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11 • ••!!P JV |it J? p i •! I ? 6|S IMP L IC ITL Y F R E S H L O O K A T IN S O U T H A F R IC A , THIS B O L D L Y R E DE F INE STHE A P A R THE ID L E G A C Y IN O F ITS" P OS ITIONS ." IT O R E V E A LTHES T A T EO F STHE R E N O W , TA K E SA G VIE W O FTHE IROR IG INS N D DE VE L OP ME NT A N D ONF IG U R E SC O N C E P T U A L HIE R A R CHIE SS O L O N G DO MI NA TE D by A P A R THE ID A N D ITSOP P OS ITION. r r hall o f t h e ver y co n t em p o r ar y Net h er l an d s Ar ch i t ect u r e In st i t u t e, t h e p h ysi cal m an i f est at i on o f t h e ex hib it it self is m ast er f u l , st r i k i n g an d o r i g i n al . T h e vi si t o r en t er s t h e hall t h r o u g h a d i m l y lit su b t er r an ean co r r i d o r an d en co u n t er s a seq u en ce o f su sp en d ed d i sp l ays w h i l e p assi n g d i r ect l y u n d er t h e m ai n ex hibit ab o ve. T h e ex hi b i t s, all ar t i f act s o f lif e in So u t h A f r i c a — a vi d eo p r o j ect i o n , a m i n er 's h el m et , a p o l i cem an 's b o o t s, an Af r i k an er Nat i o n al i st 's b r o n z e bust —- are h au n t i n g t al i sm an s o f t h e b r u t alit y an d su f f er i n g ex p er i en ced t h er e. Em er g i n g an d t h en d o u b l i n g b ack , t h e v i si t or ex p ect an t l y m o u n t s a l o n g , sh al l o w r am p , d evo i d o f ex hibit m at er i al , ar r i vi n g at a low p l at f or m that o ver l o o k s t he m ai n ex hib it , w h i ch o ccu p i es a si n g l e vast r o o m , so m e 3 0 f eet h i g h . A l m o st t he en t i r e ex h i b i t i on - ar ch i t ect u r al d r aw i n g s, sk et ch es, p h o t o g r ap h s, ar t i f act s, tex t - is san d w i ch ed b et w een r ect an g u l ar sh eet s o f Pl ex i g l as, ar r an g ed in ever...

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