Teaching Teachers
Workshop 21 February 2019
Process photograph from Christian Nerf’s participatory artwork ‘Teaching Teachers’ on A4’s ground floor. A white pinboard in A4’s library features multiple overlapping and multicoloured pages with graphite drawings and visible traces of having been folded.
Workshop: Christian Nerf’s Teaching Teachers, Museum Night, February 21, 2019. Image courtesy of the artist.
Title Teaching Teachers Dates 21 February 2019 Location Ground Floor Tagline A participatory artwork devised by artist Christian Nerf. Credits

Artist:
Christian Nerf

Facilitators:
Sahlah Davids
Vanessa Chen

This action is carried out spontaneously in any location. By using this drawing technology of mine to engage with people, I am attempting to create a space of common ground in which we all walk away being on top – once you have been taught a lesson, you are a teacher and can choose to teach. Thus far, I have over 300 drawings in my archive from interactions with strangers, colleagues, tutors and friends. With this experiment, I set out to (i) democratise this relatively unique technique, (ii) demystify drawing as a thing that only artists do, and (iii) decommodify the artwork, allowing its intrinsic value – as a thinking tool – to reemerge.

– Christian Nerf

Teaching Teachers occurred at Museum Night, an annual event designed to encourage exploration of Cape Town's museums and cultural institutions after hours and free of charge.

Museum Night South Africa is an initiative of Thursdays Projects. Iziko Museums South Africa is a founding partner.

Event photograph from Christian Nerf’s participatory artwork ‘Teaching Teachers’ on A4’s ground floor. At the back, a small poster shows participants where the artwork will take place.
Workshop: Christian Nerf’s Teaching Teachers, Museum Night, February 21, 2019. Image courtesy of A4 Arts Foundation.
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