NO SHOW MUSEUM

2nd

i James Webb

Spectre, 2011

The black passage, 2006

The world will listen, 2005

The automn project, 2005

The conversation (Egebjerg), 2013

Illuminated nothing, 2012

Silent zone, 2012

Black light district, 2012

Spectre, 2011

* 1975 in Kimberley, South Africa. Lives and works in Cape Town

South African Artist

Exhibited works

Spectre, 2011. 2nd \| A		In this unadvertised intervention at the FNB Joburg Art Fair, a volunteer concealed a powerful, portable cellular phone jammer on their person and walked through the fair canceling reception within a roving 20 m radius. (1)

The black passage, 2006. 2nd \| A		Purpose-built tunnel, CD player, speakers, amplifier, assorted wires, halogen light, black velvet curtaining, audio. Dimensions: 20 x 2 x 2 m. Duration: 11 min. 11 sec. A sound recording of an empty elevator cage descending into and ascending out of the South Deep mine, the deepest twin-shaft goldmine in the world. This was broadcast from a wall of speakers installed at the end of a narrow 20 m long black tunnel. Visitors enter the long, but confined, space and are drawn towards a frame of golden light emitted from a location behind the speakers at the end of the tunnel. The sound is diffused at high volume and can be experienced as both an auditory and a physical sensation. The scenography of the black speakers framed with light is a reference to Kazimir Malevich’s Black Square.

The world will listen, 2005. 2nd \| A		Electricity. Dimensions: Variable. Duration: 4 min. 33 sec. A 4 minute 33 second power failure instigated at a gallery opening. The duration of this piece is exactly as long as John Cage's famous silent piece.

The autumn project, 2005. 2nd \| A		Medium: Variable. Dimensions: Variable. Duration: 3 months. An unadvertised project during which the artist accepted every invitation given to him for a period of three months.

The conversation (Egebjerg), 2013. 2nd \| A		By invitation of the Odsherred Kulturfestival, the artist lived with different families over the course of two weeks in the small town of Egebjerg in Sjæland, Denmark. He conducted interviews with the residents, compiling these audio recordings, and then sealing in a time capsule that was buried in the town’s park. It will be opened on August 4, 2103. For the duration of the festival, the artist was available to walk with visitors in Egebjerg and hold private conversations.

Illuminated nothing, 2012. 2nd \| A		A white neon, calligraphic rendition of the Japanese word "Mu" (the equivalent to the Chinese character "Wu"), meaning "nothingness" and "without."

Silent zone, 2012. 2nd \| A		The electrical lighting of a space was connected to a motion sensor so that when visitors walked under an overhead light, the light switched off. The artwork allows visitors to always walk in darkness.

Black light district, 2012. 2nd \| A		For the duration of the vernissage, the gallery's visitors were required to refrain from talking while inside the exhibition.