When Covid struck in 2020, and again in 2021, the international conference I had planned to host to celebrate three years of Biography-project research had to be canceled. Instead of 'moving online', I decided to do something entirely different: to host an art exhibition. The plan was simple enough: let's pair fourteen scholars (ranging from Master's students to professors) with leading South African artists. Ask each artist to interpret the research in a creative way. And then organise an exhibition. How difficult could it be? The surprising thing is that it worked. The unsurprising thing is, I now realise, is that
Turning research into art
Turning research into art
Turning research into art
When Covid struck in 2020, and again in 2021, the international conference I had planned to host to celebrate three years of Biography-project research had to be canceled. Instead of 'moving online', I decided to do something entirely different: to host an art exhibition. The plan was simple enough: let's pair fourteen scholars (ranging from Master's students to professors) with leading South African artists. Ask each artist to interpret the research in a creative way. And then organise an exhibition. How difficult could it be? The surprising thing is that it worked. The unsurprising thing is, I now realise, is that