Systemic secrecy has become a barrier preventing people from accessing vital information to escape poverty. The installation explores this important theme and how it relates to marginalised farmers who are without access to the information they need to help them adapt to new farming technology. Farmers are caught in a trap – the installation references an indigenous bird trap and indigenous storage system for harvested crops (inqolobane in IsiZulu) – causing them to lose interest in producing food. The lack of appropriate information available to rural households and subsistence farmers may be an underlying reason why they suffer from poverty.

Kenneth Shandu is a Durban-based contemporary artist working with drawings, prints, sculptures and installations. He graduated with a BA from Durban University of Technology and addresses issues facing economically marginalised masses in post-Apartheid South Africa.

Accolades include Sasol New Signature finalist (2021), NSA Members Exhibition first prize (2020), and PPC Imaginarium recommendation prize (2019). He has participated in Creative Block under Spier Arts Trust, Tupelo Art Workshop, and Artist Career Boot Camp at Bag Factory Artists' Studios.