Goat Island is a natural one and a half mile island that is part of the American Falls. It is unique in that the natural aspects and wildlife have remained over the years, oblivious to the constantly changing tourist attractions that seem to do their best at destroying the pure aesthetic of the Falls. The artists states “ I am an ardent walker and have for the past ten years walked on a daily basis the perimeter of the Island. Goat Island journal is based on my response to the changing of seasons. The original journal was created out of hand-made papers, their texture and closely related values keying into a more 'natural' interpretation of the subject matter. The copy that you see is one of many, this particular one attempts to deal with more vibrant colour, making the text that originally accompanied each frame not as necessary or integral to the sequence ...creating a more visual rather than literal translation.”

Exhibition notes:
Item 133 on Artists' Books in the Ginsberg Collection, with some South African Books from Other Collections. Johannesburg Art Gallery. 25 August to 27 October 1996

Gaia: Dialogue between the book arts, natural sciences & plant humanities. JBCBA, WAM. Curated by David Paton & Ciara Struwig. 16 September – 12 December 2025

Ref: GB/5734