ARTCaffè 110

September 12, 2026

Ndivhuho

Rasengani

Movement as Material Knowledge

About The Guest

Ndivhuho Rasengani is a Johannesburg based sculptor and designer working through Rasengani Atelier at the intersection of sculpture, glass, kinetic systems, film, performance, and spatial design. Originally trained in architecture before completing an MFA in Sculpture at the Rhode Island School of Design, his practice carries the structural logic of building into objects and environments shaped by movement. Grounded in Johannesburg and informed by time spent living and working in cities including Chicago, New York, Seoul, Cape Town, and Shanghai, the work continues to evolve through site responsive research, material experimentation, and interdisciplinary collaboration.

About The Talk

At the 110th ARTCaffè, Rasengani explores how bodies, movement, memory, and materials shape our understanding of place, belonging, and home. In his talk, he discusses his use of architectural and industrial materials—including glass, reclaimed timber, steel, aluminium, concrete, plaster, and reflective surfaces—to create sculptures, kinetic works, vessels, and spatial environments that exist somewhere between the functional, the sculptural, and the architectural. Movement plays a central role in his practice, both as a subject and a methodology. Through walking, tracing routes, and collaborating with dancers, Rasengani approaches the body as an archive shaped by social, architectural, and historical pressures. He is particularly drawn to transitional states: light passing through glass, reflections shifting with the body, incense smoke rising through space, and forms activated by motion. Across bodies of work including Rituals of Dwelling, Held Smoke and Faithful Topographies, Reflected Hope, and Tapestry of Faith, his practice asks how memory, ritual, material, and movement can be assembled into forms of dwelling—understood not as a fixed location, but as something continually constructed through gesture, rhythm, and movement.

Experience in-person at ARTCaffè living room or by Zoom

Saturday, September 12, 2026

In person social gathering in Seoul starts at 04:30 p.m.

Talk: 05:00 –06:30 p.m. (Seoul time).

Add Event to CalendarJoin Event on Zoom

Meeting ID: 522 298 6765
Passcode: AC$2026

Many thanks to ARTCaffè's Connecting Nodes

Check this month's Connecting Nodes on our Instagram page