The horizontal “drift” of the 6-or-so km walk from the Riebeek West station to the gate of Langvlei Farm, my home, will not be presented as a depiction of a landscape painting or drawing. I hope to share the physical evidence of a collision between a human, a plant, and a railroad. In contemporary art—especially […]
( a report from the Transition Zone: Walking as a Collective Witness, posted on Substack) I am new to bringing my art-making process closer to my walking practice. Still, the most motivating part is learning to let materials and the environment guide the outcome in unexpected and meaningful ways.In a community of walkers, every path […]
I saw this quote this morning: ‘East, West, South or North, no matter what your destination, just be sure to make every journey a journey within. If you travel within, you will traverse the whole wide world and beyond. ‘ Shams Tabrizi Walking as an act of witness has become central to my life here, […]
Influenced by the Conceptual and Land Art movements, my practice is rooted in the act of walking. With Silent Protesters, walking became part of a site-specific inquiry. During April and May 2026, I walked an unused railroad line cutting through the Riebeek Valley. This path traverses the transition zone between the fertile valley floor and […]
The blog post I want to share is about my realisation that the shadow is not the enemy of the mapping process; it is its soul. The thing I love about this walking project is my struggle to create a marriage of Industrial and Colonial history (old station, the Krupp stamp, the rail, the 1948 […]
Walking around our immediate spaces Feeling where we are – sensing and asking will you be walking barefoot? Heel feeling – sensing a loudness to putting my foot down – the textures of carpet and cement floor. A shift happened in being present The fact that I am abled – one cannot sense walking if […]
An aerial view of the rail – my son brought his drone to the walk, and suddenly the 10 or so meters of my scroll found its context. The work on the scroll will also be called Walk the Line and will be a separate work from this visual videographed work. From the air, the […]
I want to share thoughts about connecting – making art whilst walking along a train line. I thought I was walking a ghost line alone, but I found that others carry their own maps of this place. My photographer friend didn’t just capture light and vistas; he captured the skin of the station. Maarten’s generous […]
The recent blogs I have been writing are part of my way to position walking as part of my artistic practice. I learned that this practice has become relational and ecological. I became aware that I want to trust the duration of the walk rather than the finished “picture.” There is a specific kind of […]
The above monochrome images belong to Maarten Venter (a photographer and friend), and me, who added the colour images, taken with my cellular phone. Saturday 11 April 2026: The walk was scheduled to start at 07:30, but (again) rain fell overnight, and we suggested rescheduling, but Maarten, a local photographer and friend, had other plans […]