‘3 Point Turn’ / ‘Call and Response’

This past weekend has been a really great art weekend, with Simon Gush and Dorothee Kreutzfeldt’s performance ‘3 Point Turn’ at the Drill Hall’s Point Blank Gallery on Friday night and Nathaniel Stern’s ‘Call and Response’ at Art on Paper in 44 Stanley on Saturday afternoon.

3 point turn

Here are some images from the performance in which Sam Matenji got into Simon’s pimped out bakkie, which Sam chose to name Thashi Lemohlophe, meaning white horse and, under instruction from Simon and Dorothee drove out onto Twist Street (possibly inner city Joburg’s most taxi congested street during rush hour) and executed a three-point turn, meaning that he was then forced to drive back down Twist the wrong way. It was completely nerve racking to watch, and I was sure at one point that someone was going to climb out of a taxi and belt him. Sam has nerves of steel and even though the first attempt took longer than I had anticipated he finally managed it, and then managed to repeat the stunt another three times. This is the first time that a performance has had my adrenalin pumping to the point that I experienced nausea when it was finally over.

Nathaniel’s show was far more civilized, with a really impressive turn out. It was a treat to see all the prints together, and this new work has a beautifully rich quality to it, so if for what ever reason you missed the opening I really recommend that you go along and take a peek.

Also check out this months SAartsEmerging feature written by Rat Western on Zach Taljaard.