Looking forward to another weekend of murder, magic and mayhem...

Slurping double G&Ts
Dressed up as die Volk.
Playing the quintessentially Albion
game of croquet.

Meeting madmen and spectacular specters in the hallway at midnight.
Writing ink drenched yellowed
postcards in the sun.
Blessed and sealed. And posted
in shiny happy red boxes to eager lovers
and grandmas crocheting tea cosies..

knew we would not be able to keep Show 'n Tell a secret..


article in: Chewthemagazine

weekend 2 / 3 october 2009

hot off the press..
2009 Show 'n Tell dates - weekend of 2/3 October!!!

Keep it in your dagboek now ..lots happening that time of year..
start saving up for your luxury hotel room...

LOST AND FOUND

Due to the unfortunate case of me leaving a rather important piece of equipment behind in Matjiesfontein, I took a not unpleasant Sunday drive to revisit the site of Show 'n Tell... to retrieve our bits and bobs that we left all over the place. Not all items that people lost were actually found, but if anything in the photos looks familiar to you, please let me know and I will gladly return them.. I may put up a fight for the pink scarf though...






Someone left this dress at the clothes swap, and looks like Nathan left something in the Proteas...



Sorry guys, this great black coat has been claimed!


And this one I was very glad to have back, it's the fabulous Inge Cloak!
So we should probably have a shot with her in it too...




This looked like a feather boa but could also be a wig. Marc do you recognise it?


Luckily this spot had just been vacuumed in time for the shoot...

I think this is why we all miss Matjiesfontein ... things make sense there

Talks about Show 'n Tell 2009 are underway.. the madness will be continued..

calling cape town matjies

Hello! good news.

The Photostudio pictures are ready to be viewed!
So we are going to have a little gathering:

Where: The newly re-opened Fstop Cafe, Maynard St, Gardens (behind the hole in the ground that once was the Corner house.)
When: Thursday, 22nd October
What: Photographic Slideshow and finger supper.
Time: 7:30pm

Please rsvp
Please each bring ready to eat fingerfood
x Julia
076 5093 765
Skype: juliamerrett

"Sometimes you need to create what you want to
be part of."
- Geri Weitzman

DO NOT PANIC

No reason to get upset that its over -
its only good-bye for now, not good-bye forever

Show 'n Tell 2009 will happen..
watch this space for details for next year.. and start dreaming up your contribution so long..

im gonna make very sure this time around not to miss it..

"Yoh just another big thanks to you for the most awesome weekend ever. I just cant stop thinking about it and how much fun it was. and all thanks to all your hard work.- Dannali"

"I just wana say a massive heart felt thank you for such a wonderful weekend away. everything went so smoothly and just flowed so well. there were so many great things going on all the time in a setting fit out of this world and i miss it already. and the people! what a rad bunch we all were. im sure you must have worked hard to get things to run so well and i really appreciate it all especially because i know its a space for everyone to have fun and no one walks away benefiting more than the other so a special thanks to you two for the weekend...i so look forward to next year and to seeing all the photos etc the weekend produced.-Meaghan"

"thank you so much for a wonderful weekend...we were last to leave as you saw so you know how much it fun we had. -Annelie"

"Well done on such a lovely weekend. had such a great time. havnt danced like that in donkeys ears! see you soon for more - Erin"

"Thank you so much for the Weekend of The Year
My soul feels nourished by magic and wonderful company!
love to you! - Jess T"

"Thanks....mostest wonderfullest weekend. - Gene"

"THANKS AGAIN. what a beautiful, restorative, inspiring weekend - Rose"

"Thanks again for the effort this weekend. It was splendid, just splendid. - Andrew"

"Thanks awesomely Julia. You do flippin' stunning work. - Bryn"

"Thank you so much for putting that together. I feel so much better than I should, all things considered. Must be a side-effect of happiness. - Jeremy"

"thanks for a great weekend! i had sooo much fun -ant"

rose

never mind being a great great DJ - rose is an excellent photographer.. thanks for sending the links to your galleries

album one
album two
album three

its simpler to bury reality than to dispose of dreams

Get your own - Open publication

Its easier to bury of reality than to dispose of dreams

'its simpler to bury reality than to dispose of dreams'

A collection of writing for maitjies
you can view an online magazine version of this publication on the above link - click on the image to make it bigger. or you can mail adam for a printable version and have your own copy in the toilet. enjoi!
Adam Cooper: adcoops1980@gmail.com

My first Matjies

what was special about Matjies? hmmm, so much really that can be said in three words: people, place and showntell. There was so much to absorb... Jewels and Clinton put some hard work into creating picture. The space olympics got us all excited. The musical sounds of Andy, Buckfever Underground and were just incredible.

the haphazard
the spontaneity
the well thought out and articulately planned
the way every one was just at home and stoked
the sunshine on the grass
the finer detail of poems and origami cranes
the ice ice cold swim in the river
all of the above and more...

a gem of a weekend.
cant wait for next year and the next year and the year after that.
really. *

dreaming

"Most people believe that you have to have your eyes closed to dream, that you have to distance yourself from reality. But the opposite is true. The best dreams are the ones you have with your eyes open. You call them dreams but they’re really ideas, projects and visions. They have the same consistency as life."

thanks so much for making Show 'n Tell 2008 happen - i could feel the magic even up here in Norway.. thanks so much for the kind emails and for sending me fleischbook links to your galleries.. its greattttt to see what you were up too.. so glad the blog is alive too.. lets keep the ball rolling.. its for SURE that I will be there next year - not only in spirit..
let us play and play on - inge

i made a puzzle with the help of my matjies

thanks stuart and saphia for making them! you're so clever! x

recycled swans and sausage dog

The Tee Party Project

So I just found Dan Pinch's blog all about pics he was taking and stories he was collecting at Matjies... Check it out here!

Jess Tyrrell: Bathroom Poet

Wayfarer, the road
is your footsteps, nothing else.
Wayfarer, there is no road
you open it as you walk it.
The walking opens the road.
And when you turn your eyes back
and see the path you'll never
walk again
Wayfarer, there is no road
but wakes on the sea.

By Jess Tyrrell
Photo by Julia Merrett

need I say more........?

Fliipin Cool I tell you.

It has to be said: That Julia Merrett is one awesome gal and Marc is pretty rad too. Thanks to them for such a flippin kiff time. I know how much time (a lot) n energy (loads) they put into it before, during and after to make sure that everything was so easy for the rest of us to just enjoy and all just because they are such cool people who like having fun with other cool people, but I think that definately makes them the coolest people by far! Shot guys you rock big time.

tudor, potplant, nathan, snowcapped matroosberg, the hotel cat, late saturday night in the window, marietjie's hair halo'd by the late afternoon sun, the ph

oto shoot, greg l eating a fork of something or other from sam, righard on the solo, back-lawn shenanigans, fake swans on real water, the mural on which the sun will shine even when it's raining all night.

and so lekker it was. thanks to all you very very nice people.

lost & found

lost: 1 x fingerless glove
found: 1 x new home for fingerless glove (in matjiesfontein)

lost: 1 x Spiderman branded bubbles, sadly
found: 1 x pink plastic dart gun, hard-hitting, with matching glasses, hard-core

lost: 50% liver health
found: 1 x ridiculously high tolerance for alcohol

lost: many x inhibitions
found: 1 x penchant for going big in small towns and trampolining on the dance floor with 1 x Simon at 4 x o'clock in the morning

lost: many x hours of sleep
found: 1 x fingerless glove looking for love (in cape town)

lost: 1 x matjiesfontein virginity
found: many x new matjies

lost: 1 x sadness
found: 1 x happiness

thanks matjies
you the best

1 x nathan

maitjies post blues syndrome

Do not stress people. If you are sitting at home post maitjies with a dampened creative spark from all the liquor you consumed at the bar on the weekend trying to juice whats left out of you to produce something half interesting do not fear ... There is worse out there

Our very own breed of rainbow-nation-spastic-sesame-street-woolen-dredded-tokoloshi 2010 soccer mascot



And if this doesn't help with the brain drain just remember that there are a few of us who are far worse off. Namely the boys that will surly be sitting on pillows right now after being caught red handed trying to open a tap with other other hands ... You know who your are ...

Yes - I agree - the world is a much better place back in maitjiesville

still hanging with vikings near the north pole

please be so kind and share your pictures and comments on this blog - those of us who could not be there the last weekend would love to see what it was like!

PHOTOHIRE ROCK!!!

I would like to say a huge gigantic thanks to Lauren and Pieter Badenhorst for their contribution of projector and other equipment for this year's Show 'n Tell. Congratulations on your new baby boy guys! See you next year!

My name is Greg Nicolson and I love Flowers

Here is a GPS tracking map of greg's movements for the first half of the weekend. You can see by the locations that his main activities were sleeping eating and drinking. You can also see the order of priority in which these activities were performed. (click on image to see larger).

From Karoo to New York

Hey Matjies.

Khumba is having a great time in New York. He's not that good at hailing cabs and eating hotdogs on the pavement so we took him to Central Park to do some grazing. Lots of people think he is 'adorable' but he is sometimes overwhelmed by all the meetings, film screenings and parties. He says he would rather be in the Karoo with all of you than munching on the Big Apple.