IN 1999, I BEGAN TO EXPERIMENT WITH PRINT. I HAD DONE A COURSE IN PHOTOGRAPHY AT NATAL TECHNICON IN THE 1980'S AND HAD OCCASSIONALLY WORKED WITH IT, BUT AFTER THE SECRET/ICON EXHIBITION IN 1998, I STARTED TO TAKE PHOTOGRAPHS WITH A CERTAIN STYLE IN MIND AND WANTED TO SOMEHOW COMBINE THEM WITH POETRY I HAD WRITTEN, ALL THIS CULMINATED IN THE TRIP-UP SERIES.

I WORKED INITIALLY ON AN A4 FORMAT LAYERING IMAGES PRINTED ON VARIOUS MATERIALS AND OVERWORKING SCRIPT, THE FINAL IMAGE WAS SCANNED AS A SINGLE IMAGE AND PRINTED ONTO LAMINATE WHICH WAS THEN LAMINATED OVER BOARD MEASURING 90CMX 120CM WHICH I HAD WORKED ONTO IN A SIMILAR WAY, SO THERE WAS WONDERFUL DEPTH IN THE FINAL PIECES, LAYER APON LAYER OF IMAGE, TEXT, SCRIPT AND DESIGN.

THE SERIES WAS EXHIBITED AT 38 SPECIAL, BUIENKANT STREET, CAPETOWN.