LOOK: Minibus taxi becomes a moving masterpiece
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Acclaimed multi-disciplinary artist Thania Petersen who has turned a minibus taxi into a moving masterpiece that can be appreciated by passengers enroute, says she wanted to make artwork that would be accessible to everyone.
The mobile artist intervention is part of the UnInfecting the City public arts festival currently underway in Cape Town.
Athlone-born Petersen, who has studied at Central Saint Martins College of Art in London and exhibited both locally and internationally said what makes the project significant was “taking the art back to the people that inspire it.”
To achieve this, she partnered with taxi owners Ziyaad and Fatima Dyason to transform the interior of their taxi which is now kitted out with a 22-inch screen and sound system, on which Petersen’s latest film, Kassaram will play.