KKNK - Letters from the Future: Introduction

Background & Overview.
Thank you for taking part in our research project!   We are grateful to have your involvement in imagining the future of the  KKNK, by creating    a 'Letter from the Future'.    This activity is part of  a  research project called   Future Festivals South Africa: Possibilities for the Age of Covid-19, and it has two aims:

1.  To provide a  creative way to understand    how people involved in KKNK have experienced the pandemic, and how they anticipate it will affect the festival in the next few years.
2.  To provide an opportunity for people involved in KKNK to creatively imagine new possibilities for the festival in the future.
   

 The letters are an important part of our data set for this research project. The findings will be published in project reports and journal articles.  You can read more about the research and ethical consideration  of the project, in this information sheet.  The Future Festivals South Africa project will also use these letters as the basis for collaboratively developing ideas – alongside our festival partners – for practical steps that could be taken to enable South African festivals to survive and thrive.

​How To Create Your Letter

• Imagine that it is now the year 2030, and you have just  attended the KKNK as a participating artist, audience member,  Oudtshoorn community member, KKNK sponsor or KKNK organiser.     Please write a letter from 2030 back to yourself in 2021, explaining what your experience of the festival was like.   
• Your letter can be as short or as long as you like! 
• Alternatively, you are welcome to make an audio recording of your 'letter' , speaking back to yourself from the  festival in 2030.   You are also welcome to create an  image of the festival in 2030, instead of a written or audio letter. For example, drawing a picture of the KKNK in 2030, or creating an image using  computer software.
  
• Your contribution can be in Afrikaans or English
  
• To help you write your letter or create your image, we have created a set of guiding questions which you may wish to respond to based on your involvement in the festival as a  participating artist, audience member, Oudtshoorn community member, KKNK sponsor or KKNK organiser.  Please click the relevant link below to see the questions and take part in the project.

I am an...
Artist
Audience member
Oudtshoorn community member
KKNK sponsor
Part of the KKNK management team

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• If you have any questions about the ‘Letters from the Future’ activity, or about the project overall, please contact us via the form at the bottom of this page or email  us at futurefestivalssouthafrica@gmail.com