1. District Six Museum: methodologies for change
MEMORIALISATION through ART & DESIGN
for a new generation
August 2013
MEMORIALISATION through ART & DESIGN
for a new generation

2. Encounters in the District Six Museum
The scarred landscape of District Six
MEMORIALISATION through ART & DESIGN
for a new generation
Main components
• Archival interpretation by artists,
designers, community members
• Site engagement by above groups
• Soundscape development
• Development of visual markers
• Consolidation into heritage routes
• Development of mobile applications
and audio guides

3. Encounters in the District Six Museum
The scarred landscape of District Six
MEMORIALISATION through ART & DESIGN
for a new generation
Main outputs
• Visual markers which signpost
apparently vacant spaces
• Mobile applications to enhance site
engagement
• Audio guides with narrative
• Saleable products
• Nodal points of interaction (which
could include returnee interaction and
other engagements)

4. Encounters in the District Six Museum
The scarred landscape of District Six
MEMORIALISATION through ART & DESIGN
for a new generation
District Six Museum
precedents and expertise

5. Encounters in the District Six Museum
MEMORIALISATION through ART & DESIGN
for a new generation
Moving from building…

6. Encounters in the District Six Museum
MEMORIALISATION through ART & DESIGN
for a new generation
… to site

7. Encounters in the District Six Museum
MEMORIALISATION through ART & DESIGN
for a new generation
Stepping out with recollection of a joyful
past, along routes of memory

8. Encounters in the District Six Museum
MEMORIALISATION through ART & DESIGN
for a new generation
Building a memorial cairn on the vacant site

9. Encounters in the District Six Museum
MEMORIALISATION through ART & DESIGN
for a new generation
And claiming a right to mark the land

10. Encounters in the District Six Museum
MEMORIALISATION through ART & DESIGN
for a new generation
Public sculpture festival installation

11. Encounters in the District Six Museum
MEMORIALISATION through ART & DESIGN
for a new generation
Public sculpture festival installation

12. Encounters in the District Six Museum
MEMORIALISATION through ART & DESIGN
for a new generation
Memory and design workshops with elders

13. Encounters in the District Six Museum
MEMORIALISATION through ART & DESIGN
for a new generation
Intergenerational workshops

14. Encounters in the District Six Museum
MEMORIALISATION through ART & DESIGN
for a new generation
Site marking through performance

15. Encounters in the District Six Museum
MEMORIALISATION through ART & DESIGN
for a new generation
Site marking through food and memory

16. So, D6M offers:
•A rich archive of audio-visual, documentary,
artefactual and photographic material
•Expertise in site memorialisation and interpretation
•Recognised methodologies based on past-present
dialogue
•Expertise in community engagement
•Experience in using design in different ways
•An evolving expertise in project outputs – product
development
•A unique interdisciplinary approach to research,
design, working with intangible heritage, education
and sustainability
MEMORIALISATION through ART & DESIGN
for a new generation

17. Thank you!
Bonita Bennett
Director
District Six Museum
MEMORIALISATION through ART & DESIGN
for a new generation