THE SPIRAL OF CONTAINMENT: RAPE’S AFTERMATH, the multi-media immersive and experiential exhibition by Mexican-Canadian photographer, cinematographer and foreign correspondent, Elisa Iannacone, featuring 25 hauntingly beautiful portraits of rape survivors, opens at South Africa’s iconic home of contemporary justice, CONSTITUTION HILL , with an exhibition specially curated for installation in the 25 Isolation Cells of NUMBER 4 PRISON.

The portraits were photographed in a range of locations and countries, including seven in South Africa. The Spiral project, and method, evolved from Iannacone’s own experience of rape, and therapeutic recovery.

The 24 images are “colour-coded” into the 24 primary, secondary and tertiary colours in the colour wheel - with her own image, a 25th, monochromatic hologram. Iannacone funded the project, which took five years to complete, from her work in war zones.

The exhibition, which runs throughout Youth Month to 30 June 2022, is the first installation of the entire exhibition since its UK debut, and a first for the local survivors.

Tour with Kathy: Kathy Berman is the founder of Just Art International, an organization that focuses on creating and curating exhibitions and experiences that focus on the interaction between social justice and expression. She has specially curated for the Isolation Cells at Number 4 Prison at Constitution Hill. A magical-realist body of work dealing with GBV in a fantastical way.

A range of guest speakers will join Kathy on each walkabout - including survivors, activists and experts in the field of law, social justice, art and recovery. On 21 May 2022, Martin Pelders of Matrix Men will join Kathy to talk about his experiences as a boy-child survivor, and how he has changed his life to assist fellow survivors decades after his experiences.