Global Nomadic Art Project South Africa 2016 | Stories of Rain

Global Nomadic Art Project South Africa 2016 | Stories of Rain

 2016.9.8 – 2016.10.6

 List of artists & participants

Stories of Rain traces the legacy of the first nomadic peoples of southern Africa. Local artists guide international artists through varied landscapes and world heritage rock art sites across South Africa, creating temporary nature art responses along the way.

Nature art is a non-destructive ephemeral art practice that uses natural materials and structures found at a chosen site to construct or perform a temporary artwork. Its practice engages meditative processes in preference to formal considerations, and artists will often repeat the same forms at different locations.

In this time of palpable climate change, humanity finds itself at the cusp of profound natural and cultural transformation. The dual disciplines of creative imagination and mediated thinking employed by artists can offer valuable insight during this time of transition.

The Global Nomadic Art Project, initiated by the YATOO Nature Art Association of Korea, offers artists the opportunity to influence and explore contemporary cultural attitudes towards nature, providing alternative avenues of understanding and insights into past legacies. The Site_Specific Collective is proud to host this event in South Africa. An educational tour led by the Outreach Foundation Boitumelo Project is funded by the National Lotteries Commission.

Strijdom van der Merwe, Anni Snyman, Janet Botes and Erica Lüttich are coordinating the Site_Specific land art collective – more than 30 South African artists who are hosting the South African leg of the Global Nomadic Art Project.

EXHIBITION: 6 October 2016

At the end of this journey participating artists prepare their documentation and art installations for exhibition in Cape Town. Stories of Rain, GNAP 2016 will open on Thursday 6 October 2016 at 18h00. Venue: the AVA Gallery, Cape Town. MAP: Google. Please note this is a one-night-only presentation.

Stories of Rain Exhibition – AVA Gallery, Cape Town