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CAMISSA flows again...
Under the Mill Street bridge, flows the waters from Camissa - to this day. Only nowadays, it is channelled in a tunnel under Buitenkant Street. Artist and ceramicist, Lovell Friedman was tasked with creating the urban furniture for the new BRT station. Together with the mosaic artists whom she has trained through the Community Mosaic Project - they have recreated a river, together with all the river's bio-diversity, above ground. This is the first tangible imprint on our city's urban surface, with thanks to this beautiful piece of functional public art. Inlaid in the "Water" of the sculpted mosaic bench are the words that tell the story of CAMISSA - 'the place of sweet waters': "Cape Town was once known to the indigenous peoples as Camissa – the place of sweet waters – with 4 rivers and 36 springs flowing from Table Mountain to the sea. This water was recognised for its ability to support life and sustain livelihoods and the Mother City was settled. Today this water flows beneath our streets in engineered culverts and tunnels; and beneath this very bridge - lost to humanity...let us celebrate this water that links mountain to sea, past to future, people to the environment, and in so doing – reclaim Camissa." |
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ALL RIGHTS ARE RESERVED by THE RECLAIM CAMISSA TRUST No. IT 2882/2010.
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This is a citizen-scientist open source database. By acknowledging and referencing the source, you are welcome to use the material and information provided here for the common good.
All research, spatial framework and proposals are the intellectual property of Caron von Zeil.
