ReVisiting OtherWhere
DORMANTYOUTH & ODOUS
![OTHERWHERE](https://s3.af-south-1.amazonaws.com/assets.nationalartsfestival.co.za/2023/04/OTHERWHERE.jpg)
![OTHERWHERE 2](https://s3.af-south-1.amazonaws.com/assets.nationalartsfestival.co.za/2023/04/OTHERWHERE-2.jpg)
Recreating the feeling of the haunting of an alternative Club Night, ODOUS + DORMANTYOUTH employ the use of tape loops within a reimagined room, dubbed as an Otherwhere. This installation disconfigures and dismantles club spaces, enabling an architectural visualisation of how a spectre could have danced through (quite literally) a club that they had been to, many times before.
The desired effect of this installation is to create an atmosphere where the visitor would feel eerie as if in the presence of a poltergeist.
VENUE
Ornee Cottage
DURATION
22 June – 02 July
ARTIST BIO
ODOUS
Odous Lorenz is an audio and visual artist whose work ranges from online content creation to fine art; all with his signature surreal severity. Through painting, design, and writing drum-centered music, he re-imagines the human presence in the digital world. He is currently active as an artist and designer with a decade’s worth of experience in the independent art and music industry.
DORMANTYOUTH
Thelma Ndebele is a non-binary (they/them) architect, spatial researcher and international DJ (DORMANTYOUTH) based in Johannesburg, South Africa. They have worked in architectural practice and are a recipient of numerous research grants and funds based on their interest in prototyping architectural typologies for music-based nightlife subcultures. Thelma as DORMANTYOUTH has about 5 years experience in the independent music industry and a combined decade in architectural design and spatial research.