Thornton Road, Hasan & Husain Essop

Question 1

Subject matter

Answer 1

Photograph in Thornton Road, a street in a suburb with large Muslim population. Site of Apartheid era atrocity which became knows as Trojan Horse

Question 2

Trojan Horse incident

Answer 2

Police hid a vehicle opened fire on unarmed youths & killed several

Question 3

Figures & subject

Answer 3

Copies of brothers either in prayer, donning combat or draped in distinctive blacks & White scarfs. Sip on on coca cola under huge coca cola banner

Question 4

Coca cola significance

Answer 4

Western materialism. Contradictions with western depictions with which Muslims live

Question 5

Figures

Answer 5

Some look like zombies gulping coca cola while others are actively rebelling against it

Question 6

Collage

Answer 6

Carefully composed scenes which are digitally manipulated with photoshop

Question 7

Stitching of Seperated shots

Answer 7

Achieved seamlessly & finished work does not reveal fabricated nature.

Question 8

Composition

Answer 8

Saturated in colour
Busy
Energetic

Question 9

Message

Answer 9

Contradictions ieth which Muslims live. Search for own identity in context of an icon of western consumerism

Question 10

Medium & technique

Answer 10

Digitally manipulated photograph

Question 11

Style

Answer 11

Conceptual