{"id":1737,"date":"2022-10-28T13:01:24","date_gmt":"2022-10-28T11:01:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/?page_id=1737"},"modified":"2022-11-22T10:46:33","modified_gmt":"2022-11-22T08:46:33","slug":"22-leroy-payne","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/index.php\/22-leroy-payne\/","title":{"rendered":"22 Leroy Payne"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"themify_builder_content-1737\" data-postid=\"1737\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-1737 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    \t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div   data-css_id=\"tb_lugx685\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"themify_builder_row module_row fullcover fullwidth_row_container tb_lugx685 tb_first clearfix\">\n\t    <div class=\"tf_abs builder_row_cover\"><\/div>\t    <div class=\"tf_hide row-slider tb_slider\" data-bgmode=\"fullcover\" data-sliderspeed=\"2000\">\n\t        <ul class=\"tf_abs row-slider-slides clearfix\">\n\t\t    \t\t\t<li 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-->\n\t        <\/div>\n\t    \t<\/div>\n\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" style=\"width: 22.8%\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-2 last tb_bu1b686 tf_box\">\n\t    \t    \t<\/div>\n\t\t    <\/div>\n\t    <!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div   data-css_id=\"tb_l5nt446\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"themify_builder_row module_row tb_l5nt446 clearfix\">\n\t    \t    <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top gutter-none tf_box tf_w tf_rel\" >\n\t\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col2-1 first tb_mnp6447 tf_box\">\n\t    \t    \t        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n\t\t    <!-- module image -->\n<div  class=\"module module-image tb_aqk2447 drop-shadow circle  image-center tf_mw\" data-lazy=\"1\">\n            <div class=\"image-wrap tf_rel tf_mw\">\n\t\t    <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/leroy.jpg\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-1676\" title=\"leroy\" alt=\"leroy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/leroy.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/leroy-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/image-wrap -->\n    \n    \n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module image -->\t        <\/div>\n\t    \t<\/div>\n\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col2-1 last tb_8ve7447 tf_box\">\n\t    \t    \t        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n\t\t    <!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_580i448   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n            <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <h4><strong><b>(de)constructing (in)access<\/b><\/strong><\/h4>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_623c448  repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n            <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p>by Leroy Payne<\/p>\n<p>Access to higher education, especially in a South African context, is riddled with exclusionary practices and policies. Rhodes University, founded in 1904, is no exception. Although the overt markers of inclusion and exclusion might have changed \u2013 from race and gender to financial affluency and, most recently, vaccination mandates \u2013 it is apparent that some students have always been more welcome than others.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><i>(de)constructing (in)access<\/i> brings into proximity two buildings on the Rhodes University campus which, implicitly or explicitly, foreground questions of access. The first is the Provost, constructed in the 1830s as a military prison and one of the earliest examples of a panopticon. The second, constructed approximately a century later, is the Rhodes University Clock Tower \u2013 essentially the seat of university leadership, housing the offices of the VC, DVCs and notable Directors. Both structures cite colonialism in design and function, having been hewn from rocks and other building materials excavated from the surrounding earth. Together, these rocks form the foundations, walls, and ideologies that culminate in the physical and metaphorical institution of higher education.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The installation cites these two structures as miniature models, meticulously replicated in stone masonry (using stones foraged from the campus), but without doors or windows. The act of (re)construction alludes to the malleability of history: in the void left by forgotten narratives, an ex-prison can become a coffee shop. The Clock Tower has housed a succession of university leaders over the decades, each a harbinger of vast ideological alterations. Regardless of the new or old narratives, the controlling of access seems as unchanged as the rocks that constitute these buildings.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As a counterpoint to the (doorless, windowless) models, a third work focuses specifically on the door beneath the Rhodes Clock Tower. Constructed using rocks and stones hand-selected from various locations in the Eastern Cape, the replica door was built (to scale) in an unfettered landscape. As such, the stones are bonded together and form a dislocated, impassable replica of the main entrance to the university\u2026 a worthless portal of sorts. In the destruction of the door glistens a tentative hope, for even stone structures are not impervious to ample force.<\/p>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\t        <\/div>\n\t    \t<\/div>\n\t\t    <\/div>\n\t    <!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t\t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div  data-css_id=\"tb_uxa1210\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"themify_builder_row module_row tb_uxa1210 clearfix\">\n\t    \t    <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tf_box tf_w tf_rel\" >\n\t\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"module_column tb-column col-full first tb_uwtk211 tf_box\">\n\t    \t    \t        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n\t\t    <!-- module gallery -->\n<div  class=\"module gallery module-gallery tb_17za212 layout-grid  \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n            <div class=\"module-gallery-grid gallery-columns-4 tf_clear\">\n\t\t\t<dl class=\"gallery-item\">\n\t\t\t<dt class=\"gallery-icon\">\n\t\t\t<a data-title=\"\" title=\"\" 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href=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/#art\"><strong>RETURN TO EXHIBITIONS<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text -->\t        <\/div>\n\t    \t<\/div>\n\t\t    <\/div>\n\t    <!-- \/row_inner -->\n\t<\/div>\n\t<!-- \/module_row -->\n\t<\/div>\n\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(de)constructing (in)accessLeroy Payne (de)constructing (in)access by Leroy Payne Access to higher education, especially in a South African context, is riddled with exclusionary practices and policies. 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Although the overt markers of inclusion and exclusion might have changed \u2013 from race and gender to financial affluency and, most recently, [&hellip;]<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1737","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"builder_content":"<h1>(de)constructing (in)access<br\/>Leroy Payne<\/h1>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/leroy.jpg\" title=\"leroy\" alt=\"leroy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/leroy.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/leroy-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n<h4><strong><b>(de)constructing (in)access<\/b><\/strong><\/h4>\n<p>by Leroy Payne<\/p> <p>Access to higher education, especially in a South African context, is riddled with exclusionary practices and policies. Rhodes University, founded in 1904, is no exception. Although the overt markers of inclusion and exclusion might have changed \u2013 from race and gender to financial affluency and, most recently, vaccination mandates \u2013 it is apparent that some students have always been more welcome than others.\u00a0<\/p> <p><i>(de)constructing (in)access<\/i> brings into proximity two buildings on the Rhodes University campus which, implicitly or explicitly, foreground questions of access. The first is the Provost, constructed in the 1830s as a military prison and one of the earliest examples of a panopticon. The second, constructed approximately a century later, is the Rhodes University Clock Tower \u2013 essentially the seat of university leadership, housing the offices of the VC, DVCs and notable Directors. Both structures cite colonialism in design and function, having been hewn from rocks and other building materials excavated from the surrounding earth. Together, these rocks form the foundations, walls, and ideologies that culminate in the physical and metaphorical institution of higher education.\u00a0<\/p> <p>The installation cites these two structures as miniature models, meticulously replicated in stone masonry (using stones foraged from the campus), but without doors or windows. The act of (re)construction alludes to the malleability of history: in the void left by forgotten narratives, an ex-prison can become a coffee shop. The Clock Tower has housed a succession of university leaders over the decades, each a harbinger of vast ideological alterations. Regardless of the new or old narratives, the controlling of access seems as unchanged as the rocks that constitute these buildings.\u00a0<\/p> <p>As a counterpoint to the (doorless, windowless) models, a third work focuses specifically on the door beneath the Rhodes Clock Tower. 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