onepeople first met with Willem Boshoff at his home in Johannesburg (January 1998). When we arrived, he was at work on his computer collecting names for a new conceptual art piece. Over the course of the next few hours, Boshoff recanted much of his personal history, showing us examples from his extensive body of work. We returned a week later to film his interview and, upon our departure several hours later, were filled with a deep reverance for the discipline and dedication with which he approaches his work.

A conceptual artist and sculptor who practices his craft with the dedication of a monk, Boshoff draws heavily upon text and language. Though quite scholarly in his preparation and research ( which can take two to ten years for one project due to their epic-like proportions) his results are filled with a playful, albeit, sharped tongued wit.