District Six Museum: methodologies for change

MEMORIALISATION through ART & DESIGNfor a new generation

August 2013

MEMORIALISATION through ART & DESIGNfor a new generation

Encounters in the District Six Museum

The scarred landscape of District Six

MEMORIALISATION through ART & DESIGNfor a new generation

Main components

• Archival interpretation by artists, designers, community members

• Site engagement by above groups• Soundscape development• Development of visual markers• Consolidation into heritage routes• Development of mobile applications

and audio guides

Encounters in the District Six Museum

The scarred landscape of District Six

MEMORIALISATION through ART & DESIGNfor a new generation

Main outputs

• Visual markers which signpost apparently vacant spaces

• Mobile applications to enhance site engagement

• Audio guides with narrative• Saleable products• Nodal points of interaction (which

could include returnee interaction and other engagements)

Encounters in the District Six Museum

The scarred landscape of District Six

MEMORIALISATION through ART & DESIGNfor a new generation

District Six Museum precedents and expertise

Encounters in the District Six Museum MEMORIALISATION through ART & DESIGN

for a new generation

Moving from building…

Encounters in the District Six Museum MEMORIALISATION through ART & DESIGN

for a new generation

… to site

Encounters in the District Six Museum MEMORIALISATION through ART & DESIGN

for a new generation

Stepping out with recollection of a joyful past, along routes of memory

Encounters in the District Six Museum MEMORIALISATION through ART & DESIGN

for a new generation

Building a memorial cairn on the vacant site

Encounters in the District Six Museum MEMORIALISATION through ART & DESIGN

for a new generation

And claiming a right to mark the land

Encounters in the District Six Museum MEMORIALISATION through ART & DESIGN

for a new generation

Public sculpture festival installation

Encounters in the District Six Museum MEMORIALISATION through ART & DESIGN

for a new generation

Public sculpture festival installation

Encounters in the District Six Museum MEMORIALISATION through ART & DESIGN

for a new generation

Memory and design workshops with elders

Encounters in the District Six Museum MEMORIALISATION through ART & DESIGN

for a new generation

Intergenerational workshops

Encounters in the District Six Museum MEMORIALISATION through ART & DESIGN

for a new generation

Site marking through performance

Encounters in the District Six Museum MEMORIALISATION through ART & DESIGN

for a new generation

Site marking through food and memory

So, D6M offers:•A rich archive of audio-visual, documentary, artefactual and photographic material

•Expertise in site memorialisation and interpretation

•Recognised methodologies based on past-present dialogue

•Expertise in community engagement

•Experience in using design in different ways

•An evolving expertise in project outputs – product development

•A unique interdisciplinary approach to research, design, working with intangible heritage, education and sustainability

Bonita Bennett

Director

District Six MuseumMEMORIALISATION through ART & DESIGN

for a new generation

Thank you!

Bonita Bennett

Director

District Six Museum

MEMORIALISATION through ART & DESIGNfor a new generation