[en] Founded by William Kentridge in 2016, the Centre for the Less Good Idea, based in Johannesburg, South Africa, aims to find "the less good idea" by creating and supporting experimental, collaborative, and cross-disciplinary arts projects that pursue process and secondary thinking. The Centre's focus is to create two six-month-long seasons a year. Core curators from South Africa and from varying artistic disciplines are identified; the curators then engage practitioners with whom they would like to collaborate, and with that the seasons grow. Alongside the seasons, the Centre has a monthly For Once programme in which new work is incubated and shown for one night only. In 2020 the Centre has launched SO, the Academy for the Less Good Idea. For Season 4, writer, academic, and playwright Jane Taylor was engaged by William Kentridge and Animateur/Director for the Centre Bronwyn Lace to create a Collapsed Conference—a series of talks, presentations, and ideas all told through performance. The title "Staging Post" contains an ambiguity. On one hand, it suggests the idea of a temporal break, and points to the idea of "after" in the formulation "post-apartheid." There is no doubt that there has been an epistemic, geopolitical, ethical, and cultural break and that South Africa is no longer inside the regime of apartheid power. Yet the idea of a "staging post" points to a place in an onward journey. The "staging post"' is a place where one might rest, change the horses, refresh oneself with renewed vigor for the traveling to come. The ambiguity in the title thus suggests that while the political rupture may have happened, much is still to be done in order to realize the transformation necessary for a genuine and profound transfer of power.

[es] Fundado por William Kentridge en 2016, el Centre for the Less Good Idea, ubicado en Johannesburgo en Sudáfrica, crea y apoya proyectos artísticos experimentales, colaborativos e interdisciplinarios que desarrollan un proceso y una reflexión considerada de segundo orden, calificados como "the less good idea" ("la menor buena idea"). El centro ha concebido dos temporadas por año, durante las cuales curadores sudafricanos de diversas disciplinas artísticas son invitados a trabajar con artistas de su elección. En paralelo, el centro establece el programa mensual For Once en el que nuevas obras son experimentadas y presentadas durante una velada. Por último, desde 2020, existe "SO", la academia "for The Less Good Idea". Por cuarta temporada, la escritora, universitaria y dramaturga Jane Taylor ha sido invitada por William Kentridge y por la animadora/directora del centro, Bronwyn Lace, para crear la Collapsed Conference – una serie de discusiones, presentaciones e ideas narradas a través de la performance. El título "Staging Post" contiene una ambigüedad. Por un lado, sugiere la idea de una ruptura temporal, y remite a la idea de "después" en la fórmula "posapartheid". Sin lugar a duda, existe una ruptura epistémica, geopolítica, ética y cultural y es un hecho que Sudáfrica ya no está bajo el régimen de apartheid. Sin embargo, el "post" subraya también la idea de "posta", lugar utilizado por los viajeros para cambiar su caballo, descansar y comer antes de seguir viajando. La ambigüedad del título sugiere, entonces, que la ruptura política se ha producido pero que todavía, queda mucho por hacer hasta concretar las transformaciones necesarias para una transferencia real y profunda del poder.