Forts of Sand

By Miliswa Ndziba

BLURB:
Created for my thesis of the same title, Forts of Sand maps the site conditions of the 1794 São José shipwreck off Clifton 4th Beach. Using Saidiya Hartman's method of Critical Fabulation, the film employs sand-play to stage the reported conditions of the site, filling the gaps of the historical record to presence the drowned enslaved children of the shipwreck.

THESIS:
[Forts of Sand: A Reimagining of Black Childhood through Critical Fabulation]

KEYWORDS:
critical fabulation, worldbuilding, sandplay, mycelium, preservation

AUTHOR:
Miliswa Ndziba

RESEARCH UNIT:
UNIT 19, Graduate School of Architecture, University of Johannesburg

SUPERVISORS:
Tuliza Sindi, Muhammad Dawjee

DATE:
2021

AWARDS & PRIZES:
[Prince Claus SEED Award]
Corobrik Regional Architectural Student Award (University of Johannesburg 1st Runner Up)
Examiner’s Choice Award (Selected by Professor Mitchell Squire)
Distinction Award

EXPLORE:
[Forts of Sand]

(Ndziba, 2021)

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