Trajectories explored Amie Soudien’s personal family history through the perspective of the national archive. The work was situated on Parliament Avenue, a pedestrian space that separates the Houses of Parliament from the Iziko Slave Lodge. Created in sand with stencils, the references span almost the entire avenue and significant familial events between 1833 and 1895. Trajectories was also symbolic of the ‘passages’ or journeys of many people of colour in South Africa: from a place of oppression through colonialism and slavery, to the present post-Apartheid South Africa.
About Amie Soudien
Amie Soudien is an art writer and researcher invested in the intersections of art, history and gender studies concerning histories of enslavement in South Africa in the 17th and 18th centuries. Her work explores how contemporary art, performance and the performing arts commemorate enslavement and enslaved women in the present. She was a student at UCT when she created this installation.
