Swanepoel, Pieter2011-03-252011-03-252010Swanepoel, P 2010, 'Notes on how to win (the L'Atelier) and still be free', De Arte, no. 82, pp. 72-75. [http://journals.sabinet.co.za/ej/ejour_dearte.html]0004-3389http://hdl.handle.net/2263/16122Perhaps we have become comfortably numb ever since Barthes' (1977:146) distressing yet emancipating signal that all texts function on multidimensional levels at once, to disclose divergent and clashing opinions rather than a singular foregone conclusion professed by a godly author. Still, one would think that competitions (particularly as texts indicative of an apogee) would, within a traditional understanding of what the word 'competition' stands for, remain an exception to the rule.en© University of South Africa PressL'AtelierAbsa L'Atelier competition -- South AfricaArt -- Reviews -- South AfricaArticle