Circles

Cape Town
Writer / director: Terry Westby-Nunn
01’54’’
2009

The circle is a prevalent symbol within the city - hardwired for signage, transport and mechanical efficiency. Our lives are ordered by the circle, both externally and internally. This video poem asks viewers whether they too are running rings around their city lives.

I walk the street with loose parts

Cape Town
Choreographer: Louise Coetzer
Editor: Eben Smal
Cinematography: Oscar O'Ryan
Director: Ryan Kruger
Music: Gustav Stutterheim
Producer: Adrian Hogan
04'00''
2008

A dance film inspired by Deborah Steinmair’s poem Dream Weaver. We spend so much time living past one another, we become so caught up in our own small spaces. What is beautiful to see is the strict contrast between a space which normally carries a mass of human traffic, and then to see it empty and deserted. So many of the buildings we surround ourselves with function only from sunrise to sunset and yet there are endless stories to imagine in those spaces after hours. This for me is truly the city alive, with a breath and heart beat that slows down as the day draws to an end. – Louise Coetzer