RW.8
Location: Arts on main, Doornfontein, Johannesburg/South Africa
Author: Niq Mhlongo
Roof size: 272 square meters

MABONENG literally means “place of light“. The city attracted migrant workers from all over the world, who tried to find their fortune. Doornfontein was one of the few culturally mixed areas until 1934, when the people were forcefully moved. Read the interview with Niq Mhlongo about place of light and darkness in Jo’burg.

RW.7
Location: jozi art:lab, Melville, Johannesburg/South Africa
Author: Niq Mhlongo
Roof size: 69 square meters

Curated by Indra Wussow

The roof of the jozi art:lab which enables the collaboration with Johannesburg was marked ARTMIGRATION. Migration seems to be the key factor of Johannesburg’s history – anytime since the foundation in 1886 people deliberately moved and were moved, constant change seems to be the motor of the city and its people.

RW.6
Location: Private home of Niq Mhlongo, Soweto/South Africa
Author: Niq Mhlongo
Roof size: 56 square meters

Curated by Indra Wussow

The home of South African writer Niq Mhlongo in Soweto was marked with the endearment of Soweto used and understood only be Sowetans: MSAWAWA. 
MSAWAWA – a message of self concsiousness – is indicating Soweto from the air.