THOMAS More Old Girl, Katherine Kali, curated her first art exhibition recently.
The video store theme was perfectly conceptualised with a projector screen that displayed some iconic visuals as were some of the well-dressed characters who viewed and exhibited the art.
All of the artists who contributed to the show, from the artwork on the pop-up walls to the music and the tattoos, were women.
SoKool, Baraka and Babypinkicecubes bought the vibes that made you forget about the miserable weather outside. The music was cozy and comfortable and it complimented the incredible art on show.
Some of the work that stood out was Paige Furness’ eye-catching photography that looked like stills from a A24 art-house film, her colour schemes in her images could rival any well-known cinematographer.
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The curator of the show, Kali, known as Katokira in the local art industry, was showing her skills with an out-of-this-world mural of a cat carrying a pizza. “Get inside of me” was written on the belly of the cat and it was the appropriate welcome to viewers of the intimate exhibition.
“With Video Store, I really wanted to achieve a homely, old New York basement ambience; where people could come and experience connection with our art and each other in an environment that facilitated engagement as well as introspection,” explained Kali.
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“The theme was created with the desire to recreate what it would feel like to be in the video store in an illustration by Mr Melville called ‘a rainy night’ and it even rained!”
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With the combination of music, live art, tattoo artistry, visual projection, digital prints on display (and heaps of pizza) – the show was highly interactive and just super fun. Not too quiet, not too chaotic – just right. People were able to settle in and enjoy the warmth of the space longer than is usual, as opposed to quickly becoming restless and wanting to head out to the next thing.
“It really was a 360 degree experience. Considering that Durbanites decided to join us on ‘a rainy night’, instead of staying at home on the couch, that alone I feel was a great success,” said Kali.
The event was testament to the artistic talent that not only is represented from the Upper Highway, but Durban as a whole.
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