AfrikaBurn out in the Tankwa Karoo, 2019. Me and friends building art in the desert.
There’s something about that environment that strips away everything unnecessary. No gallery walls, no audience expectations, no commercial pressure. Just people making things together in extreme heat and dust.
We built installations, did performances, drew on each other and on whatever surface we could find. The work was temporary — most of it burned or blew away. And that was the point. The value wasn’t in the object, it was in the exchange. In showing up and being part of something that only existed for a few days.
It taught me that art doesn’t need permanence to matter. Some of my best creative experiences have been the most fleeting.