Ann Gollifer is a visual artist whose practice includes painting, print-making, writing, and photography.

In the artist’s words: “A Prince of Serendip gate crashed the making of my video for The Long Minute. He stole the show. I sought revenge and painted his skull to wear as a mask.

I decided to make a video showing my process. It is physical as I use my body to form a graphite frame upon paper into which I pour the paint. I know what I am going to do but I never know what will happen as the paper bends and the paint dries. During this lockdown period I had only my own body to work with as I continued with my current series of paintings called ‘The Archaeology of love.’ I use earth pigments mixed into gum Arabic to make watercolours that reference our ancient relationship with the ochres, forming pathways from present to past. I am in search of sentient beings, excavating ancestors. The baboon’s intervention offered me that lucky coincidence that turns the mundane upside down to reveal something magical, a new and unexpected image. Serendipity.”

Concept & Creation | Ann Gollifer
Sound | Recordings made while workshopping toward Season 7 with Micca Manganye, Volley Nchabeleng & Vusi Mdoyi
Video Editor | Noah Cohen
Curator of The Long Minute | Bronwyn Lace