2016

UNSOUND (2016) is a sonic installation made from recordings of demolition work occurring in preparation
for a construction in Observatory. Rawson Developers is building a 10-story high luxury apartment block, called The Paragon. It will be the tallest building in Observatory and sit amongst other heritage houses in the area. Somehow Rawson’s managed to find an area within Observatory that was void of heritage protection and complaints made by the community have fallen on deaf ears. For UNSOUND, recordings were taken from inside the artist’s home to illustrate how the sound invaded her personal space and that of her neighbours’: ‘The walls vibrated, my eardrums hurt and for a week I had headaches from the dust’. Mkhasibe sees the sound of demolition as representative of financial power over the public’s consent – which is how monuments are erected in the first place.