Stellenbosch Triennale 2025

Ba'zinzile: A Rehearsal for Breathing is a transformative contemporary African art experience that challenges, inspires, and connects. Join us from Feb 19 - Apr 30 across iconic venues in Stellenbosch, South Africa—including Oude Libertas, US Museum, Rupert Museum, and The Woodmill.

UKU’ZINZA: an invocation from the Nguni people that speaks to being grounded, being calm.  Stillness is a mechanism for survival, a strategy for imagination, and an ability and persistence.  In a world losing its breath, where breathlessness pervades, we witness the tremors in our bodies and the depths we must dive to sustain life. This exhibition explores Breath and  Breathing through states of duress and ongoing extractions, using Rehearsal as a mode of  Improvised philosophies. 

Breath: Breathing is a fundamental act: taking air into the lungs and expelling it, exchanging oxygen for carbon dioxide. Breath manifests in various forms: puff, pant, gasp, wheeze, blow,  sigh, impart, imbue, transfuse, murmur, whisper, utter.…