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#06 Cameron Platter’s ‘My Work Here Is Done’
Publication 24 September 2026
Publication: Cameron Platter’s My Work Here Is Done (2026). 30.2 x 22.3 cm (envelope). Published by A4 Arts Foundation. Artworks © the artists. Image © the publisher.
Title #06 Cameron Platter’s ‘My Work Here Is Done’ Dates 24 September 2026 Location Ground Floor Tagline The sixth in a series of A4 Artist Zines, this roadtrip to Rorke’s Drift explores Cameron Platter’s tapestries made with the Centre’s weavers.
Curator Daniel Malan
Credits

Artist: Cameron Platter
Design: Ben Johnson
Text: Lucienne Bestall

Artworks © the artists

First edition of 50
Special edition of 10 with original drawings by Cameron Platter

I originally went to the ELC Art and Craft Centre [at Rorke’s Drift] in 2013 to find the linocut press that John Muafangejo had printed on. I found the press, but it was in such disrepair that it was all but unusable… On that visit, I stumbled on the weaving workshop, and the press was immediately forgotten, never to be thought of again. I wanted to collaborate with the Centre in whatever capacity – to tap into its story as a found history. 
– Cameron Platter in conversation with Lucienne Bestall, July 2026

My Work Here Is Done traces both this history and Platter’s collaboration with the Rorke’s Drift weavers in a photo zine and twinned texts, accompanied by stickers and a patch excerpted from the resulting tapestries.

The zine first launches at Printed Matter’s 2026 New York Art Book Fair at MoMA PS1 on 24 September, and then at A4 Arts Foundation on 24 October on the occasion of the exhibition Interior Design, which features a presentation of Platter’s tapestries and wooden sculptures. The Cape Town launch coincides with Design Week South Africa.

Publication detail: Cameron Platter’s My Work Here Is Done (2026). 30.2 x 22.3 cm (envelope). Published by A4 Arts Foundation. Artworks © the artists. Image © the publisher.

Ten Special Editions each contain five original drawings by the artist.

Publication detail: Cameron Platter’s My Work Here Is Done (2026). 30.2 x 22.3 cm (envelope). Published by A4 Arts Foundation. Artworks © the artists. Image © the publisher.
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