Sport In The Struggle Exhibition

Exhibition Material Catalogue

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C o n t e n t s Introduction

Overview

Hosting the exhibition

Exhibition elements

Mandela statue

Panels

Multimedia Remembrance wall video unit

Print material

Inventory List

Other ideas

Introduction

The purpose of this catalogue is to give heritage and cultural centres an overview of the Sport In The Struggle Exhibition material, with a view to hosting the exhibition in their own venues.

The Exhibition is a sport history project that tells the stories of the forgotten heroes of sport who were denied the opportunity to excel on national and international levels of sport due to Apart-heid. As such it is an on-going and open-ended project that grows as more names and general information is discovered, research and added to the existing body of work.

The exhibition was first developed in 2013 in a simple format and displayed in nine venues, one in each province.

In 2014 the content was revised and expanded, and a more formalised structure for the exhibition was developed and displayed at the Apartheid Museum in March and April 2014. Designed to be a mobile and easily transportable exhibition, It has since been travelled to other venues both locally and internationally.

The Exhibition will in due time become the core collection of the envisaged National Sport Hall Of Fame that is currently in the planning stages.

Overview

The main purpose of the Sport In The Struggle Exhibition is to remember, preserve, celebrate and provide education about South Africa’s lesser known sport history.

Physically it consists mainly of upright, self-standing alumninium panels with graphic designs consisting of words, photos and drawings that tell the story of a particular event or person in the history of South African sport.

The panels form a rough storyline starting with the early days of sport during the turn of the nineteenth century, through the years of Apartheid, highlights the role sport played in the strug-gle against oppression, and ends with the return of democracy and equality in sport in 1994.

The panels featuring interesting facts, stories and details that endeavour to introduce the viewer in an engaging way to some of the prominent and not-so-prominent black sportspeople of that era.

The main displays are supplemented by several larger panel display as well as a number of printed and multimedia items that serve to make the exhibition memorable and interactive.

Hosting the exhibition

GeneralThe Sport In The Struggle Exhibition is suitable for hosting at museums, universities, and spaces that have a professional exhibiting program and inhouse skills to manage temporary and traveling exhibitions.

Designing the exhibition to your needsThe floor space size required for the complete exhibition is fifty square meters (50m2), and a minimum ceiling height of 3m. The exhibition can be made to fit into a smaller space by selecting only certain ele-ments from the complete catalog.

The easiest way to design an exhibition to fit your space is to use a floorplan of the room or area where the exhibition will be hosted, and drawing in pencil the elements of the exhibition to scale.

Transporting the exhibition SRSA will organise and pay for transport or the exhibition to the venue. The host is responsible for receiv-ing and signing off on the exhibition material once received.

The host is also responsible for organising and payment of the transport to return the exhibition material to SRSA.

Setting up and running of the exhibition.Before receiving the material, the host should provide SRSA with a layout and floor plan of the intended exhibition that will take place in their venue. SRSA will help to oversee the setting up, but the host is re-sponsible for doing the actual work involved under the guidance of SRSA technical personnel. It is recom-mended that the exhibition be hosted for between 6 - 8 weeks.

The host should also keep a visitor’s book and basic statistics about visitor numbers.

Marketing and EventsThis is a very important part of the exhibition. The host is responsible for the opening, promoting and sup-porting of the exhibition, and should ensure that as many members of the community as possible visits the exhibition. This includes putting up posters and distributing flyers about the exhibition.

MaintenanceThe host is responsible for the maintenance of the exhibition, including cleaning, for the during of the exhibition.

Breaking down and packingSRSA will oversee the breaking down and packing of the exhibition, however the host should supply man-power to perform the actual work.

Exhibition elements

Note: There may be small discrepancies between the photos of the panels here and the actual ones in existence, due to updates that may have been made on the panels.

Mandela statue

Description: Panel of Nelson Mandela in a boxing pose, 2,5m high mountain on a white backing

Upright panelsSize: 700mm wide by 2000mm highDescription: Aluminium frame with four loose foot brackets. Graphic panels are held to alumnini-um frame by magnetic strips. Can be used double sided or single sided.Quantity: 41

Upright Panel #1Rugby Pioneers

Upright Panel #2Bud Mbelle

Upright Panel #3Football Groundbreakers

Upright Panel #4Early Sport In Johannesburg

Upright Panel #527 June 1956

Upright Panel #6Man From Wimbledon

Upright Panel #7Black Golfing Aces

Upright Panel #8Simon Nhlapo

Upright Panel #9Amaranee Naidoo

Upright Panel #10Scara Sono

Upright Panel #11Rosina Sedibane

Upright Panel #12Cycling

Upright Panel #13Cricket

Upright Panel #14In Another Country

Upright Panel #15The Pariah Games

Upright Panel #6Rugby

Upright Panel #17King Kong

Upright Panel #18Netball

Upright Panel #19Sam Ramsamy

Upright Panel #20The Station Bomber

Upright Panel #21Sea Point Swallows

Upright Panel #22Olympics of the Oppressed

Upright Panel #23Political Football

Upright Panel #24Apartheid In Action

Upright Panel #25Commonwealth Games

Upright Panel #26Legends of Boxing

Upright Panel #27Going Against The Norm

Upright Panel #28Galvanising Sport For The Struggle

Upright Panel #29Mpush Makambi

Upright Panel #30The End Is In Sight

Upright Panel #31Recognising our sport legends

Upright Panel CARTOON COLLECTION #1 of 6

Upright Panel CARTOON COLLECTION #2

Upright Panel CARTOON COLLECTION #3

Upright Panel CARTOON COLLECTION #4

Upright Panel CARTOON COLLECTION #5

Upright Panel CARTOON COLLECTION #6

Upright Panel DRUM COVER SERIES #1

Upright Panel DRUM COVER SERIES #2

Upright Panel DRUM COVER SERIES #2

Upright Panel DRUM COVER SERIES #3

Upright Panel DRUM COVER SERIES #2

Upright Panel DRUM COVER SERIES #4

Upright Panel DRUM COVER SERIES #5

Upright Double PanelsThese are panels that are double the size of Upright Panels, ie 140omm wide.Quantity: 5

Upright Double Panel #1The Early Years

Upright Double Panel #2The Orlando Swimming Baths

Upright Double Panel #3Early Politics And Sport

Upright Double Panel #4Divided Stadiums

Upright Double Panel #5Introduction

Large Format PanelsThese are large format panels, printed on canvas and held upright by an aluminium frame, mostly suitable to set up against a wall that is at least 3,5m high.

Sizes: Varies

Description: Aluminium frame with four loose foot brackets. Graphic panels are held to alumnini-um frame by magnetic strips. Can be used double sided or single sided.

Quantity: 3

Large format Panel #1Title: The Ones Who Went FurtherSize: 3000mm x 3000mm

Large format Panel #2Title: Firsts and MilestonesSize: 4000mm x 3000mm

Large format Panel #3Title: The Winning PostSize: 1200mm x 800mmThis double sided panel is designed to be suspended from rafters, horizontal beams or other suit-able supports. It is not floorstanding.

Print And MultimediaThese are support elements to the main exhibition.

Remembrance Wall (video)

This is a video of approximately 12 minutes featuring interviews with David Samaai and some of the other personalities featured in the exhibition. Includes television stand, video on DVD or memory stick, and one television. Excludes DVD player.

Sport In The Struggle Jigsaw Puzzle

A jigsaw puzzle featuring a well-known photo of Nelson Mandela in boxing pose. It is displayed on a table for visitors to play with.Size: xxCocktail or other table for displaying jigsaw puzzle not included.

Cocktail table cloths

Themed table cloths are available for round cocktail style tables if needed. Quantity of three, in different designs.

Quiz Book

An A4-size book of questions and answers to test a visitor’s knowledge of what they see in the exhibition.

Sport in the Struggle Exhibition Poster

A1 size poster of the exhibition. Each venue receive five copies of the poster for marketing and awareness purposes.

Exhibition newspaper

A broadsheet, 24 page newspaper-style publication featuring highlights from the exhbition.

Exhibition InventoryPlan your exhibition by marking off the items you require for your own version of the Sport In The Struggle Exhibition.

o Mandela Statue

Upright panels

o Rugby Pioneerso Bud Mbelleo Football Groundbreakers 1899o Early Sport In Johannesburgo 27 June 1956o The Man From Wimbledono Black Golfing Aceso Simon Nhlapoo Amaranee Naidooo Scara Sonoo Rosina Sedibaneo Cyclingo Cricketo In Another Countryo The Pariah Gameso Rugbyo King Kongo Netballo Sam Ramsamyo Station Bombero Sea Point Swallowso Olympics of the Oppressedo Political Football o Going Against The Normo Commonwealth Gameso Legends of Boxingo Recognising Our Sport Legendso Mpush Makambio Galvanising Sport For The Struggleo The End Is In Sighto Apartheid in Action

o Cartoon Series (6 panels)o Drum Cover Series (5 panels)

Double Upright Panels

o The Early Yearso The Orlando Swimming Bathso Early Politics in Sporto Divided Stadiumso Introduction

Large Format Panelso The Ones Who Went Furthero Firsts and Milestoneso The Winning Post

Other Items

o Table Clothso Puzzleo Quiz Booko Remembrance Wall Video Displayo Exhibition newspaper. Qty required: _____o Exhibition Posters

And Finally...Tips on how to make the Sport In The Struggle Exhibion exciting and memorable for your visitors:

Construct a blackboard for visitors to write the names of their own sport heroes from yesteryear. Many sportspeople from the Apartheid era are already forgotten, and this is a way for us to gath-er their names and honour them.

Keep a visitor’s book for comments. This helps us understand what visitors think of the exhibition.