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HA!ART
creations with an aesthetic bent
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gaudeamus
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a pianistic and not so sentimental interpretation of the well-known
academic commercium song, Gaudeamus Igitur ("So Let Us Rejoice"),
recorded on a Steinway grand in Stellenbosch (HM Apr 2021) |
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classical |
10:11 |
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most
beautiful town
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key places, buildings and views from my (and my parents') past in
Stellenbosch, described by some foreign visitors as the most beautiful
town in the world (HM Apr 2021) |
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SLIDESHOWS |
3-1
emotive |
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Grand
Africa
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with the voice of the late Nolufefe Mtshabe, a xhosa song with two
distinctive parts is combined in this at once jolly, quirky and
massively "grand" piece of orchestral African (with HM
Feb 2008) |
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rhythmic swing |
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hier
sta ik
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Joke's improvised Dutch poem "hier sta ik" blends with
a drive through a misty Karoo in the early morning hours ((HM March
2021) |
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mystical |
04:32 |
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woman
and the beast
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the curved beauty and gentleness of female fecundity suggested by
juxtaposing the figure of a woman with that of a cow (JD Mar 2021) |
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aesthetic |
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farmer
world
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a cloud of thought drifts from a farmer's head as he is flanked
by two heads of cattle.. a hanging cigarette further betrays the
stress that is the fate of many of his profession (JD Mar 2021) |
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aesthetic |
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HA!MIND
issue-driven and food-for-thought creations
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circle
of domestication
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our interdependence with the domesticated animal depicted as a
swril of figures connecting an arm chair with the slope of bare
land (JD Mar 2021)
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DRAWINGS
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2-1
explorative |
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Wisdom
Search (2)
wisdom and Truth
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The Three Part Conceptual Analysis (2) - comparing the quest for
Truth and the nature of wisdom, how Truth can be sold but how
wisdom is still hard to find and nourish in our age (HM Mar 2013)
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ESSAYS
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explanatory |
791
woorde
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FACEBOOK
GEDIG
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'n spotgedig met myself wat so lank huiwer of ek op Facebook moet
bly of moet afstap. 'n spotgedig met Facebook. (HM Jan 2016)
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2-2
beskrywend |
155
woorde
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IMPROVISATION
NOW Part 8
Improvisation
is spiritual
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the eighth installment - goes to the roots of spirituality to
clarify its meaning and looks at the ways spontaneous expression
can give effect to this dimension, without becoming religious
in itself (HM Feb 2021)
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ESSAYS
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explanatory |
2163
words
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illusion
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what came out between myself and Christopher Pressing in Chicago,
with an array of sound making objects and a text by Ludwig Wittgenstein.
In this first of five pieces, the word illusion features in sometimes
humerous ways (Oct 2015)
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RECORDINGS
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2-1
experimental |
07:32
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The
You
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look around. listen. watch. a thousand messages about and for
You. every hour, every day. all lies. and yet we keep believing
the God of our times. (HM Feb 2021)
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POEMS
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festive |
870
words
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HA!LIFE
creations drawing from daily life, on the road and
stage
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it
is in Stellenbosch
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a brief catalogue of events that had a formative influence on
my life during the times i resided in Stellenbosch, spanning a
decade from 1986 onwards. Stellenbosch is a visionary place and
therefore rife with disillusionment (HM Apr 2021)
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ESSAYS
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sciences, objectivity |
1799
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Stellenbosch
stands for an idea
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my parents met as the ideal couple in an ideal town with images
of the ideal years in Afrikaner history, which was all just an
idea (HM Apr 2021)
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POEMS
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2-2
descriptive |
188
words
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maddened
by music
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upon meeting a man who fell between the cracks of Western classical
music and the intensity of his own feelings (HM Mar 2021)
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02
POEMS
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1-1
primal |
253
words
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Bibliotheek
Stutterheim
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(in DUTCH) anecdotes around our town library that seems to have
stood still since priorities in South Africa shifted from advanced
public services to building proper houses for millions of shack
dwellers (JD Feb 2021)
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ESSAYS
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3-1
ethics, justice |
671
words
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tjello
se tonge van vuur
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cello and fire collaboration recorded during strict lockdown for
a Dutch festival (commentary in Afrikaans). four improvisation
pieces (the final piece is also lightly orchestrated, along with
nostalgic images of our pre-COVID days) (HM Jun 2020)
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FILM
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2-1
explorative |
21:36
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SITRAP
210307
where there is death there is life
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finding myself in the tropics i ponder the supply and demand of
life itself, the feng-shui of performance and the disembodied
niceness of fruit juice (HM Mar 2021)
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ESSAYS
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spirituality, connection |
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