Trek

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Trek (meaning either "pull" or "move away", "move house")

Trek - the arts journal

Trek by Gaerin Hauptfleisch and Strijdom van der Merwe

Trek is site-specific environmental performance piece by Gaerin Hauptfleisch (text) and Strijdom van der Merwe (design and installations).


The title in the piece refers to the various meaning of the Afrikaans word "trek", i.e. "pull" (as opposed to "push"), "move away", "move house", even "travel to new worlds" (as in "pioneer"), etc. Dealing with issues of the new South Africa,

Devised for specific production in the open air at the old motor racing track outside Oudtshoorn, and performed at the KKNK in 2006.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strijdom_van_der_Merwe

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