{"id":2635,"date":"2025-11-10T17:42:38","date_gmt":"2025-11-10T15:42:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/?page_id=2635"},"modified":"2025-11-13T12:40:16","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T10:40:16","slug":"25-sive-ntombana","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/index.php\/25-sive-ntombana\/","title":{"rendered":"25 SIVE NTOMBANA"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"themify_builder_content-2635\" data-postid=\"2635\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-2635 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    \t<!-- module_row -->\n\t<div   data-css_id=\"tb_8qsa992\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"themify_builder_row module_row fullcover fullwidth_row_container tb_8qsa992 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 data-bg=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/sive_header1.jpg\" class=\"normal\">\n\t\t\t    <a class=\"row-slider-dot\" data-index=\"0\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li data-bg=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/sive_header2.jpg\" class=\"normal\">\n\t\t\t    <a class=\"row-slider-dot\" data-index=\"1\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li data-bg=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/sive_header3.jpg\" class=\"normal\">\n\t\t\t    <a class=\"row-slider-dot\" data-index=\"2\"><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t        <\/ul>\n\t        <div class=\"row-slider-nav\">\n\t    \t<a class=\"tf_abs row-slider-arrow row-slider-prev\">&lsaquo;<\/a>\n\t    \t<a class=\"tf_abs row-slider-arrow row-slider-next\">&rsaquo;<\/a>\n\t        <\/div>\n\t    <\/div>\n\t    <!-- \/.row-bgs -->\n\t    \t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"tf_abs tf_hide tb_row_frame tb_row_frame_bottom in_front\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t    <div class=\"row_inner col_align_top tf_box tf_w tf_rel\"   data-basecol=\"2\" data-col_tablet=\"column4-2\" data-col_tablet_landscape=\"column4-2\" data-col_mobile=\"column-full\">\n\t\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" style=\"width: 92%\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-2 first tb_0nkk993 tf_box\">\n\t    \t    \t        <div class=\"tb-column-inner tf_box tf_w\">\n\t\t        <!-- module fancy heading -->\n<div  class=\"module module-fancy-heading tb_g19c994 \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n        <h1 class=\"fancy-heading tf_textc\">\n    <span  class=\"main-head tf_block\">\n\tUmzi kaMadosini: A Witness     <\/span>\n    <span class=\"sub-head tf_block tf_rel\">\n\tSive Ntombana    <\/span>\n\n    <\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module fancy heading -->\n\t        <\/div>\n\t    \t<\/div>\n\t\t<div  data-lazy=\"1\" style=\"width: 4.8%\" class=\"module_column tb-column col4-2 last tb_arvs994 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_7ozl365\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"themify_builder_row module_row tb_7ozl365 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_ljet367 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_gfsc367 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\" src=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/sive-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-2656\" title=\"sive\" alt=\"sive\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/sive-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/sive-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_lv6p367 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_tr68368   \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n            <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <h4><b>Umzi kaMadosini: A Witness <\/b><\/h4>    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- \/module text --><!-- module text -->\n<div  class=\"module module-text tb_ye4k368  repeat \" data-lazy=\"1\">\n            <div  class=\"tb_text_wrap\">\n    <p>by Sive Ntombana<\/p>\n<p><i>Umzi kaMadosini: A Witness<\/i> is an exhibition exploring the implementation of Xhosa and Mpondo ways of knowing and being in the world (epistemologies). It navigates trauma (personal and familial) using these ways of knowing and being (concepts and practices) by positioning <i>ukufela ngaphakathi<\/i> as the perspective, a perspective that becomes an approach to viewing trauma within <i>iilali<\/i>.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I use soil pigments on <i>ingcawe<\/i> as my mediums. The use of soil pigments references <i>ukusula, <\/i>a mural painting practice Emampondweni used for the inside walls of a rondavel.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>As I practice <i>ndiyosula<\/i>, <i>ndiyathunuka<\/i>. <i>Ndithunuka,<\/i> the trauma narratives that exist within <i>lomzi kaMadosini, ndithunuka<\/i> by visually recontextualising and complicating (through metaphorically collaging) these narratives, from scenes of home, <i>elalini<\/i>, and from my family photo album.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><i>Umzi kaMadosini<\/i>: <i>A Witness<\/i> is then not only implementation. <i>Umzi kaMadosini<\/i> is a <i>witness<\/i> (\u2018archive\u2019); it holds truths and secrets close to its chest, like that stashed-away box with letters and a photo album accompanied by time.<\/p>\n<p><i>Lomzi<\/i> is longing, longing for relief and longing for healing, for <i>Umzi kaMadosini<\/i> is me, it is my mother, my uncles, my aunts, my siblings, my cousins and my grandparents.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/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_ghvx555\" data-lazy=\"1\" class=\"themify_builder_row module_row tb_ghvx555 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_ky6b555 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_pn9m555 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=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2025_Grad-Show_Exam-09-copy.jpg\" data-rel=\"tb_pn9m555\" class=\"themify_lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2025_Grad-Show_Exam-09-copy-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-2887\" title=\"25 SIVE NTOMBANA\" alt=\"25 SIVE NTOMBANA\"><\/a>\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t<dd>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/dd>\n\t\t<\/dl>\n\t\t\t<dl class=\"gallery-item\">\n\t\t\t<dt class=\"gallery-icon\">\n\t\t\t<a data-title=\"\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2025_Grad-Show_Exam-10-copy.jpg\" data-rel=\"tb_pn9m555\" class=\"themify_lightbox\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/2025_Grad-Show_Exam-10-copy-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"wp-post-image wp-image-2888\" title=\"25 SIVE NTOMBANA\" alt=\"25 SIVE 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It navigates trauma (personal and familial) using these ways of knowing and being (concepts and practices) by positioning ukufela [&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-2635","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>Umzi kaMadosini: A Witness <br\/>Sive Ntombana<\/h1>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/sive-300x300.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" title=\"sive\" alt=\"sive\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/sive-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/sive-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\n<h4><b>Umzi kaMadosini: A Witness <\/b><\/h4>\n<p>by Sive Ntombana<\/p> <p><i>Umzi kaMadosini: A Witness<\/i> is an exhibition exploring the implementation of Xhosa and Mpondo ways of knowing and being in the world (epistemologies). It navigates trauma (personal and familial) using these ways of knowing and being (concepts and practices) by positioning <i>ukufela ngaphakathi<\/i> as the perspective, a perspective that becomes an approach to viewing trauma within <i>iilali<\/i>.\u00a0<\/p> <p>I use soil pigments on <i>ingcawe<\/i> as my mediums. The use of soil pigments references <i>ukusula, <\/i>a mural painting practice Emampondweni used for the inside walls of a rondavel.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p> <p>As I practice <i>ndiyosula<\/i>, <i>ndiyathunuka<\/i>. <i>Ndithunuka,<\/i> the trauma narratives that exist within <i>lomzi kaMadosini, ndithunuka<\/i> by visually recontextualising and complicating (through metaphorically collaging) these narratives, from scenes of home, <i>elalini<\/i>, and from my family photo album.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p> <p><i>Umzi kaMadosini<\/i>: <i>A Witness<\/i> is then not only implementation. <i>Umzi kaMadosini<\/i> is a <i>witness<\/i> (\u2018archive\u2019); it holds truths and secrets close to its chest, like that stashed-away box with letters and a photo album accompanied by time.<\/p> <p><i>Lomzi<\/i> is longing, longing for relief and longing for healing, for <i>Umzi kaMadosini<\/i> is me, it is my mother, my uncles, my aunts, my siblings, my cousins and my grandparents.<\/p> <p>\u00a0<\/p>\n[gallery ids=\"2887,2888,2889,2890,2891,2892,2893,2894,2895,2896,2897,2898,2899,2900,2901,2902,2903,2904\"]\n<h4 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/#art\"><strong>RETURN TO EXHIBITIONS<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2635","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2635"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2635\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2905,"href":"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2635\/revisions\/2905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhodesfineart.co.za\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}