Star charts and Braille both rely on a coding system to convey information. This visual similarity is explored in ‘In Die Sterre Geskryf / Written In The Stars’, with three spatially separated, but conceptually interrelated, ​​components. Viewers can move through these component parts which, with the help of successive glass panels, arouse notions of infinity, the night sky and the universe itself.

After receiving his Master Degree in Fine Arts from the University of Pretoria, Berco Wilsenach studied further at Accademia di Belli Arte in Genova, Italy and Kunstakademie Düsseldorf in Germany. He returned to the University of Pretoria to complete a PhD in Visual Studies. Wilsenach’s work has been exhibited across South Africa, Austria and in the US. In addition to creating art, Wilsenach is a part-time lecturer at the University of Pretoria and regularly presents workshops at Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf.