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project description End of the World (Cape Point), 2004

Cape Point, at the southern tip of South Africa, was once believed to be the place where the Indian and Atlantic Oceans meet. It is one of those places that reminds us of our transience. End of the World (Cape Point) is a visual echo of that exchange. At Cape Point, I sensed, in a moment of intense spiritual awareness, the meeting between mortality and immortality.

The end of the world, like a thief in the night, can come at any moment. It cannot be owned or known yet, paradoxically, it is solid, ever-present, for the end is included in ‘now and forever’. There can be no doubt that the end of anything has an attraction and beauty of its own; a calm inevitability, or the promise of renewal.

Back Cover
where-we-r.com/avalanche (detail)
Valais, Switzerland
World Wide Web/downloadable desktop wallpaper
Dimensions variable
2003 - 2005

Special Thanks

Edith, Antoinette, David and Raoul Fourie, Amanda and Andreas Schönfeldt, Harrie Siertsema, Donna Kukama, Jena and Thomas Barry, Miranthe Staden-Garbett, Darren Lipschitz, Bronwyn Law-Viljoen, John Gross, Laurie Ann Farrell, Khwezi Gule, Ronel and Clive Kellner, Joël Chervaz, George Pfruender, Fulvio Bressan, Alain Antille, Tigran Tsitoghdzyan, Isabelle Chappuis, Maggy Nys, Nomthunzi Mashalaba, Shane de Lange, Johan Thom, Bridget Baker, Lean and Jaques Coetzer, John Pefer, Tshepo and Dd, Kirsty Tinkler, Rubén Gutiérrez, Olu Oguibe, Liza Grobler, Joanna Hoffmann, Zhané Warren, Ivan Durt, Anel and Hennie Mouton, Asha Zero, Marcel Maré, Samson Matentji, Paul Moganedi, Simon Gush, Elmien Botha

Acknowledgements

Ecole Cantonale d’Art du Valais, Sierre, Switzerland
Art Omi International Artists Residency, Ghent, New York, USA
Frans Masereel Centre, Kasterlee, Belgium
Vlaams-Zuid-Afrikaanse Cultuurstichting

Catalogue design, editor, layout - Thomas Barry
Text editor - Bronwyn Law-Viljoen

Contributors

Khwezi Gule - Curator, Contemporary Collection, Johannesburg Art Gallery, South Africa
Bronwyn Law-Viljoen - Managing Editor, David Krut Publishing, Johannesburg, South Africa
John Gross - Independent Writer, Philadelphia, USA
Miranthe Staden-Garbett - Lecturer, Art History, Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa
Laurie Ann Farrell - Curator, Museum for African Art, New York, USA