Seth Harper was born in Mthatha in 1977. In 1988 he moved to East London where he attended classes at the Belgravia Art School from 1993-1995. He matriculated in 1995 from De Grens High School and studied fashion design at the Cape Technikon (now CPUT) from 1997-1998. In 1998 he was selected a finalist in the Smirnoff Fashion Awards. Around the same time, he started dabbling in street art, tagging around the Mother City and painting the infamous entrance door on a concrete wall along the N2. 
He started to create his signature fabric characters around this time, exhibiting in collaboration other artists as well as in group shows at the Association for Visual Arts and art events such as YDETAG and YDESIRE. His figurines have also been incorporated in displays for a clothing store (2002-2003).Harper’s hand embroidered t-shirts have been sold at shops along Long Street since 2000 and more recently on Facebook. He is currently working in a bookshop and studying B.Comm.(Law) through UNISA.
And so we thought: "Let's just go there…!” is a mixed media installation. The characters are embarking on an adventure: a climbing adventure. They are rock climbing to the summit of the monumental Artscape Theatre foyer. Says Harper: "Is it always necessary to bring order to an adventure? Ironically, the figure at the top is the one without rope and it is the one with the brightest rope that is losing his grip; falling...could it be that he had lost his grip because he was overtly careful?"
