CONTENTS

Foreword by Jay Horsburgh xiii

Author’s Note xix

Introduction 1

Alternative Practices 6

Alternative Spaces 13
Early Alternatives 13
New Alternatives 27

The Pre-FLAT Environment 47

The FLAT File 55
Thomas Barry 55
Johannesburg Art Now 60
Carol-Anne Gainer, Ledelle Moe, Janina Erlich 63
A Minor Retrospective 69
Niel Jonker 81
Clinton De Menzes 83
Andrew Strode 84
Melissa Marrins, Taryn Fox 85
Artworks in Paper/Paperworks in Art 91
The First Time 95
I’m Rite, I’m Rong 95
Ostrich-Egg Beading Workshop 99
BAT Funding Proposal 100
David Southam 102
Durban Arts Funding Proposal 104
SWANS 108
The Miracle Filter 119
Crusaders Fighting Art’s Demise 127
Act – Walter Hayn, Janine Holloway, George Holloway & Sarah 130
Forecast of Human Trembling – Adrian Hermanides 131
Gainer, Gumede, Barry, Moe, Hermanides, Allen 141
Forecast of Trembling II (after Hermanides) – Ledelle Moe 149
Sub/Merge: SoNic CaLcuLAS(so)O – Jay Horsburgh, Melissa Marrins 157
Letter from Henri 167
Etienne De Kock 169
The Festival of Laughter 173
Sam Ntshangase School Workshop 186
Piers Mansfield 189
Experiments & Conversation 190
Shaft/FLAT 194
Bread & Pliers 195
Experiments 195
Biennale Proposal 196
Conversation 198
The First Internotional Theatre of Communication 201
Zulu for Medics – Siemon Allen 223
Volkskas Atelier 227
Superman/ Sound Effects & Guitar 228
Spanish Train/English Train 229
Songs for Nella – Siemon Allen 230
Walker Paterson 235
Zahed Meer 239
Nina/Paul/Paul/Nina 242
Especially the Fact that I Don’t Have a Car 243
Aural Hygeine – The Listening Chamber – Brendon Bussy & others 247
Crude Nothingness (Doodle Exhibition) - Thokozani Mthiyane, Griselda Hunt 249
Samkelo Matoti 255
33 x 33 Degrees 257
Quasi-Stellar Objects 259
Jerome Mkize, Clinton De Menezes 263

Ruan Hoffman 263
The Cultural Desk 266
Form of the Future 267
Group Drawing Exhibition 268
Ricciotti Ensemble 269
3 Women Artist & a Dome - Faiza Fayers, Nirvana Ranjith, Lene Tempelhoff 273
TOCSIN 274
Jeffrey Brandt 278
Rhett Martyn 278
Sculpture Workshop Exhibition 278
FLAT Burn-Out 279

The Post-FLAT Continuation - A Temporary Conclusion 282
What’s Your Case – Suitcase Exhibition 285
FLAT Newsletter 287
FLAT Issue 1 – Greg Streak 289
FLAT Issue 2 – Essex Road Gallery 293
FLAT Issue 3 – Melissa Marrins 299
The FLAT Compact Disks & Meredith Vie 304
A Black Voice 307

Bibliography 313

Index 316