Into the interior is the result of a broader project called “Decolonizing the Book” initiated by artist and former bookseller Chris Reinders in 2018. Reinders invited artists and members of the ABC (Artist Book Club, Johannesburg Chapter, founded 2017) to choose a book from a collection of colonial and apartheid era books that he had amassed during his time as a bookseller. Artists were tasked with using the book as the starting point to respond to the theme of the project. This theme was the result of the ongoing calls for decolonisation, particularly concerning higher education, which had been driven by students in South Africa for a number of years.
