Dan Halter

Visual Art

Cape Town, South Africa – originally from Harare, Zimbabwe

09.07.2018 - 20.08.2018

Curriculum Vitae

Balancing rocks and rock balancing connect Zimbabwe and Switzerland. Zimbabwe is well known for its natural balancing rock formations. One such formation outside Harare is found on many of Zimbabwean bank notes, leading them to be dubbed ‘Domboremari' – the money rocks.

In Switzerland there is a tradition of people balancing rocks in picturesque settings such as by Lake Zurich and in the mountains. I intend to learn the skill of rock balancing from someone with the skills in Switzerland. Then I hope to make a video showing a formation of balancing rocks tumbling down in slow motion. This video could loop forwards and backwards so that the rocks appear to balance themselves again before falling to the ground again. In the background I hope to have a beautiful Swiss setting.

In this way the relative social, economic and political stability in Switzerland is contrasted with the falling rocks. In Zimbabwe on the other hand the social, economic and political situation is far less stable, while the balancing rocks there are as steady as they have been for millennia.

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