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​Tibi Tendlu, The Dirt That Binds

​2015-2017 Eswatini, Southern Africa
Fulbright, African Regional Research Program
 
In the patriarchal Kingdom of Eswatini men vastly dominate most spheres of life, causing
gender-based violence to be granted a dauntingly ‘normal’ place within society.
 
Tibi Tendlu, The Dirt That Binds was a two year film and photography project
exploring this normality. Rooted in participation and dialogue, art was used as a vehicle to
witness and challange the female position in society, while celebrating the strength, dignity and
grace of Eswatini women.
 
The resulting film is being used extensively around the country as a training tool and a platform
for dialogue surrounding violence within families; its causes, its effects and possibilities for
making change.
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  • Home
  • About
    • About Mari
    • Contact
  • Community- Based Art
    • International >
      • Eswatini (Southern Africa) >
        • Tibi Tendlu
        • Unheard Voices
        • Orphanage
      • Botswana >
        • Viewfinder Project
      • Brazil
    • Community Based Public Art
    • Sculpture
    • Room Transformations
    • Installations >
      • African Refugee Youth: A Self Portrait
      • Unheard Voices (Timbutini)
    • Video >
      • Documentary
      • Public Service Announcements
  • Public Art
    • Clay Center for Art and Science, Charleston, West Virginia
    • Anne's Flats, Olympia, Washington
    • American Embassy, Eswatini, Southern Africa
    • American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland >
      • Aurora Borealis
      • Sunset and Daybreak Wing
      • Day to Fade
    • Baltimore Convention Center Hilton Hotel, Baltimore, Maryland
    • Glazer Children's Museum, Tampa, Florida
    • OHL Orthodontists, Dover, Delaware
  • Fine Art
    • Sculpture >
      • Redemptive Meditation
      • Portrait of a City Series
      • Nana I Ke Kumu Series
      • On Man and Nature Series
      • African Refugee Youth: A Self Portrait
    • Photography >
      • Dignified Faces
      • Tibi Tendlu
      • Unbreakable
    • Installation >
      • Samsara
      • Nana I Ke Kumu (Look to the Source)
      • Hut
      • Teen Dreams
    • Decorative Works
  • Video
    • Documentary
    • Small Jobs