Counting stones

Artist statement

As a commemoration of the many lives lost in ships wrecked on the shores of Southern Africa, Counting Stones employ symbolic associations related to the uses of stones since the earliest times: piles of stones were used to designate a sacred site and stones served as tools for early counting systems. Today, stones are still sometimes placed on graves or spontaneously piled up on paths to serve as a marker of presence.

The intent of Counting Stones is to raise questions about the measurability of psychological trauma. How many stones equal the losses suffered during displacement?