Moletelo
In Sepedi, moletelo refers to a night vigil, a gathering where family and community remain together through the darkness, holding space for both the living and the ancestors. It is a word that embodies waiting, remembrance, and collective presence. Drawing inspiration from a family photograph album passed down by the artist's maternal grandmother, the exhibition reflects on inherited memory, questioning how relationships endure across generations and how photographs become repositories of identity, history, and belonging.
Working across sculpture, installation, textiles, drawing, and oil painting, the artist transforms personal archives into spaces of shared reflection. The exhibition considers the objects, traditions, and stories that shape family histories while exploring the intersections of celebration, grief, and everyday life. Rather than simply preserving the past, Moletelo invites viewers into a communal act of remembrance, suggesting that memory is not fixed but continually renewed through gathering. In bringing together those pictured in the album with those who stand before the work today, the exhibition becomes a meditation on connection, inheritance, and the enduring presence of those who came before us.
