Obs history to come alive

The Living History of Observatory project was born after the spray-painting of the War Memorial in an effort to re-examine our history and culture to try and bring about new bridges of understanding and tolerance.

"It is also a philosophical endeavour", said Edwin Angless, the founder of the project. "I am on a journey to find new meaning in culture and community here in OBS."

The project has entered a new phase where research is being done to produce a six and a half hour mini TV series which will be broadcast on CTV and then hopefully later on SATV or ETV.

The first episode will be an introduction to the further five episodes, which will deal with our little-known Khoisan heritage, the structural and architectural development of Obs, the political activism of the seventies and eighties, Obs as an artistic nexus and a look at gentrification and rapacious development.

This research, in the form of archival primary source material and interviews will be completed by June of this year.

Anybody with any stories is encouraged to please contact the research co-ordinator OBSID board member Edwin Angless on edwin@obsid.org.za.