The past 6 weeks have been an incredible period of reflection and realisations. There’s a lot you learn just by taking a few moments to sit and observe. And I was glad for the chance to do a lot of that. Among many of my realisations there, there was one that informed my painting practice […]
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Over the course of 10 weeks, I had the opportunity to take part in a unique artistic residency in South Africa. I explored several emblematic regions, most notably the heart of the Vredefort crater — an asteroid impact site formed over 2 billion years ago. This place, steeped in geological history, deeply nourished my artistic […]
Arriving at Witklipfontein, approaching the Dome’s ripples, we noticed considerably more trees and greenery than in the surrounding golden Platteland. We entered a restored grassland framed by black-hilled horizons, shaped by a mountain-sized stone from space that altered the course of Earth’s evolution two billion years ago. This stone, eroded over time, left only patterned […]
Je n’avais jamais senti le soleil aussi chaud sur ma peau. Je suis arrivée en Afrique du Sud le premier février 2024, à la fin de l’été. C’était mon premier long courrier en avion, mon premier long départ de chez moi, et pour la première fois seule. Entre l’aéroport et la ferme de Witklipfontein, dans […]
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I am currently on a 3 months Artist residency, awarded and funded by SAFFCA. I have spent 6 weeks at Witklipfontein, in Vredefort Dome, FreeState and about to embark on another 6 weeks to Entabeni Lodge, Knysna. My life back home is busy, since I am also an entrepreneur, and the year started with the […]
I had an incredible experience at Witklipfontein, collaborating with Brussels-based artist Jeanne Dedot, and later at Entabeni with South African artist Nina Kruger. The two residencies unfolded consecutively from the beginning of February until the middle of May, allowing my exploration to progressively deepen. At Witklipfontein, the residence was well equipped with everything we needed: […]
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Witklipfontein a été pour moi l’occasion de développer mon travail sur l’expérience de la nature. Avec le cadre du temps (un mois et demi) et de l’espace (vivre au milieu d’une réserve naturelle), j’ai pu me challenger à la solitude et à la liberté. L’apprentissage de ces notions (dans le contexte socio-culturel sud-africain) a nourri […]
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South Africa From the minute Pierre told me about participating in the SAFFCA residency program, I was excited. Excited about the potential that such an experience could have on me as a person and the effect it would have on my work. I knew that this was perfect timing. I decided that I wouldn’t ‘google’ […]
The remote, serene yet pristine location of this residency is ideal for self- reflection. It is geographically removed from the fast-paced life, bright city light and the non-stop busy pace of Metropolitan environments. Very often in the big city, one goes through the motions of work, networking at a break necking pace. Self-reflection, art research […]
The Witklipfontein residency experience was a much needed experience for my creative process a chance to break and a chance to slow down and reflect on my career and my creative process. If there was one word for the experience, it would be reset. It was not the beauty of nature, it wasn’t being a […]