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WHATIFTHEWORLD is pleased to present Chamber of Mines – a collaborative exhibition between Rowan Smith and Xhanti Zwelendaba comprising a series of sculptural and mixed media installations which look at the intersection between mining, class stratification, heritage, citizenship and immigration in contemporary South Africa.

Deriving their exhibition title from the employers’ organisation of the South African mining industry, Smith and Zwelendaba reimagine the Chamber of Mines as a metal scrap yard complete with an industrial scale and transaction window. The installation succinctly draws a …