Blood Guns and Revolutions: Passage of Time
| CCAC #: | 0636 |
| Artwork title: | Blood Guns and Revolutions: Passage of Time |
| Artist(s): |
Thabang Lehobye Msaki (Asanda Lusaseni Mvana) |
| Year made: | 2020 |
| Artwork type: | Video |
| Medium: | Stop motion animation and music |
| Video art duration: | 6:16 |
| Edition: | 1/15 |
| Source: | Donated by the artists |
| Year acquired: | 2022 |
| Installation type: | Movable artwork |
| Location area: | On a travelling exhibition |
| Signage: | By interlinking the apartheid past with current day inequality, the continual cycle of police brutality and violence against Black people, as evinced at the Marikana Massacre in 2012, is depicted. The artists question how the sacrifice of Black lives under apartheid continue to be commemorated by politicians, yet many are left struggling and exploited to enrich those in power today. We, the people of South Africa, Recognise the injustices of our past; Honour those who suffered for justice and freedom in our land; Respect those who have worked to build and develop our country; and Believe that South Africa belongs to all who live in it, united in our diversity. - Preamble, Constitution of South Africa, 1996 |
| Themes: |
Music Miners' rights Marikana Massacre (16 August 2012) |
| Constitutional links: |
Just administrative action (section 33) Human dignity - constitutional value (section 1a, section 10) |
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