artist’s diary
art.thing.notes — a working journal of images and words, kept on Instagram from 2014 and archived here in full (202 entries).

Cazador-recolector. Una de las buenas cosas que me pasó al hacer Cor de Saúva fue la de conocer a Kai Lossgott, artista visual sudafricano…

After the Winter Solstice, my 82 year old aunt dragged me out to walk in the snow, and I managed to take this picture. Lying low now in…

Thrilled to be showing in such excellent company, at “The Art of Waste”, curated by Veronica Sekules, images courtesy of groundworkgallery…

Some installation shots and details from “The Art of Waste”, courtesy of groundworkgallery palmgruppe janericvisser lizziekimbley liz_elton…

Look out for my new book and installation at GroundWork gallery, a vital community art space curated by Veronica Sekules in King’s Lynn,…

More installation views and details from “The Art of Waste”, courtesy of groundworkgallery palmgruppe janericvisser lizziekimbley liz_elton…

Mmmmm juicy. It’s been a while since I found a card on the street. This one means Celebration. A trinity of creative flow. Friendship,…
▶(Audio on!) Old habits, new visitors. Keep it light. Is it art? The Art of Conversation. One more step, one more word, to find out what it…
▶Tonight’s walk-dance was in the local cemetery. Nobody watching, and nobody saying stop. The dead people told me they still do. Add your…
▶Dance while no one’s watching. 🗝🔓🏴☠️💖😴🥱

“I don’t know where I’m going from here, but I promise it won’t be boring.” David Bowie

Showing online now at the camunifestivals: ‘Crop marks and vanishing points’, ‘an interdisciplinary visual poem proposing an investigation…

Rose Monday in Munich. Photo on Ash Wednesday. Carnival in COVID. The Lunar New Year in India. Small ways to celebrate.
▶A chat about islands, exchange, and our recent video poem collab. See it in our feeds. Tania Haberland thetechnologyoftenderness Kai…
▶A poetic island of suspended space. Lets or or just 'Ocean of Winter’, a poetryfilm collab between Kai Lossgott & Tania Haberland, two…
▶The rock is not standing still. You are moving too fast. You did not get wet in a rainstorm, or dry in the sun. The landscape evolves…
▶Cut from the plant, the leaf must die. But as a host to bacteria and chemical processes, it is the beginning of life in other places. I am…
▶After the rain. The secret life of rocks. Somewhere near your big toe. Is chemical exchange a form of communication? Shot at…
▶What if I could decolonise time to see what my busy human mind cannot observe? A shift in the light. Small deaths. Returns. Progressions.…

Small change. Gone missing. For someone, from somewhere else. Unexchangeable. photo_club

The bus has an emergency roof exit. In case you're drowning, or have learnt to fly.
▶Good Morning. Keep breathing.




with us in Venice. A new book on why art matters in our times.

Climate change induced floods finally subsiding at the - in time for this: from my pocket to yours, some well-worn notes inside ROAR, a…





𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦. 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺. Paris Diary, 2015 - 2016, (detail). .

𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓎 𝒸𝒶𝓁𝓁 𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓂 𝓅𝒶𝓇𝓉𝒾𝒸𝓁𝑒𝓈. Note in Paris Diary, 2015 - 2016, (detail). .

𝐛𝐢𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐜𝐮𝐦𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 / 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐝 𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐢𝐧𝐬. Paris Diary, 2015 - 2016, (detail). .

𝗼𝗯𝘀𝗰𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘁𝘆/𝗼𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗶𝘁𝘆/𝘀𝗺𝗮𝗹𝗹𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 ⇋ 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗮, & 𝘂𝗽𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲 𝗱𝗼𝘄𝗻. Paris Diary, 2015 - 2016, (detail). .

𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐧𝐝. Paris Diary, 2015 - 2016, (detail). .

𝐢𝐦- 𝐮𝐧- 𝐝𝐞- 𝐞𝐱- 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐫𝐞- 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠. Paris Diary, 2015 - 2016, (detail). .

[{( ... )}]. Paris Diary, 2015 - 2016, (detail). .

[𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹] 𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁(?) Paris Diary, 2015 - 2016, (detail). .

"𝐩𝐮𝐫𝐞"𝐥𝐲. Paris Diary, 2015 - 2016, (detail). .

𝒹𝑒/𝒸𝑜𝓂𝓅𝑜𝓈𝒾𝓉𝒾𝑜𝓃 𝓈/𝓀/𝒾𝓃. Paris Diary, 2015 - 2016, (detail). .

(𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 2). Paris Diary, 2015 - 2016, (detail). .

(((𝒉𝒐𝒘 𝒎𝒖𝒄𝒉...))) Paris Diary, 2015 - 2016, (detail). .

𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘹𝘪𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘺. Paris Diary, 2015 - 2016, (detail). .

μεταφορά ≯ રૂપક ≯ 隐喻. Paris Diary, 2015 - 2016, (detail). .

𝓌(𝒽)𝑜/𝓂𝒶𝓃/𝒾𝓂𝒶𝓁𝓈. Paris Diary, 2015 - 2016, (detail). .

𝒄𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒌 𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆. Paris Diary, 2015 - 2016, (detail). .

(𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝑒𝓎𝑒 𝒸𝒶𝓃'𝓉 𝓈𝑒𝑒 𝒾𝓉𝓈𝑒𝓁𝒻, 𝒷𝓊𝓉 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝒷𝑜𝒹𝓎 𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓋𝑒𝓈 𝒶 𝓉𝓇𝒶𝒾𝓁...) Paris Diary, 2015 - 2016, (detail). .

𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐝𝐞𝐯𝐢(𝐜/𝐬)𝐞𝐬. Paris Diary, 2015 - 2016, (detail). .

(𝒶𝒷𝒶𝓃𝒹𝑜𝓃, 𝓇𝑒𝓈𝒸𝓊𝑒 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝑜𝓉𝒽𝑒𝓇 𝒽𝓊𝓂𝒶𝓃 𝓅𝒾𝓉𝓎 𝓅𝒶𝓇𝓉𝒾𝑒𝓈) Paris Diary, 2015 - 2016, (detail). .

𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐤𝐨𝐧 ≪ 𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞î𝐨𝐧 ??? Paris Diary, 2015 - 2016, (detail). .

𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘴 𝘢 𝘭𝘢𝘸 𝘰𝘧 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘥𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘴. Paris Diary, 2015 - 2016, (detail). .

𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 ∈ {𝙙𝙚𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙘𝙤𝙣-𝙩𝙚𝙭𝙩𝙨}. Paris Diary, 2015 - 2016, (detail). .

𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐞 𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚𝐧 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝. Paris Diary, 2015 - 2016, (detail). .

𝙚𝙮𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙚𝙮𝙚. Paris Diary, 2015 - 2016, (detail). .

""𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓰𝓼 𝓯𝓻𝓸𝓶 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓭𝓮𝓮𝓹"". Note in Paris Diary, 2015 - 2016, (detail). .

(𝘪𝘧 𝘪𝘵 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘢 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘵...) Paris Diary, 2015 - 2016, (detail). .

∴ 𝗺𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗲 '𝗶𝘁' ≈ 𝗮 𝗽𝗼𝗶𝗻𝘁. Note in Paris Diary, 2015 - 2016, (detail). .

𝐝𝐞𝐬𝐢𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐞 𝐯𝐚𝐫(𝐗). Paris Diary, 2015 - 2016, (detail). .

𝒕𝒆𝒍𝒍 𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒔𝒕𝒐𝒓𝒚, 𝒕𝒉𝒆𝒏 𝒎𝒂𝒌𝒆 𝒎𝒆 𝒑𝒂𝒚. Paris Diary, 2015 - 2016, (detail). .
▶Why did the chicken chase the seagull? So it could cross the road to steal the trash snack it was eyeing. .

When you care enough to notice flowers, honey it was a good day. One, the number of new beginnings.

Five of clubs, on the train. "Adventurous, restless, exploring new places, researching new ideas." Five, the number of expression.

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Last year's genius... During or after exams it always pays off to check out art schools' dumpsters.

under the wheels after the rain culture

Reflective practices... Hreinn Friofinsson retro show in Geneva

Queen of Clubs. The power of Love is superior to truth.

To the gang who stepped in to see and hear and feel and taste and interrogate and bring alive this bit of today: THANK YOU! No comm without…

American Mine Carlin NV17 (2007). David Maisel. . . “Vast terraced bowls step down—and down and, impossibly, further down—tracking dead…

My foot crossed paths with this small and fine plastic lattice of surprising strength, carried by Antwerp's wind: the formal principle of…

Ornately branded, internationally recognisable, internationally discarded. The cost of this chocolate is still the equivalent of about four…

Reverse-engineering waste. On the flipside of this print on foiled polymer plastic, an abandoned 'unmaking' experiment with toxic…

Up a side road near the dusty fields, under the unrelenting sun, pressed and dried against the tar, 'a nuisance, Ficksburg'. Kai Lossgott,…

In 2005 I started a blog, 'paramnesic pleasures', posting Cape Town performance art, poetry and animals that visited me, dead or alive, to…

So neatly trimmed, the neck of the dove, head left for the ants. Neat enough to be dinner nearby for someone who might need it. 'a roast,…

The next day, Paris, France: this bubblegum pink tough object skin-shred on a polished granite 'a plastic, Le Marais.' Kai Lossgott, 2017.…

It found me one day in 2015, Johannesburg, outside John Vorster Square, flattened by police cars, baked to a crisp in the heat of downtown…

Reversible, 'a plastic, Le Marais.' Kai Lossgott, 2017. Back of UV on postconsumer foiled polymer, from 'roadkill diaries'. Series…

After the afterparty. Dance on! .
▶never no Thing

davidmaiselstudio ・・・ The Mining Project Clifton AZ 3 (1989) . . “For Maisel, the artistic potential of these places is directly…

diy exhibition from the future, version x. 2019. Kai Lossgott. Postconsumer found in Kerkstraat & Schoonbekestraat, Antwerp; real product…

diy exhibition from the future, version x. 2019. Kai Lossgott. Postconsumer found in Kerkstraat & Schoonbekestraat, Antwerp; real product…

diy exhibition from the future, version x. 2019. Kai Lossgott. Postconsumer found in Kerkstraat & Schoonbekestraat, Antwerp; real product…

diy exhibition from the future, version x. 2019. Kai Lossgott. Postconsumer found in Kerkstraat & Schoonbekestraat, Antwerp; real product…

diy exhibition from the future, version x. 2019. Kai Lossgott. Postconsumer found in Kerkstraat & Schoonbekestraat, Antwerp; real product…

Rice, noodles, and then some. Smaaklik! rainwu_ is a quiet rockstar. Van Eyck Open Studios.

R(e-co)-mixing up the order/s and out to confuze! SWEET - SWEAT, a collaboration between De onkruidenier and rosannevanwijk Jan Van Eyck…

But where is the 'it' (id)? Probably not far from the 'I' (ego)?

"Il n'y a pas d'hors-texte."/ "There is no outside-text." "Of Grammatology", translated by

You had to be there. Chinese New Year.

Leda and accomplices. "Geese are associated with family, loyalty, and gossip. Their migration is symbolic of personal freedom."
▶Crow says.

Diamonds. Antwerp. Bring it on.

Crop this. .

Feeding stags with the ones.
▶Eija-Liisa Ahtila. "Research tables 1 and 2", from "Potentiality for Love (Mahdolinnen Rakkaus)". Retrospective of monumental × 7! m_museum

mirrors, peripheries, endless regressions...

Old habits die hard.

Spring!

No jokes.


Inspiring Mama making money from the downtown Jozi taverns. No portrait please, she gestured, before moving aside to let me snap my pic. .

Thank you Riverstone unschool school for accepting my collection as for the new 'everything must go' . . Credit to andre.clements…

Thank you for relieving me of my worldly possessions at last week's purge... 'everything must go'. And it did. And we are. Muchos graçias…

In ecology there is no site, only relations.

▶What you wanted. What you no longer want. And everything in-between. While stocks last. 13:08,17 Nov, cnr Bryant & 20th Str. Thanks to…

Then came the rain, then came the sun. Then we sang for the broken things. Then we left. Others are there. Cnr Bryant and 20th, SF, 5:30 PM.


Ketchup, anyone? With red onion. May just be organic.

Mix it up, janitor-style. Pit stop, ?

'dis-', from 'footnotes' series & on paper. (detail). 'hunter-gatherer', June 2017 at


"Make a powerful contribution", "learn-by-doing", "stand to be tested"

From the last of 14 days in a window during the Jhb Week / Fair 2016, 'can I eat it, can I sell it'

Its all small when you're a bird. No one-way streets and stop signs. Just patterns in space.


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"At a formal level, Lossgott’s work contemplates the rectangle, which he folds into books, then unfolds again in videos, he sews them onto…
▶Exhibition closes 14 June. 'hunter-gatherer', Kai Lossgott. 2016. Durational performance with wearable postconsumer plastic sculpture,…

'in the order of inedible things', (2017), mixed object assemblage, (detail). 'Hunter-gatherer', Absa Gallery.
▶'can I eat it, can I sell it'. durational over two weeks in fomer window, collected from all objects over 356 days. 'hunter-gatherer' at…

Solo exhibition until 14 June at Absa Gallery, Jhb... 'plastic', UV on kitchen towel paper, from the 'destinies for hire' series.…

'pig', UV on kitchen towel paper, from the 'destinies for hire' series. 'hunter-gatherer', Absa Gallery, Jhb.

'matters apparent & sympathetic (balcony, Phnom Penh)'. Detail from UV on acid-free tissue paper, unframed. 'hunter-gatherer' exhibition…

Repost from chuckgski - Detail (shell dissolving in acid) from Atelier Award-winning "small and common matters" (2015) video installation…

'things', (detail), from 'hunter-gatherer', Kai Lossgott's solo at Absa Gallery

'i <-> it', Kai Lossgott, multiple channel video installation. The outcome of a residency with , now on show at the solo exhibition…

'small and common matters', Kai Lossgott, video installation. The work that won the Atelier Award 2015, now on show at the solo exhibition…

Repost from creative_feel - In our June issue: an exhibition by Kai Lossgott at Absa Gallery opens today! In hunter-gatherer the minute,…

Repost from assemblageza - More from the opening of hunter-gatherer, Kai Lossgott's solo at Absa Gallery

Repost from creative_feel - What does it mean to be human? hunter-gatherer, an exhibition by Kai Lossgott, is being held at Absa Gallery…

Postconsumer Allsorts. Compliments of the species... Now which one to choose next...

from the 'footnotes' series. 'hunter-gatherer', solo exhibition by Kai Lossgott, l'Atelier Award winner 2015. Runs 21 May - 15 June 2017,…

After a late night in, not drinking.

Gloves optional. 'help yourself'. Kai Lossgott. 2016. Cut-up advertising, self-help columns, and commercial art catalogues. Carbon laser…

'across & between'. Anonymous (Kai Lossgott and public participants). 2017. 8 hour performance installation with found books and headphones…

'across & between'. Anonymous (Kai Lossgott and public participants). 2017. 8 hour performance installation with found books and headphones…

'across & between'. Anonymous (Kai Lossgott and public participants). 2017. 8 hour performance installation with found books and headphones…

'across & between'. Anonymous (Kai Lossgott and public participants). 2017. 8 hour performance installation with found books and headphones…

'across & between'. Anonymous (Kai Lossgott and public participants). 2017. 8 hour durational performance installation for public…

'across & between', by Anonymous (Kai Lossgott and public participants). 2017. 8h durational performance for public participation.…
▶Overnight appearance in the handle of my backpack: hunting


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A see food story, caught by the tail.

Remnants of the

'how the building remembers you', Kai Lossgott, 2016. Photo installation, The White Building, Phnom Penh, KH.

Wherever you go, you are.

Kids - the best audience in the world! Photo: Phanith Cchum

What you missed at the White Building last night... Photo: Phanith Chum

Strange little flower, like jasmine and cocoa butter.

Found another eight of clubs!
▶Kai Lossgott spent two weeks sorting and exhibiting trash in a former shop window, around the corner from the Art Museum for his project…

On-lookers checking out Kai Lossgott's consumer diary of 356 days of barcodes in a former shop window as part of "can I eat it, can I sell…

"A quick turn of events. Having visitors. Going travelling." All of the above.

How they know where the stones belong... (Rebuilding temples in the jungle and other constructions)

Juicy juicy fruit, tell me your name! Any guesses?

"- ...almost forgot... I finished the Kai Lossgott project today... Its a one color hand pulled print... but damn simplicity can look sooo…

One more day in the

P earns a living below minimum wage as a professional wastepicker. He brings me things he finds in the street and helps me stick them up in…

Still wanted for informal conversation with an artist this week: a chemical engineer (waste scientist), a creative entrepreneur and…

People knock as I work in the window. "What is this?" And I grow daily in the simple and clear answers that I owe them. But the…

'Eternal hold', from the collagraph series 'ecothinking'. Visit Artist's Proof at Sept 2016.

The tree in the codes, and other reflections on natures both human and non. Kai Lossgott, "can I eat it, can I sell it", residency, on…

Repost from tpo.projects

The people ask, "What is this?" "Barcodes from a year I bought and ate. Everything not seen here."

A late-night commuter contemplates the work-in-progress during "Can I eat it, can I sell it", by Kai Lossgott, artist in residence, Art…

Eat using two fingers and one tongue only. 'ecological intelligence.' Kai Lossgott. In/edible installation. Glass, feta cheese,…

What's on the menu in Primrose-East tonight?

... He didn't tell me his name, but I watched some lucky catches.

After living on the for 20 years, Arne Berendsen gets his money soon and plans going to travel all over the world. In the meantime he needs…

'hunter-gatherer' as part of "Musée-l'ont-l'eux", curated by Afrikadaa and Pascale Obolo. Kai Lossgott Photo: Deneth P

"The energy feels really pure but perverted, slightly disgusting but beautiful..." (Marija K) Kai Lossgott Repost from divlja (Photo: Mirna…

Kai Lossgott Repost from divlja (Photo: Mirna Pibernik)

Do tell, Mr Zoologist, the name of this fine domesticated creature eaten and discarded here this morning at the Voltaire Market?

Please pick, feel, lick and chew the art. Edible installation from Kai Lossgott's solo project show "hunter-gatherer" at Schillerpalais,…

Repost from camillechns - Kai Lossgott

Repost from sonosora - Performance de Kai Lossgott "Hunter-gatherer" dans le finissage d'African Art Book Fair

Admin this.

Endless net.

Scribbles in the cracks.

Skin stains.
▶Death to all cigarette butts! . Kai Lossgott. 2016. Durational performance with wearable postconsumer plastic sculpture, (animated stills).…

Postposter-ism. Crumpled paper print, some real nasty glue and a lot of rain, culprit unknown, 20 cents AD.

Note to self: learn to organise between appetite and hunger

No screen experience replaces it.

... all nighters back in at the Bijou Studios in Woodstock, - always in great company! <3 lizagrobler container_45 elizevossgatter…

Memories of

T for ... ?

Glue print on cement wall, ca 2015. Artist anonymous and unintentional.

Jozi Wednesday, Paris Thursday.

Five of spades. Found a week ago during a shoot in the Karoo. Its symbolic meaning is "labour of love" and "travel". The wisdom of Google.…

Waiting for sunrise. Spot the birdies.

Ace of Hearts.

long snippet of seasons unseen found among the juiced-up / living / winding rageless forward

Picking in the Bavarian Moors. Preislbeeren oder Heidelbeeren? your Neo. ;)

*sigh* Such sacrifices for art's sake... ;) hahaha

Don't ask how much it cost, it was worth it.
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