Transposing an Echo presents the work Three Bird Poems, a digital artist's book that explores some of the cultural values embedded in Setswana oral poetry. It reimagines oral traditions through interactive audiovisual design. Through parallax animation and ergodic literature design principles, the work invites active reader participation through the transmediation of oral literature into digital reading experiences. While the digital artefact invites interactive navigation, the physical artist’s book offers a contrasting moment of meditation through quietude. Visually and metaphorically, the work is concerned with what we can learn from birds, as resilient creatures, engaged in the task of building, homing, and communicating in code.

Transposing an Echo is on view in AVA's Long Gallery until 25 September 2025.

This exhibition was made possible thanks to the City of Cape Town's support.