The Roman numeral that signifies the number 10, and the letter X that represents an open signifier. It’s a time for both a backward reflection and an imagining of possibilities and futures. With the tenth incarnation of Tankwa Town in 2016, contemplate a decade

2019-08-21T22:48:35+02:00December 20th, 2016|Afrika Burn, Blog, Events, Personal Work|

This year’s theme, “The Gift”, underpins the sharing and neo-socialist culture. “This year’s theme asks to us to contemplate the gift. As Marx would have it, to look beyond the object to the myriad of elements that make the object happen… What is art?

2019-08-21T22:49:17+02:00December 19th, 2016|Afrika Burn, Blog, Events, Personal Work|

  Standing watch over the Binnekring was this year’s Clan – a manifestation of the theme The Trickster – a giant mechanic hare. The crew’s rationale for the piece describe it as: “A synthesis of opposites: the duality of nature/technology; light/dark; male/female; life/death. The

2019-08-21T22:48:33+02:00December 21st, 2016|Afrika Burn, Blog, Design, Events, Personal Work|

Africa Burns Creative Projects (AfrikaBurn) was created in 2007 as a Not-For-Profit Company, with the intention that it would serve as a vehicle for the creation and co-ordination of an independent South African Burning Man regional event. AfrikaBurn was originally conceived by Paul Jorgensen.

2019-08-21T22:49:18+02:00December 19th, 2016|Afrika Burn, Blog, Events, Personal Work|

2007 || The Year of Tribe A spectacle in the desert, AfrikaBurn is a deliberate echo of Burning Man (Nevada) – both are events with at least four major common characteristics: Firstly, a remote and harsh desert location; secondly, an artistic climax involving setting fire to gigantic

2019-08-21T22:49:36+02:00December 19th, 2016|Afrika Burn, Blog, costume party, Events|