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PERFORMANCE

 SELECTED RECENT PERFORMANCES:

FOUNTAIN Date Withheld
LICKED COLONY 2011

THANK YOU
CONTAINER

RECITAL

Johan Thom’s aesthetic interests with regards to his performance practice extend to the study of African ceremonies and rituals that shape contemporary South African culture. He has presented performance workshops and participated in exhibitions (see shortened CV here) at numerous biennials and group exhibitions in South Africa, Germany, Italy, Spain, Bangladesh, Slovenia and Belgrade, amongst others.

Click on one of the links below to view examples of the works or simply use the page menu on the right to navigate your way around the site.

This page has the following sub pages.

  • Licked Colony (2011)
  • Thank you (2011)
  • For Linnaeus (2013)
  • Container (2011)
  • Fountain (Date Withheld)
  • Recital (2010/11)
  • Host 1 (2010)
  • Biblioclast: Action with Afrikaans/Dutch Dictionary (Rotterdam 2010)
  • Figurehead (2010)
  • Incantation series (2010 – 2012)
  • Vox Populis/ Vox Dei (2008/9)
  • Come in peace/ Go to pieces (2008)
  • Traffic (2008)
  • Twilight (2008)
  • The Theory of Gravity (2006)
  • Outpost Series (2004-6)
  • Bind/Ontbind Series (2003)
  • …other performances

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  • Pages

    • PERFORMANCE
      • For Linnaeus (2013)
      • Licked Colony (2011)
      • Thank you (2011)
      • Container (2011)
      • Fountain (Date Withheld)
      • Recital (2010/11)
      • Host 1 (2010)
      • Biblioclast: Action with Afrikaans/Dutch Dictionary (Rotterdam 2010)
      • Figurehead (2010)
      • Incantation series (2010 – 2012)
      • Vox Populis/ Vox Dei (2008/9)
      • Come in peace/ Go to pieces (2008)
      • Traffic (2008)
      • Twilight (2008)
      • The Theory of Gravity (2006)
      • Outpost Series (2004-6)
      • Bind/Ontbind Series (2003)
      • …other performances
    • VIDEO/INSTALLATIONS
      • Flow (2011)
      • Blood Rites/ eat your words (2010)
      • Host II (2010)
      • Shellshock (2010)
      • Illumination | 2010
      • Panopticon (2009)
      • Outpost 4 (2008)
      • The Theory of Displacement (2008)
      • Challenging Mud (After Kazuo Shiraga) (2008)
      • Terms of endearment (2007)
      • The Ascension (2007)
      • Birth of a Tyrant (2007)
      • The Theory of Flight (2006)
      • The Theory of Evolution (2006)
      • The Minotaur Series 12 (2005)
      • The Labyrinth (2004)
      • Violence and Happiness (2003)
      • The Pencil Test Series (2003)
    • OBJECTS
      • Fallen – object for throwing from Waterloo/ Blackfriars Bridge (2012)
      • Workhorse (2011) with Guy Du Toit
      • Gold works (2010 -)
      • Songbirds/ Decoy (2010 -)
      • Vessel: Perfect Lovers (2009)
      • Philistine rules/ Did you know? (2007)
      • Looking for Lucy (2007)
      • The OK Revolution (2007)
      • Molotovmammas (2007)
      • The Theory of Labour (2006)
      • words oft error (2005)
      • I am no-one (2001-2)
    • ABOUT
      • Press
      • Shortened CV
      • Interviews
        • The ghosts wish to remember: Interview with Petra Zemljič (2010)
        • Johan Thom interviewed by Sarah Claire Picton (2009)
        • Interview with Peter Machen (2008)
        • Radio Papesse Interview as part of ‘.za: Young Art From South Africa’ (2008)
        • Interview with David Koloane (2007)
        • Interview with Willem Boshoff (2006)
        • Interview with Carine Zaayman (2003)
      • Authored
        • Kendell Geers at the Steven Friedman, London
        • Life intimidating art, The Diplomat, Sept/Oct 2007
        • Roger Ballen at the Johannesburg Art Gallery, 2007
        • The sleeping monster produces reasons : Diane Victor
        • Santu Mofokeng (2010)
        • The sense of fresh air (2010)
        • Taming the Trojan Horse: Disarming the Politics of Otherness in a Postcolonial (African) Context
    • CONTACT
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