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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.

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