Rational Trans-Positions brings together artists and academics to explore how connection, movement and exchange shape the way we see and experience the world. The exhibition runs at the University of Johannesburg's FADA Gallery from September 10 to October 9.

Art does not always have to be easy to explain. Sometimes, a painting, photograph, sculpture or installation can make you feel something before you even understand what you are looking at.

That is the idea behind a new exhibition at the University of Johannesburg’s Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture (FADA) Gallery, which brings together 11 artists and academics to explore how people, ideas and experiences influence one another.

Titled Relational Trans-Positions, the exhibition opens on September 10 at the FADA Gallery on UJ’s Bunting Road Campus and will run until October 9.

Curated by FADA Gallery curator Dr Farieda Nazier, the exhibition features work by Christa van Zyl, Gavin Krastin, John Shirley, Leon Krige, Leora Farber, Martin Bolton, Neil Lowe, Oupa Sibeko, Tobias Barnard, Xylan de Jager and Zinhle Zulu.