What do you call the thing you picked and where does it go?
Telephone stand
Why did you pick this furniture piece?
Back in the day every home had one
Explain what this furniture piece means to you or your family/friends?
You had to have one if you had a house phone or what the younger generation call a fixed landline
Tell me a story around this furniture piece? A memory, a thought or something that happened recently.
You had a love/hate relationship with it because it would be positioned in the middle of the house in a hallway. Easy to access if the phone rang ma dan kon almal jou conversation hoor.
How does this piece of furniture make you feel?
Definitely sentimental. I can picture my ouma on it chatting to the neighbours even though they were just next door.
Do you think this piece of furniture represents us as Coloureds? Why?
Definitely want os hou baie van praat
How would you describe your interpretation of Colouredness?
Not stereotypical but rather multi faceted & fluid.
What other things strongly represent Colouredness?
Language & culture
What does it mean to be Coloured in South Africa now?
To be yourself, loudly & proudly. To own how you look, how you speak, etc.
What is your relationship with your Colouredness?
It embodies who I am, past the stereotypes
