In December 2012, MTN Bushfire Festival of the Arts submitted a proposal called Talking Doors to the Prince Claus Fund call for proposals from Africa. Soon after submitting the proposal, MTN Bushfire began a partnership with Yebo! ArtReach to plan and design the Talking Doors Installation.  In May MTN Bushfire was selected as a recipient of the prestigious Prince Claus Grant. MTN Bushfire and Yebo! ArtReach worked closely in conceptualizing, contextualizing, designing, and constructing the 4-room interactive art installation to be opened at the festival. Talking Doors was designed to facilitate audience engagement with the festival theme 'Bring Your Fire' – igniting a collective response for positive change.

Festival-goers were invited to move between the rooms of the installation, interacting with the different artists and art mediums, and exploring the many angles of their creative selves. The walls of each individual room were made entirely of doors. The name of installation, Talking Doors, informed this decision. ArtReach and MTN Bushfire wanted to explore the idea of the door as a symbol of transition and possibility. 

“The Door is an entrance, a finality, a promise, a mystery, an obstacle, an opportunity – doors contain or release, invite or impede. If doors had voices, what tales would they tell?” 

http://www.bush-fire.com/article/view/taling_doors_exhibition_1

http://yeboswaziland.com/artreach/

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