Sarah Mitchell’s honors work at Rhodes University is focused on the relationship of the body and land. Sarah’s work involved filming performative work, and creating short films, of her own body within the landscape – interacting with it, being immersed … Continued
Recent art works by Leli Hoch “As a Conceptual Land Artist I follow the precept of conceptual art in the planning stage, while being informed by the landscape during the execution stage. I often use language, both in nature and … Continued
A handful of us worked in Matjiesfontein last week, helping to create the Snake Eagle Thinking Path as part of the Karoo Geoglyph project. This Site_Specific project is led by Anni Snyman, and this was the second part of the … Continued
We worked on the Eastern pathway of the Noordhoek Common. Started off by an informative and inspiring presentation about Land Art by Strijdom van der Merwe, this land art event was held on 30 November 2014 on the Noordhoek Common … Continued
Our October 2014 session for the Cape Land Art Sessions was on Gordon’s Bay beach, working with the tide going out towards low tide. Blessed with exceptional weather, we worked in the rocky area or island in front of Spur, … Continued
Schanskop Nature Reserve Cleansing Ritual A land art intervention by Erynne Ewart-Phipps A Site_Specific / Cool Capital Environmental Art Project More about Erynne Ewart-Phipps “My creative process is developed by observing a sites’ natural materials and manipulating them into a … Continued
I attended a workshop about Weeds by Tracy and LOVED it. Informative, inspiring and interesting sums it up pretty well. I asked Tracy a few questions after the workshop to share with you here… What inspired you to offer these … Continued
For the past three months, artists have been meeting once a month in a different location close to Cape Town. For the June gathering 10 artists met in Tokai Forest to create temporary site-specific pieces. June Artists: Janet Botes, … Continued
Hokusai’s Wave by Janet Ranson, on Witsands Beach during the second land art gathering organized for 18 May 2014, by Site_Specific artists in the Western Cape. More about Janet’s work: janetranson.withtank.com Facebook page for the land art gatherings: www.facebook.com/capelandart More about Site_Specific: www.sitespecific.org.za
Sand calligraphy by Andrew van der Merwe, on Witsands Beach during the second land art gathering organized for 18 May 2014, by Site_Specific artists in the Western Cape. More of Andrew’s work: www.behance.net/beachscriber Facebook page for the land art gatherings: … Continued
Three artists – Stefanie Schoeman, Loni Dräger and Janet Botes – met up in Riebeeck Kasteel to respond to the landscape in a creative and respectful way. The site was chosen by Loni, a local resident artist, and overlooks the … Continued
When being in a landscape, when you are outside, do you really see, smell and hear what surrounds you? Do you become aware of the chatter of the birds, the clicking of insects, the whispers of the wind through the … Continued
This blog is usually focused on featuring land art and site specific work by South African artists. Even though she’s not a South African artist, I think it is well worth featuring environmental artist Imke Rust. In her recent environmental … Continued