UNISA ArtWalk
Launched in 2023, completed in 2024
Curated by Dr Gwenneth Miller in collaboration with Project Director Dr Thelma Louw and the UNISA Science Campus Management Team.
Article: Stunning sustainable art wows Unisa
House in my head (2022-2024)
Artists: Heinrich Joemath and Spier Arts Trust in collaboration with Emma Willemse. Mosaic artisans: Henrico Lott, Dylon Geel, Sandile Dlamini, Jaden Kohler, Zeenat Khan. Spier Enterprise Services Managers: Tammy Job and Mirna Wessels.
Material: Mosaic with steel frame.
Format: 3,78m (h) x 1,9m (w) x 10cm (d)
Kaleidoscope Alchemy (2023 - 2024)
Artists: Linda Hanekom, with Gideon and Life Dlamimni
Material: Recycled windshield glass, Perspex, Aluminium, Steel, M1, Stainless Steel, bolts, nuts, OSB board and vermiculite concrete.
Format: 2m (h) x 4m (w) x 1,7m (d)
Mthimkulu we mpilo (2023)
Lead artist: Sue Clark. Artist team: Kabelo Maja, Daniel Mosako, Jens Juterbock, Richard Clark
Material: Cleared exotic gum tree trunks, recycled steel.
Format: 3.2m (h) x 4m (w) x 4m x (d)
Cosmogram (2024)
Spaza Trust Mosaics. Lead artist: Dionne MacDonald. Artist team: Antoinette Koekemoer, Ayanda Ogqoyi, Hetta Pieterse, Jacob Kwena Ramaboya, Neo Ramushi, Phindi Ramaboya, Simon Mafutso and Zenzele Simelane. Original design by Andrew Lindsey
Material: Picassiette Mosaic incorporing recycled materials pieces of broken ceramics, tiles, jewellery, bottles and other found objects such as pebbles, slate, smalti, glass, mirror and handmade detailed tiles. Grout, tile bond and tile cement
Format: 6 m diameter
Summer Solstice and Winter Solstice (2023)
Marian Hester and Mbangiso Mabaso
Material: Mild steel, urethane coated steel, solar lights, Augmented Reality filters.
Format: 2,204-2,448m (h) x 3,4m (w) x 2,2m (d) Scale drawing for Summer Solstice Awning
Format: 3,1m (h) x 2,3m (w) x 1,453m (d) Scale drawing for Winter Solstice Awning
Sever (2023)
Artist: Ingrid Bolton
Material: Copper cable, aluminum tubes and sheets
Format: 2m (h) x 1m (w) x 3cm (d)
Emergent systems (2023-2024)
Artist: Reinhard Sontag
Material: Steel, bolts, recycled metal, aluminum strips and sheets
Format: Height: Pillar 1: 0.6 m, Pillar 2: 2.5 m, Pillar 3: 1.3 m. Diameter of all 3 pillars: 0.6 m
Point of View (Portrait of Jakes Gerwel) (2023)
Artist: Alicia Vermaak
Material: Plexiglas, steel table, led lights.
Format: 1200mm (h) x 1500 mm (w) x 250mm (d)
