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2019 04 Strand, Western Cape, South Africa Moving a found piece of drift wood over a period of time to allow the wind to blow sand against the wood, and make an impression. More
2019 03 Garden Route Botanical Garden, George, South Africa On the Equinox I gathered a couple of friends for a land art gathering next to the stream in the Garden Route Botanical GardenThese are some of the expressions that I created:    View the video in which I drop each of the above stones from my hand back into the stream: https://vimeo.com/331697141 More
2019 02 Pledge Nature Reserve, Knysna, South Africa - group gathering On Sunday 10 February a group of artists & nature lovers gathered at Pledge Nature Reserve in Knysna on the Garden Route, South Africa, to create land art. Participants: Nanna Joubert, Koerina Deacon, Petra Bongartz, Ingrid Nuss, Janet Botes, Roz Schubert, Michele Schubert, Sylvia Williamson, Dessie Evans, Nicki Friedlein, Brett Baker, Chantelle van der Walt, Lindie Calitz. More
2018 11 East Head, Knysna South Africa Created on 17 November during a short land art session on the rocky beach at Knysna's East Head, that formed part of VERGE - an art exhibition & programme of educational events, workshops and guided walks during November 2018 in Knysna, Garden Route, Western Cape, South Africa. Janet Botes (the host/coordinator):   Participants:  As a result of this small gathering monthly land art gatherings on.. More
2018 05 Wilderness Heights, Garden Route, South Africa More
2018 06 Fairy Knowe backpackers, Wilderness, South Africa " data-ke-type="html">HTML 삽입미리보기할 수 없는 소스In this moment I let go of all my own stories, beliefs and excuses. In this moment I let go of all my desire and hopes. In this moment I just listen to the wind through the bells. In this moment I am here. - - -Bells recorded at a temple in South Korea in 2015 during the Global Nomadic Art Project. Leaf with a stick threaded through, at Fairy Knowe backp.. More
2018 08 Garden Route Botanical Garden, George, South Africa At the foot of the Outeniqua mountains, in George, lies the Garden Route Botanical Garden. I am collaborating with the manager of the gardens, Finn Rautenbach, on a new project to bring art into the spaces in a way that make visitors interact and learn about the biodiversity of the gardens. We've only just begun with the project, and my expressions below was created during the first session of t.. More
2018 01 Gordons Bay, Western Cape, South Africa Collaboration with Pierre Bezuidenhout More
2018 03 Keurboomstrand, Plettenberg Bay, South Africa Collaboration with Annie le RouxKeurboomstrand, Plettenberg Bay, South Africa  Stop motion video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kKMLEfWwnWYCreation and documentation of land art by Janet Botes and Annie le Roux. Video compilation and editing: Pierre Bezuidenhout. More
2017 Selected works More
2017 02 Gordonsbay beach, Western Cape, South Africa Gordon's Bay beach, Western Cape, South AfricaMarch 2017 More
2017 01 Gordonsbay beach, Western Cape, South Africa Rocks and spit, Gordons Bay beach More
2016. October - Myoli Beach, Sedgefield, South Africa Fragments of the beachBreaking pieces of hardened sand and putting it on the unbroken layer of sandMyoli Beach, Sedgefield, South Africa  Holes in the SandUsing my finger to poke holes into the harder top layer of the sandMyoli Beach, Sedgefield, South Africa More
2016. 8/9 - 6/10 Stories of Rain: Global Nomadic Art Project Several Yatoo-i artists joined for the South African leg of the Global Nomadic Art Project from 8 September to 6 October in South Africa:Istvan Eross, Imke Rust, Anni Snyman, Strijdom van der Merwe, Kim Soonim, Mr. Ko, Mahmoud Maktabi, Marie Giyatri, Patrick Tagoe-Turkson We traveled throughout the country, visiting different sites which included farms, nature reserves, cultural centers and smal.. More
2016, 17 April, Cape Land Art Gathering Western Cape Land Art group, South Africa.Site: Tokai, Cape Town. Once a month a group of artists in Cape Town gathers in different local sites to create temporary, site-specific installations. April's gathering was in Cheryl Traub Adler's beautiful garden in transition in Tokai. We had a lot of materials to work with and had a lot of wonderful connecting - with the land, the plants, the dogs an.. More
2016, 14 February, Scarborough beach, Western Cape, South Africa More
2015, Wildekrans, Western Cape, South Africa - Bark leaves & Seed cocoon Work done at Wildekrans Country House in the Western Cape of South Africa, as part of an event by Site_Specific Leaf shape created from leaves carved from the bark of a fallen Eucalyptus Tree.Seed pod/Cocoon created from pear tree trimmings, attached to the tree with garden-wire More
2015, Wildekrans, Western Cape, South Africa - Leaves of Change "Leaves of Change"Site: Wildekrans Country House, Houw Hoek, Overberg, Western Cape, South AfricaMedium: Found wood, reeds, screws & hemp twine2015 “Step through the wind that rustle the leaves of trees, plants & weedson the slope of a mountain – fallen, standing, tallthe trees that read the memory of the leaves Defined shades and lines cast by the long limbs of the treesLet all the green leaves.. More
2015, The rocks of Brandvlei, Northern Cape, South Africa About Brandvlei (from Wikipedia):Brandvlei is a small town in the Karoo region of the Northern Cape, South Africa. This is where a 19th-century trekboer called Ou Brand settled. Brand camped at this spot at the Sakrivier, a dry river bed, which only occasionally had water after good rains – and which typically result in flash floods. This Brandvlei is located in the Bushmanland, also known as th.. More
2015, The Global Nomadic Art Project Korea II, Work by Janet Botes I had the privilege to be part of the group of artists for the second instalment in South Korea of the Global Nomadic Art Project (GNAP).  "Just as nomads, who obtain everything they need from nature the participating artists will get a new idea during travel country side in Korea, and leave their artistic imaginations in the fields like a wild flower. The artists move to and fro out of genuine .. More