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Katherine Dewar – The University of Witwatersrand
Musa Shangase, Corobrik Commercial Director presented prizes to
architectural students of University of the Witwatersrand on the 30th March
2017. The regional winner of R8 500 was Katherine Dewar, with Samantha
Aserman receiving the R6 500 second prize and Robert Dos Santos taking
home the third prize of R4 500. The prize of R4 500 for the best use of clay was
won by Chamismoyo Parirenyatwa.
Katherine Dewar will represent WITS at the final awards to take place on the
10th May 2017 in Gauteng.
Her thesis is entitled Hyperembodiment and is an approach to discussing
the interface between spaces for women [in Johannesburg’s inner-city] and
jewellery as a connector of the body to place. She proposes the jewellery hub
be situated in New Doornfontein, a space that is male dominated and where
women are present but seem to be largely excluded, unsafe and vulnerable, is
also full of vibrancy and activity. This area has the potential for a positive and
radical cultural change, but currently remains disconnected and uninclusive
for all people.
By looking at spaces for women, as well as jewellery being a “location”
between the body and architecture, I aim to take an architectural design
approach that solves issues of making space for women, and for jewellery
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