The artwork Tafelboek is part of this hybrid exhibition through this virtual engagement, in which we explore the artwork through videos.
In the videos below, Willem Boshoff speaks to the making of two iconic sculptures from the 1970s, an era when he was one of a very few practising conceptual artists in South Africa. He astonishes viewers by combining his conceptual approach with highly complex sculptural forms, as in Tafelboek (1976-79) and Kubus (Cube, edition of 50, 1976 to 1982).
Through this virtual engagement both works, Tafelboek and Kubus, are also explored in string quartet performances of New Music composer Jaco Meyer's response to Boshoff's works.
Dr Jaco Meyer's (choir and instruments) performance of his musical interpretation of Willem Boshoff's famous 1980s volume of concrete poetry titled KYKAFRIKAANS
As a New Music composer Jaco Meyer was attracted to Boshoff’s conceptual approach.
Many compositions ensued, inspired by particular sculptural works by Boshoff, such as Tafelboek and Kubus, performed here as by the Novus String Quartet as Imitationen – sketches after artworks by Willem Boshoff.