Rodney Place lives and works in Johannesburg and Warsaw. He studied at the Architectural Association in London in the 1970s and worked and taught as a multi-media artist for fifteen years throughout the USA with several solo shows in New York. He returned to South Africa in 1996. His multi-disciplinary and multi-media work focuses largely on art and urbanism, whether as satirical commentary, activism, or permanent installation. He works thematically with many different elements making up a project; from fashion, to photography, drawing, painting and sculpture, to video and performance works. 'Retreks' (1999 until 2002) explored emerging Johannesburg through four social viewpoints and Infections of the Void, (begun 2002) bridges between the post -territories of South Africa and Central Europe.

He has exhibited internationally with his work included in Habana and Dakar Biennales, as well as in Africa Remix, curated by Simon Njami. Most recently Pole-Land, a video/performance episode of Angels of Stealth, the Central European part of Infections, was shown in-progress as part of Arte's Temps d Images Festival in Paris and Warsaw.

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