artist publication
10 leporellos, screen print on paper, bound in a cardboard box
17 x 23 cm
2024
This artist publication offers a selection of ten first-person accounts, told by |xam and !xun people to Lucy Lloyd and Wilhelm Bleek in Cape Town, South Africa, in the 1870s and 1880s. In their own words and in their own languages the narrators describe how they perceived and encountered the Dutch colonists (the Boers). The narratives present a rare perspective on Dutch colonialism in South Africa, and also offer a glimpse of the unique way in which the narrators saw the world.
The artist publication presented at the solo exhibition The Crow Messengers at Lumen Travo gallery in Amsterdam , 19 April - 18 May 2024.
All photographs Giovanni Nardi Photography.
CREDITS
Concept, transcriptions and images: Judith Westerveld
Graphic design: Paul Gangloff
Printing: Kees Maas
Binding: Boekbinderij Hennink
Set in Joseleen Reg 2018 Italic
Special thanks to Clive Kirkwood, Michal Singer and Prof. Pippa Skotnes, from the University of Cape Town for their generous assistance and insights.
Created with the support of Amarte Fonds, Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst and Mondriaan Fund.