May 2023
May 6, 2023-February 18, 2024
FREQUENCIES is a long-term project developed by the artist Oscar Murillo with members of his family, studio team, and collaborators around the world. Initiated in 2013, the project has collaborated with over 300 schools in more than 30 countries, creating dialogues and archives by documenting the social and cultural differences through the learner’s works. Frequencies’ intention is to reach a larger audience through Murillo’s creative explorations on how to communicate and engage with the public to bring a better understanding of art-focused education. As part of the Frequencies project in South Africa, canvas sheets were affixed to desks in schools located around Gauteng.. Students were invited to freely express themselves, draw and write on the canvasses for a period of six months, after which the canvasses were collected to form part of Frequencies.
In addition to the canvases from schools in Pretoria and Johannesburg, the exhibition will also focus on canvases from the Frequencies project that took place in Zambia, Kenya, Senegal, Ghana, Egypt, Morocco, Chile, Mexico and Brazil.