WILLEM HENDRIK ADRIAAN BOSHOFF an artist from Gauteng (previously named Transvaal), South Africa. Married, 4 children. Nationality: South African. Born 1951, in Vereeniging, South Africa. Address: 47 King Edward Street, Kensington, Johannesburg 2094, South Africa ARTWORK Media: Primarily language/text-related art, often prepared over long periods of time on the computer, and executed in a social context. Large installations, visual poetry, concrete poetry, sculpture, and, formerly painting and the graphic arts. Uses wood, objet trouv, mixed media and various graphic media. Concepts: Main references: dictionaries, botanical gardens, medieval and early music, avant garde music. Language systems that stonewall or subvert the traditional gallery practice to the advantage of disenfranchised social groups or vulnerable ecological issues.