Between Here and Elsewhere

The exhibition gathers the voices of the Tlhagella Incubation Programmes’ top 10 artists, whose works reflect on history, the body, and the spaces they occupy or inhabit. The title Between Here and Elsewhere speaks to a sense of being in more than one place at once. Between the spiritual and the physical, between past and present, between intergenerational and the self, between home and elsewhere, and even between memory and lived experience.

It begins with the work of Patience Kekana whose work draws on the Physical and Spiritual. She uses fibre, object  and colour as symbols which navigate the space reminding us that these worlds are closely linked. 

This is followed by Past and Present: Intergenerational Lineage with Regina Makoae, Ziyanda Mkhosana, and Senzelw’umusa Mathe. Their works reflect on what is passed down through families with a reflection on self. It continues to shape care through labour and everyday practices. In the present, it is remembered, repeated, and reworked.

Between Home and Elsewhere continues with Thato Mothobi, whose work connects past/present with home/elsewhere. Together with Abdullah Akram and Mohapi Pepenene, they explore how environments are understood and remembered, from personal landscapes to broader social and political structures. They show how we live between different environments and how these spaces shape our experiences.

Finally, Between Memory and Experience turns to the body as a site of expression through the work of Kgothatso Clinton Mokale, Thandi Baloyi, and Hulisani Khorombi. Their works explore how the body carries memory and responds to the present. The body becomes a space where lived experience and personal expression meet.

Together, the works in the exhibition invites viewers to reflect on what it means to exist between different states of being. It considers how we move through spiritual, familial, spatial, and physical experiences, and how these shape the ways we understand ourselves and the world around us.

Between Here and Elsewhere is curated by Puleng Plessie in collaboration with the participating Tlhagella artists and the Javett-UP curatorial team.

Exhibiting Artists