Database
A view into the Archive of A4, the database offers uncurated access to projects, practitioners, artworks and publications.
Sightlines | Wayfinder
31 May–4 Oct 2025
PublicationStandard Deviation | Wayfinder
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20 Feb–6 Mar 2025
PublicationHistory on One Leg | Wayfinder
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21 Dec 2024–17 Apr 2025
PublicationA Little After This | Wayfinder
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16 Dec 2023–12 Apr 2024
PublicationYou to Me, Me to You | Wayfinder
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12 Aug–18 Nov 2023
PublicationCommon | Wayfinder
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6 May–26 Jul 2023
PublicationExhibition Match ‘23 | Wayfinder
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18 Feb 2023
PublicationUnder Projects x A4, Booth 14 | Wayfinder
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16–19 Feb 2023
PublicationImagining a Black and Queer Institution
Writers in residence at the Muholi Art Institute produce a publication with the support of A4.
10 Feb 2023
PublicationThe Future Is Behind Us | Wayfinder
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17 Dec 2022–19 Apr 2023
PublicationPlay-Play | Wayfinder
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22 Nov–20 Dec 2022
PublicationModel | Wayfinder
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15 Oct–15 Nov 2022
PublicationCustoms | Wayfinder
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2 Jul–24 Sep 2022
PublicationExhibition Match ‘22 | Wayfinder
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18–28 Feb 2022
PublicationPhoto Book! Photo-Book! Photobook! | Wayfinder
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11 Feb–29 Apr 2022
PublicationTell It to the Mountains | Wayfinder
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21 Oct 2021–20 Jan 2022
PublicationIgshaan Adams’ ‘Tapyt'
11 Jan 2021–7 Jun 2025
PublicationClear Sky
Clear Sky on Instagram.
27 May–2 Jul 2020
PublicationRisk in Writing
Risk in Writing is an anthology of essays, poetry and music that takes the exhibition Risk as a prompt.
10 Dec 2019–10 Feb 2023
PublicationUrban Astronomy in Four Parts
Urban Astronomy in Four Parts is a zine by Sukuma Mkhize.
8 Nov 2019
PublicationIkhonoclast Zine
A4 engages young writers to participate in making a zine that takes as subject Sir Professor Zanele Muholi’s project Ikhono LaseNatali.
26–28 Sep 2019
PublicationOBzine
Student writers report on the Open Book Literary Festival.
4–8 Sep 2019
PublicationPicture Theory Index
The Picture Theory Index affords visitors data on the works included in the exhibition.
25 Oct 2018
PublicationEarly Friday Doodle Book
A publication made by Michaelis School of Fine Art students.
15–30 Jul 2018
PublicationLanding Above
A photographic document traces A4’s renovations at 23 Buitenkant Street and the life of its neighbourhood.
9 Dec 2017
PublicationHave a Nice Day
An engagement with lower Buitenkant Street by Andrew Juries and Lauren Theunissen.
9 Dec 2016
PublicationStrategically Strange
Bonolo Kavula’s illustrated engagement with the Black Portraiture conference in Johannesburg.
17–18 Nov 2016
PublicationPublication of Corner of the Eye / Le Coin de L'oeil
A printed matter response by francis burger to the collaborative project between A4 and Kadist Art Foundation (Paris), Corner of the Eye / Le Coin de L'oeil.
23 Oct 2016
PublicationPublication of Camera Obscura #3
A publication by George Mahashe and francis burger documenting Mahashe’s installation, Camera Obscura #3, at A4.
8 Sep 2016
PublicationDubow Workshop
Six final-year photography students at the Michaelis School of Fine Art address the work of Neville Dubow. The research takes place over three sessions.
1–30 Apr 2015
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