"There are things and places in our lives that appear to be permanent, like big, bad Johannesburg. Johannesburg is a baby!"

Background to this work Corrugated iron symbolising shelter Using anamorphic perspective

This work involves a single image painted on the local football pitch. The image, when viewed from a specific point, creates an illusion of three-dimensionality. An involvement in the "seeing" process develops as the viewer becomes aware of the disparity between subjective information and the objective fact. The image of a corrugated iron sheet, in this artwork, suggests temporary shelter, portability and hence migration, resettlement and landownership. Sport in this context becomes a metaphor for land possession and conflict. On a sports field, land is demarkated and access restricted.