Museum Night at the V&A

Locals and tourists alike flocked to the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town on 25 October to get in touch with their cultural sides for the 2017 edition of Museum Night.

The below Twitter thread shows my journey through the Museum Night at the V&A Waterfront. It was a refreshing night admiring the aspects and means of human expression through art, music and mere conversation.

Aaaand #MuseumNight is onnnn #cfms pic.twitter.com/BIqOLPKJx7

— arronnathan (@arronxnathan) October 25, 2017

Tense. When you’re dedicated to the cause it’s worth the wait... #MuseumNight #cfms pic.twitter.com/8PYzV396xf

— arronnathan (@arronxnathan) October 25, 2017

But I’m not that dedicated so we move to the clock tower to adore te work of Themba Mkhangeli #MuseumNight #cfms pic.twitter.com/ulG8E7XlKI

— arronnathan (@arronxnathan) October 25, 2017

Subversion is present in ‘Sideshow Bob’ by Paul Kneen and ‘COEXIST’ by Yannis Generalis on show at the clock tower too #MuseumNight #cfms pic.twitter.com/oLlxlzqVAg

— arronnathan (@arronxnathan) October 25, 2017

And the social commentary is rife in Norman O’Flynn’s Timekeepers (taken from his “Better and Better” series) #MuseumNight #cfms pic.twitter.com/JI0ZUhktd3

— arronnathan (@arronxnathan) October 25, 2017

Someone behind me just said the Watershed is lit... well like, I can’t necessarily disagree 🤷🏽‍♂️ #MuseumNight #cfms pic.twitter.com/ImYqmI7KuA

— arronnathan (@arronxnathan) October 25, 2017

Moving along to the amphitheatre... The Cape Town Concert Brass Band is taking the audience on an aural journey #MuseumNight #cfms pic.twitter.com/JUTdKCd2zn

— arronnathan (@arronxnathan) October 25, 2017

#MuseumNight #cfms pic.twitter.com/yNnw751Eqr

— arronnathan (@arronxnathan) October 25, 2017

Finally ticking Everard Read Gallery off the list with a balance between simplicity and the weird & wonderful #MuseumNight #cfms

— arronnathan (@arronxnathan) October 25, 2017

Blessing Ngobeni’s ‘Uninvited Guest’ and Andrej Urbanski’s ‘A046 12/19/2017’ appear worlds apart #MuseumNight #cfms pic.twitter.com/OrYZVB14u8

— arronnathan (@arronxnathan) October 25, 2017

Shany van den Berg has swallowed the whole CIRCA Gallery in her internal explorations of womanhood #MuseumNight #cfms pic.twitter.com/URmWgZ9Uxa

— arronnathan (@arronxnathan) October 25, 2017

Her paintings & sculptures serve as portals to internal narratives of struggle, exploration and transcendence as a human #MuseumNight #cfms pic.twitter.com/uL7rFFcnIa

— arronnathan (@arronxnathan) October 25, 2017

And that concludes my venture into touristy Cape Town culture for the night, ‘twas a vibe #MuseumNight #cfms

— arronnathan (@arronxnathan) October 25, 2017

Header image sourced from the Museum Night website