The SANG bought this work(cracked basin) from a series depicting the N1 highway which stretches 2400 kms from the South(Cape Town) to the North(Zimbabwe). I am filled with gratitude. I feel like SINGING. I will leave next week to complete the project.
These are other shots from the series which represent the core, and how I have chosen to see the road-as a particular road, not 'the road' which is an ubiquitous construct.
Sean O' Toole will write the accompanying texts in a high-key fashion. Scenes he has witnessed on the highway will be described economically-probably with not much reference to history, politics or sociology. Like the photographs. Titles are similarly angular, for example 'Cracked Basin' and 'Disassociated Cow'.
Here is an example of Sean's writing:
June 16, 2006: "If the highway is the theoretical expression of a straight line, reality proposes something else. The central barrier is testament to this: it is scuffed, bent, bruised, marked and knocked out of shape. Still, cement is better than metal. It is immovable, to a degree, plus it offers a good place to sit for a man with a pool cue. He sits waiting, watching the oncoming traffic - just like the speed cops. Today the barrier is also a good place to rest a windscreen, broken but still in one piece." copyright Sean O' Toole
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