Jodi Windvogel, Life Under Occupation – Cissie Gool House
The series by the South African photographer (b.1992) focuses on the Cissie Gool House project in Cape Town. It is a former hospital that was occupied in 2017 by Reclaim the City (RTC), a social movement fighting for affordable housing, which converted the building into a refuge for almost 2,000 people. A community emerged that began fighting against exclusionary urban planning and injustices, ongoing since the Apartheid era.
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Residents of the Cissie Gool House gather for a community film screening in the courtyard
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Mariana Louw (55), sews a piece of clothing in her bed. She has been living in the occupation for seven years
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Jadewin Khan (16), left, and Clinton Puti (18), right, pose for a portrait in the hallway
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On a rainy day, residents and kids living in the occupied building play in the courtyard
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Shahien Fakier (53) sits on the bed in the room that he shares with his partner and the neighbour’s child
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A child runs through the hallway of Cissie Gool House
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Reyana Kube (23) poses for a portrait on her bed before heading to work a night shift
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Denver Arendse (47) plays in the kids room on a rainy day on. He is one of the house leaders
09
Bedding hangs on a drying line. In a makeshift laundry the residents do their washing in the bathtub
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Residents of the Cissie Gool House conversing in the courtyard
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A makeshift kitchen in one of the occupied rooms in what is now called Cissie Gool House
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A resident cleans an empty room that will soon be occupied by another resident
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A boy walks past a room window inside the occupied building
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Fatima Dramat (67) gets ready in her room before heading to the mosque
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After being unlawfully evicted, Mariam Laattow (69) has lived in the occupied building for seven years
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Residents of the Cissie Gool House conversing in the courtyard
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Children from the occupied building pose for a portrait in the hallway
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Children climb the wall to peek through the window opening into the small courtyard
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A girl poses for a portrait on the staircase while two boys converse in the hallway after school
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A door stands open in one of the occupied rooms. All the rooms are similar in size
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