‘Ghost landscapes II’ is embedded with tensions in both the present and the past. It considers the site of indigeneity and coloniality, as well as other layers that guide the installation axially and suspend it between two sites across the farm – connecting time through physical space.

Anchored by elements in the landscape such as the oak tree and Eerste River, it frames the architecture of the Slave Quarters, Bell Tower and Main Dwelling as points of tension, and invites audiences to reframe their spatial relations.

Placing the audience within moments of time between the tensions of the site creates a reflective moment on the site’s histories and geographies. The pieces consider shadow in public space and light in secluded space – connecting different times through a physical materiality.

‘Ghost landscapes II’  creates a moment for audiences to revisit spaces at Spier, reconsidering time as an agent of perspective, by unpacking fragments of history in a new light.

Hashim Tarmahomed and Joshil Naran, friends and collaborators, are professional architects with a shared interest in spatial dynamics of the "other”. They continue to explore these themes through their creative pursuits, using architecture as a medium.

Their practices consolidate the complexities surrounding identities, histories, and geographies.

Joshil, principal architect of Millimetre Architecture, is an award-winning architect recognised for his passion for housing and innovative design.

Hashim is an architect and researcher, and received the Corobrik Regional Architecture Award for his project that reimagined apartheid geographies of segregation into infrastructures of social integration.

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