Hophuis
<p><em>Hophuis</em> documents a series of journeys to and activations made at the Steinkopf Community Centre in Namaqualand in South Africa’s Northern Cape. The building was once a lively center for communal and political gathering, (albeit controlled by the church) but stands today as an open, civic-scaled volume of broken walls, a concrete floor, and with its electrical and water services completely removed. The town of Steinkopf itself is situated in what was declared a ‘coloured reserve’ by the apartheid government in 1948, and the place is significant for a number of reasons. Its original name ‘Kookfontein’ (which referred to an ancient water well) was lost when it was renamed by German missionaries who settled there in the 18th century.</p>
Editors: Ilze Wolff
Contributors: Oom Floors Andreas, Oom Stephanus Daniels, Letitia Pandohe, Hoab Soreb, Chalwyn Thomas, Zebulon Ricardo, Eugene Pandohe, Nina Young, Carmen Cloete, Malik Ntone Edjabe, Bronwyn Katz, Fernando Damon, Siyabonga Mthembu, Brian Toue, Paul Weinberg, Paul Grendon, Tina Smith, Antoine Wilmering
Designer: Wolff Architects
Part of: pumflet
ISBN: 9780796109576