On the 18 January 1898 President Paul Kruger formally opened Fort Klapperkop, just outside Pretoria. Together with Forts Schanskop, Wonderboom and Daspoortrand, it was built following the Jameson Raid and Johannesburg Riots of 1895-6 to guard the Transvaal Republic's capital of Pretoria. On 11 October 1899 President Kruger finally declared war against Great Britain for failing to withdraw their troops from South Africa and accept arbitration on "all points of mutual difference."

Exactly 100 years later, South African artist Kendell Geers will transform Fort Klapperkop into an art exhibition entitled "GUILTY." The show will acknowledge both the historical meaning of the fort as well as its contemporary significance in an age of the "Truth and Reconciliation Commission."

The exhibition will take place on the weekend of 17 and 18 January 1998. For Saturday 17 January Geers will present a series of performances, lectures and cultural events that critique the significance and meaning of Fort Klapperkop, the Boer War and most importantly Afrikaans culture in a New South Africa. The exhibition will begin at 10h00 with a church service and end at midnight with the firing of an Armstrong cannon. During the day the Vierkleur will be hoisted, later taken down and replaced by the Union Jack, only to finally be replaced by two flags designed by the artist. Apart from firing the Armstrong cannon at regular intervals throughout the day, a G1 cannon will also be fired from the Memorial erected at Fort Klapperkop to soldiers who gave their lives defending this country. (The memorial was unveiled by PW Botha in his capacity as Minister of Defence) Traditional Afrikaans Folk Dances and a "Sakkie-Sakkie" are planned for the evening.

The second day of the exhibition proposes an entirely different strategy, a far more sombre and politically charged protest about the state of art today. On Sunday 18 January Kendell Geers will move in and "occupy" the Fort. The doors will all be sealed shut with the artist being the only occupant. One hundred years to the day after Paul Kruger opened Fort Klapperkop in the name of the Boers of the Transvaal Republic Kendell Geers will close it in the name of art.