Kykafrikaans / Willem Hendrik Boshoff., 2008
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Scope and Contents
In Boshoff's exhibition "Epat" at Michael Stevenson's gallery in Cape Town, South Africa, Kykafrikaans was presented as a recording (present dvd). In its original forms, the poems were a series of unique typed scripto-visual pages as well as an edition of screenprints. Boshoff intended that they should be performed in order to give affective scope to the acoustic potential of the original work. Until 2006, this aspect of Kykafrikaans remained largely informal. Professional recordings of the readings of selected poems from Kykafrikaans were produced between 2006 and 2007 at the Wounded Buffalo studios in Johannesburg. The nearly 30 recordings deploy the voices of Marcel van Heerden, Jane Rademeyer, Lochner de Kock, Hermien de Vos and Boshoff himself. On entering the sparse white space of the installation of Michael Stevenson's gallery within the larger Epat exhibition, the scripto-visual images of Kykafrikaans were projected onto a screen. The appropriate recording accompanies each image, becoming a soundscape within the installation space. At the end of each recording, the image fades and the next image and recording begin as in the dvd. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.
Dates
- Creation: 2008
Creator
Extent
0 See container summary (1 DVD in case (plastic)) ; case 19 x 14 x 1 cm
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Physical Location
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Custodial History
The Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry, on loan from Ruth and Marvin A. Sackner and the Sackner Family Partnership.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Michael Stevenson, 2010.
General
Published: Johannesburg, South Africa; Cape Town, South Africa : Wounded Buffalo; Michael Stevenson. Nationality of creator: South African. General: About 120 total copies. General: Added by: MARVIN; updated by: MARVIN.
Genre / Form
Repository Details
Part of the The Ruth and Marvin Sackner Archive of Concrete and Visual Poetry Repository
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Main Library
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