This project draws attention to the shared space of the University of Cape Town and the Table Mountain National Park. Here, numerous animals have been imaged as they cross the porous borders between the two spaces. Camera traps managed by staff and students at iCWild have over the past few years recorded genet, grysbok, caracal, mongoose, owl, honey badger and porcupine, amongst others. As a visible reminder of the shadow animals that operate within this fragile system, and who are directly impacted by human behaviour at the university, 2-dimensional steel elements based on these images have been installed in the visitor centre and gardens at the entrance to upper campus. They are not all easily visible and demand attentive looking.
There are eight repeated forms and approximately 40 elements to be found on campus. They are not to scale and are slowly weathering to integrate with their surroundings. The project is co-ordinated by Professor Fritha Langerman and installed with the assistance of Noelene Le Cordier, Reggie Mayman and Liam Liederman. They have been cut from mild steel at the Michaelis School of Fine Art digital fabrication unit with the assistance of Charles van Rooyen, Melvin Pather, Wayne Ngobeni and Laura Viruly.
