiker, ‘The Quiet Violence of Dreams’ exhibition manifests an admirable interdisciplinarity of visual commentary on written text. A student review by Daniel Rautenbach on the 14th of September 2016.
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