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Tell tale explora narrativas sobre a vida e a obra da artista Helen Martins, que viveu e trabalhou na aldeia rural de Nieu Bethesda, em Karoo, África do Sul, transformando sua própria casa, ao longo de mais de três décadas, em um mundo fantástico, uma obra única, a “The Owe House”, com mais de 300 esculturas de animais. Em sua pesquisa, Kganye acolhe fontes e “lugares de fala” diferentes. Inspira-se tanto em passagens da dramaturgia e da literatura sul-africanas que abordam a vida de Martins – The Ttrain driver e Road to Mecca, do renomado dramaturgo Athol Fugard, bem como Maverick, de Lauren Beukes e Nechama Brodie –, quanto em narrativas orais, recolhidas junto aos moradores de Nieu Bethesda, onde a artista viveu e construiu sua obra. Kganye remonta essas estórias em estruturas cênicas em miniatura, compostas por camadas de figuras em silhueta, recortadas à mão, nas quais cada cena é acompanhada de uma frase que evoca um acontecimento da vida de Martins. Narrativas que remontam dos anos 1940 aos dias de hoje, aproximando ficcionalização, experiência, lembrança, figurando os laços que unem os habitantes da região às suas verdades, ficções e mitologias coletivas.

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‘Tell Tale” explores narratives about the life and work of artist Helen Martins, who lived and worked in the rural village of Nieu Bethesda in Karoo, South Africa, transforming her own home, over more than three decades, into a fantastic world, a unique work, “The Owe House”, with more than 300 animal sculptures. In his research, Kganye welcomes different sources and “places of speech”. It is inspired both by passages in South African dramaturgy and literature that address Martins’ life – ‘The Train Driver’ and ‘Road to Mecca’, by renowned playwright Athol Fugard, as well as’ Maverick ‘by Lauren Beukes and Nechama Brodie – as well as oral narratives, collected from the residents of Nieu Bethesda, where the artist lived and built her work. Kganye goes back to these stories in miniature scenic structures, composed of layers of figures in silhouette, cut out by hand, where each scene is accompanied by a phrase that evokes an event in Martins’ life. Narratives that date from the 40s until today, bringing fictionalization, experience, memory closer together, figuring the bonds that unite the inhabitants of the region to their collective truths, fictions, and mythologies.

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