Art & Energy

PUNCTURE POINTS - Where energy meets the everyday was an interdisciplinary art project that explored the intersection of energy and everyday life in the Western Cape. 

For this project, Cecile was commissioned by Burgan Cape Terminals, which constructed a 118.000 m³ Diesel and Petrol storage terminal in the port of Cape Town. During the construction, interest emerged in developing an art project that would involve the art communities in the Western Cape.

Cecile transformed BCT’s request for an artwork on the storage facility into a socially sensitive project which involved collaboration with local artists of different backgrounds and created awareness of the relationship between energy and everyday life in the Western Cape. 

The project started with research on ten different distribution channels of energy. Together with Khanyisile Mbongwa (independent curator and award-winning artist and sociologist), an open call for artworks was published, reaching out to the local and independent creative sector in the Western Cape. 

The outcome of this project was an exhibition that addressed the narratives where energy meets everyday life. This exhibition took place in the harbour of Cape Town during the opening of the Burgan Cape Terminals in 2017.

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ARTISTS & PARTNERS

The following artists participated:

Bongani Njalo
Brett Gendall
Conor Ralphs
Faatimah Mohamed-Luke
Francios Knoetze & Lesiba Mabitsela
Jarrad Ricketts
Joce Engelbrecht
Lambi Chibambo
Louise Coetzer
Meghna Singh
Nawaaz Saldulker
Nomusa Mtshali
Oscar O'Rya
Sanele Moya
Zika Crowned

Partners

VTTI
Vitol
Gulfstream
Port of Cape Town
Dutch Consulate General

TEAM

Advisory Committee

Ukhona Mlandu ^{performance artist, curator and art management} • Zubeida Zwavel ^{sustainable Energy Consultant} • Bonnie Horbach ^{the Consul General of the Kingdom of the Netherlands in Cape Town}
 

Selection Committee

Edgar Pieterse ^{director (African Centre for Cities)} • Mbongeni N. Mtshali ^{performance artist and educator (UCT)} • Sizwe Mncwango ^{CEO energy and resources department (Thebe)} • Jaap Koomen ^{commercial manager (BCT)} • Khanyisile Mbongwa ^{curator (Puncture Points)} • Cecile Mullens - Wentges ^{project manager (Puncture Points)}
 

Project Team

Cecile Mullens - Wentges ^{project manager} • Khanyisile Mbongwa ^{independent curator} • Rike Sitas ^{researcher (African Centre for Cities)} • Tigere Mavura ^researcher • Alicia Fortuin ^{research assistant} • Ilze Wolff ^{architect/ mapper (Wolff Architects)} • Didintle Ntsie ^{communication} • Lisanne Kosters ^{communication (BCT)} • Carlos Marzia ^{graphic design & production} • Noncedo Gxekwa ^photographer • Lerato Maduna ^{documentation and video} • Masixole Feni ^photographer

PRESS

Creative Feel, 2017 – Puncture Points – Where Energy Meets the Everyday