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      • Cape of Good Hope
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Turbine Art Fair (2016)

A visual history of Turbine Hall in Johannesburg.

Originally constructed as the Jeppe Street Power Station between 1927 and 1934, the hall went through various iterations as a supplier of electricity to Johannesburg before falling into disrepair in the 1980s and 90s as inner city decay set in. It was bought by Anglogold Ashanti and redeveloped in the 2000s.

  • The electricity-generating turbine floor of the Jeppe Street Power Station in 1938.
    The city generating station: the turbine floor of the Jeppe Street Power Station. 2016. 23 x 15 cm. Oil on gesso panel.
  • White manager and workers' houses on Jeppe Street from the time of the hall's incarnation as the Jeppe Street Power Station.
    White manager’s and workers’ houses, Jeppe Street. 2016. 23 x 15 cm. Oil on gesso panel.
  • Turbine Hall and the now-demolished North Boiler House in a derelict state in the 1990s.
    Turbine Hall and the now-demolished North Boiler House. 2016. 23 x 15 cm. Oil on gesso panel.
  • An aerial view of Turbine Hall.
    Turbine Hall. 2016. 23 x 15 cm. Oil on gesso panel.
  • By 2000 more than 300 squatters occupied the then-derelict Turbine Hall.
    Shack inside Turbine Hall before redevelopment. 2016. 23 x 15 cm. Oil on gesso panel.
  • Scaffolding erected around the North Boiler House at the time of its redevelopment in 1934.
    North Boiler Room redevelopment. 2016. 23 x 15 cm. Oil on gesso panel.
  • Light pouring in through the windows around the Turbine Hall ceiling, which has been sealed off by the roof of new offices below.
    The ceiling of Turbine Hall now sealed off by the roof of the new offices below. 2016. 23 x 15 cm. Oil on gesso panel.
  • The distinctive peaked roof and chimneys of Turbine Hall.
    The restored Turbine Hall. 2016. 23 x 15 cm. Oil on gesso panel.
  • Silhouette of theTurbine Hall's distinctive roof and chimneys at night, with a Skotnesesque detail provided by light from inside the building.
    The restored Turbine Hall at night (with Skotnesesque detail). 2016. 23 x 15 cm. Oil on gesso panel.

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