Stellenbosch Woordfees 1-6 March 2010

Venue: Africana room, JS Gericke Library, University of Stellenbosch.
Monday to Friday 08:00-16:30; Saturday 10:00-13:00.

In the group exhibition Transgressions and boundaries of the page (Oor die einders van die bladsy) 40 artists and writers will be exhibiting their work (artist’s books). Artists contributing to this exhibition are Strijdom van der Merwe, David Paton, Jan van der Merwe, Ross Cleaver, Flip Hattingh, Cheryl Gage, Fanie Viljoen, Leon de Villiers, Stephan Erasmus, Leora Farber, Ian Marley, Franci Greyling, Richardt Strydom, Kabous and Hannes Meiring, Paul Schutte, Christiaan van der Westhuizen and others.
The exhibition forms part of a creative project and transdisciplinary investigation into the artist’s book and practice-based research.

Discussion: Oor die Einders van die bladsy – artist and writers in discussion:

In addition to the exhibition, five artists participate in a round-table discussion about the project, the artworks and how each approached the challenge set by the theme of the project. Participants in the discussion are the project leaders and curators, Franci Greyling and Ian Marley, and the poet Danie Marais, artist Strijdom van der Merwe and cultural journalist Kabous Meiring.
4 March 2010
14:00
Venue: Ouditorium JS Gericke Library, University of Stellenbosch.
Entrance R40 (Computicket)
Discussion/workshop: Creative research projects:  how is this possible?

Ian Marley and Franci Greyling, leaders and curators of the Transgressions / Einders project, discuss the challenges and possibilities of practice based research. Aspects like creative group dynamics, project structure, and project management will be discussed and practical tips will be shared.

It is hoped that this project will stimulate broader discussion of practice as research and that approaches such as this one will fuel further projects that can open up avenues within which an expanded view of art making and academic work can develop. The advantages of practice-based research are numerous, both for practising artists and the more academically inclined, and include a broad networking base of like-minded creatives and thinkers who gain much from large collaborative efforts that also demand the development of insight into the intimate workings of the individual creative mind.
4 March 2010
15:00
Venue: Ouditorium JS Gericke Library, University of Stellenbosch.
Entrance free