A site for resistance
Constitution Hill
Prison
Women's Prison
Section Four Prison
The Old Fort
constitution Hill is a political enclave shaped by time, its identity haunted by the ghosts of a divided society characterized by malice, conflict, untold suffering, injustice, and a future founded on the recognition of human rights and democracy represented by the constitutional court.
This section studies three ex-prisoners and apartheid activists who were also apartheid activists, looking into how they used their time of incarceration to liberate others and create the creation of a visual archive by Fatima Meer
Exploring embodied archives
Activist
Fatima Meer
Fatima Meer created a series of paintings and drawings that depicted the rituals of daily life in the women's prison.
Robert Sobukwe
In an exhibition held at Section 4 prison which is now a heritage site, one of the ex-prisoner recalled a moment during their time in prison where anti-apartheid activist Robert Sobukwe, would hold political meetings in the courtyard of the prison.
Joe Slovo
Joe Slovo created a secret chamber in the toilet which was situated in the courtyard of the Old Fort prison, where he would surreptitiously give legal advice to those imprisoned
Strategy
Archive
Meeting
Legal counselling
The Constitutional Court
Built-in 2004, the constitutional court is a hallmark of democratic South Africa. As a court that is dedicated to protecting and promoting the constitution, the project proposes a procession to the court building, where one would experience the archive before walking into the court building.