Hektik!
Ok, so I promise to write a more extensive blog after I catch up on my work a bit, then relax, but the short of it is that the Kebbles were amazing, the winners extremely deserving, and the trip a huge success – step inside won a major award!!! See the Kebble site for more on the works – of course I’ll be sure to give my two cents soon enough, but it’s a good place to start (for a change – after the awards, they seemed to have more time to jump on in and do an overhaul of the back end, with a lot more info now).
Time to grade and prep my teaching, but thanks for everyone’s support and good wishes. Given that 4 of the 7 top winners were some forms of video, multimedia, or digital work, I can safely say that we are beginning to see a true shift in how to look at contemporary art here in SA – and I think I like it ;)
Most of all, I have to say (not sure what the word on the street is) that both top winners (it was a tie!) exhibited stunning work, and I believe there to be little to no dispute around their awards. In fact, the entire exhibition is a testament to the amazing work happening here (and I don’t envy the judges); check it out if you can!
