Gabrielle

Goliath’s

‘Chorus’

honours

the

memory

of

Uyinene

Mrwetyana

In 'Chorus', South African multidisciplinary artist Gabrielle Goliath, in collaboration with the University of Cape Town (UCT) choir, commemorates the life of Uyinene Mrwetyana and other victims of gender-based violence.

In her latest installation work “Chorus”, Goliath uses music to “recall” the lost lives of many women, children and non-gender-conforming individuals who were raped and brutally murdered in South Africa.

“In ’Chorus’, members of the UCT choir sound a lament for Uyinene Mrwetyana, not as a song, but the internally generated resonance of a hum, collectively sustained as a mutual offering of breath,” said Goliath.

She added: “This particular piece is a two-channel video. In the one channel, you see the UCT choir performing this lament. And in the other, you see absent rostra where the choir was supposed to perform.