Photo London Live: In the studio with Ralph Ziman & Alan Yentob

Ralph Ziman, Riot Squad Arrives on The Scene in Their Armoured Vehicles, C-print on Kodak Endura Paper, 40 in x 59.5 in [102 cm x 151 cm], Edition of 5. Courtesy of The Rendon Gallery and the artist.
Sunday 11 October, 7 pm BST on the Photo London Instagram channel, @photolondonfair. Free, no registration required.
Join South African film director and artist Ralph Ziman in his studio as he discusses ‘The Casspir Project’ with British television executive and presenter Alan Yentob. The tour will offer the chance to closely observe SPOEK 1, the 11-ton decommissioned, apartheid-era Casspir vehicle that has been decorated with approximately 70 million glass beads, central to Ziman’s The Casspir Project and after which it is named. During the apartheid era, the Casspirs were used extensively against black civilian populations. They became synonymous with violence, police intimidation and institutional oppression. ‘The Casspir Project’ repurposes this and other symbols of violence into vibrant, beaded works of art collectively realised by African craftspeople. The work invites the viewers to reflect how cultural memory – often entangled with violence – may bear upon us.
The tour will also feature photographs and sculptures from Ziman’s “Ghosts” and “Bones” series, captured in Johannesburg, South Africa, and Ethiopia, and his “Casspir” series, captured in Kliptown, South Africa.
The Rendon Gallery presents works from ‘The Casspir Project’ at Photo London Digital.