OK, so The End of that workshop I gave at Stellenbosh went pretty well – I think there are more than a handful of students who will likely carry on and try to produce interactive art. The last two days were spent consulting on work individually, mostly as a crit, but sometimes on how to be cool (Ralph did most of the latter meetings).
But then I had almost two days of leisure! I think the highlight was probably an early morning trek up the mountain, with Mikhael Subotzky and his mother, Eve.
I should note at this point that she is much cooler than he is.
Really, the two are amazingly warm and generous people. And tough – my legs feel like spaghetti after all that huffin’ and puffin’; they had to wait for me to catch up a few times. For those of you who don’t know Mikhael’s work, he’s the hot, young, new photography star of SA, recently paired with the Goodman, and I highly recommend taking a look. It’s not just about the images, but their stories.
I saw Virginia MacKenny and Carol Anne Gainer for coffee (also very cool, and am hoping to have the latter do a feature on the former for SAartsEmerging in the coming months), and did big walks through SANG, Long St and surrounds with Christian Nerf.
Had to do Royale again, hit up Wim Botha’s show, spent time in Clarke’s books, chilled in Nerf’s studio, and finally headed home to hang a small exhibition in Pretoria (still working on that). Great to be back in Jozi, but wish I had more of a break – too too too much to do!
Oh, and not related at all, check out Stephen Colbert at the White House.
