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The Back to School Newsletter
Week 4 January 18 2011
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| Guten Tag Cape Town Reviewed
Art South Africa magazine reviews /A WORD OF ART’s fun Guten Tag Cape Town
exhibition and street party held last Friday:
WOODSTOCK INDUSTRIAL CENTRE, CAPE TOWN,
14 - 16 JANUARY 2011
I
arrived for the Guten Tag Cape Town exhibition at the Woodstock Industrial
Centre, a cement monolith looming out of Albert street, not sure what to
expect. Or how to get in. After looking around for a while, I decided to just
try following the stream of hipsters trickling into the building through a hole
cut into the corrugated iron gate. Inside, a large, yellow blow-up animal (a
chicken, I hazarded) that you were meant to proceed through, bobbed and arched
like a strange gazebo. The people in front of me climbed in, two by two, to get
to the other side, but I decided to duck around it, an act I'd end up repeating
throughout the night.
The Guten Tag Cape Town exhibition and street party marked
the official launch of the /A WORD OF
ART residency programme. It also served as a housewarming of sorts for the
space. The exhibition itself was curated, or "colonized" as they put
it, by We Are Visual. According to the piece of paper I loosed from a clipboard
stuck to a wall, We Are Visual is a three man collective of German artists and
curators. Its members, Brent Dahl, Marc Einsiedel and Felix Jung arrived in
Cape Town in December for a six week visit where they attempted to
"intervene in the space and create new experiences". The trio's stay
culminated in the exhibition, which showcased paper works from their Hamburg
artist's squat, Gaengeviertel, as well as work by South African artists.
To
get to this work, and the gallery itself, I had to once again practice the
dance of ducking, this time through a large gap ripped into a wire cage. When I
was in, however, it became obvious that all the angling was worth it: the
collection was an interesting mesh of works by the different artists, moving
easily and unexpectedly from section to section. My only gripe was that without
any accompanying panels, and very little explanatory text, it was sometimes
difficult to follow. But otherwise, the exhibition, which was separated into
seven different parts, always managed to keep my attention. A particular
highlight was the "Billboard" area: earlier in their stay, We Are
Visual had appropriated a billboard on Albert street and wrote 'Some Laaitie
Told Us It's Better To Drink And Drive Than To Get Taken For A Poes While
Walking Home' over it. Revisiting this in the gallery with photographs, they
also stencilled the phrase over an entire wall. Another favourite, was the live
drawing being performed in the entrance of the space. In their artist's
statement, We Are Visual summed up their particular method of expressing their
experience of a place: "The aim is not to criticize or force change, but
rather to engage those who view the work with the tangible and intangible
boundaries."
All in all, the exhibition, which ran from 14- 16 January,
was a show that wasn't afraid to bend at angles in order to have a look at
things. Or to ask you to, either.
Staff
writer
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The Jacaranda Girls & Other Stories
SALON91
PRESENTS: THE JACARANDA
GIRLS AND OTHER STORIES
A
SOLO EXHIBITION BY KATRINE BRINK CLAASSENS - OIL PAINTING, PRINT & WATERCOLOUR
OPENING
EVENT: TUESDAY 18 JANUARY 2011 AT 19h30
SHOW
DATES: 18 JANUARY 2011 – 19 FEBRUARY 2011
EXHIBITION
CONCLUDES: SATURDAY 19 FEBRUARY 2011 @ 2pm
The Montreal-based South African artist Katrine Claassens returns to Cape Town
for her solo show, The Jacaranda Girls and Other Stories, a collection of
detailed oils and watercolours, to be exhibited at Salon91 in Kloof Street.
Since graduating from Stellenbosch University in 2007 (with a sell-out show at
her graduate exhibition), she has been selected for both the Sasol New
Signatures and Absa Atelier competitions and has exhibited in South Africa as
well as Canada.
In
her jewel-like oils and fragmented watercolours the artist combines image and
word, exploring the discourse we use in creating and structuring our realities.
Using a variety of sources from personal photographs, to 18th century drawings
and images from tabloid magazines, she explores how narratives are important processes
we use in making our identities, memories and ultimately meaning our lives.
VENUE: SALON91 CONTEMPORARY ART COLLECTION.
91
KLOOF STREET,
GARDENS,
CAPE
TOWN
CONTACT
PERSON: GALLERY DIRECTOR: MONIQUE DU PREEZ
CONTACT
DETAILS: info@salon91art.co.za salon91.art@gmail.com 082 679 3906 /
021 424 6930
WEBSITE:
salon91art.co.za
GALLERY
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The SIP Calls for Grant Applications
THE SIP ANNOUNCES CALL FOR
2011 GRANTS PROGRAM
The Shpilman Institute for
Photography (The SIP) has announced two calls for papers for its 2011 Grants
Program. The first is devoted specifically to research in philosophy and
photography; the second is a general call for research in the field of
photography.The SIP invites scholars and independent researchers from all over
the world to submit their applications through its website
where guidelines, themes, the application process, and submissions can be
found. Grants for individuals and group research will range from US $5,000 up
to $15,000. The Deadline is March 1, 2011.
Academic faculty at accredited institutions of higher education, currently
enrolled Ph.D. candidates, previously published independent scholars,
photographic practitioners, and research-oriented curators are invited to
apply. Grants are based on proposals for research leading to the completion
within the grant period of a written document, whether an essay or extended
research paper, showing deep consideration and thorough, original research on
the selected topic.
About The SIP
The SIP, founded by Shalom Shpilman in 2010, is a research institute whose
mission is to initiate and support innovative scholarly work that will advance
the understanding of the varied meanings, functions, and significance of
photography and related media. Through its grant programs,The SIP commissions
and sponsors individual and group research projects, with an emphasis on
philosophical concerns, including scholarly papers and publications in print
and online, conferences, symposia, and other events.
For more
information, contact info@thesip.org
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PUMA.Creative Catalyst Winners Announced
PUMA CREATIVE CATALYST AWARD WINNERS FOR FIRST QUARTER 2011.
London, UK, January 4, 2011 – Today, PUMA.Creative and Channel 4 BRITDOC Foundation announced ten award winners for the
first quarter 2011 PUMA.Creative Catalyst Awards.
The PUMA.Creative Catalyst Awards are a
rapid response fund to support the very best in creative documentary
filmmaking. Providing strategic and catalytic resources in the early stages of
documentary projects, with 40 awards annually of up to 5,000 Euros each, to
shoot and edit a film trailer that can function as a tool to demonstrate and
accelerate the potential of the filmmakers' vision. Each quarter, ten new
PUMA.Creative Catalyst Awards are granted.
"Channel 4 BRITDOC Foundation's mission is to find new sources of funding
and distribution for documentary films, In our partnership with PUMA.Creative
and the launch of the PUMA.Creative Catalyst Awards we are able to reach an
international filmmaking community for the first time," said Channel 4 BRITDOC
Foundation Director Maxyne Franklin "We are proud to be working with such
a diverse range of filmmakers from Emmy award-winners to first time filmmakers.
These ten films represent a wide range of styles and issues and we look forward
to being able to help bring them to the world."
For the first quarter 2011 over three hundred and fifty submissions were
received from filmmakers working as far afield as China and Peru, Poland and
South Africa. Film submissions included such important stories of our times
from ending gang violence in inner cities to outlandish environmental
protesters in the Andes, from emancipation on the race track to celebrating
Africa's finest Laureates. For more information please visit puma.britdoc.org/film_directories/2/view.
"As part of our mission to contribute to a better world, PUMA.Creative
supports documentary filmmakers highlighting creative, social justice, peace or
environmental issues," said Mark Coetzee, Programme Director, PUMAVision
and Chief Curator, PUMA.Creative. "These ten new PUMA.Creative Catalyst
Award winners will contribute to that mission and help us all to understand
ourselves and the world better."
Concurrently with the announcement of the ten winners, Channel 4 BRITDOC
Foundation and PUMA.Creative announced second quarter 2011 applications open.
For more information please visit puma.britdoc.org/pages/683/view
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PUMA.Creative Catalyst Award Winners First Quarter 2011:
Armenia Wants a Piece of the North Pole, and the South Pole Too
Director: Vardan Hovhannisyan (Armenia)
Using the humorous device of two Armenian comedians' claim to the poles,
this film will highlight the absurd lengths to which nations go in the service
of greed. North and South Poles—melting ice, scarce resources, fierce
competition of big nations. Armenia wants in
Black Out
Director: Eva Weber (Germany)
This evocative and poignant documentary shows how children reconcile their
daily lives in one of the world's poorest countries with their desire to learn.
Every day during exam season, as the sun sets over Conakry, Guinea, hundreds of
school students begin heading to the airport, searching for electricity.
Cal Summits
Director: Luis Ilizarbe (Peru)
'Cal Summits' follows Eduardo Gold and his local villagers as they attempt
to paint the now snow-free mountain caps of Peru white to reflect the light and
combat climate change. After beating cancer Eduardo Gold formed 'Peru
Glaciers', an NGO which, in 2009, won one of the twenty prizes in the World
Banks '100 Ideas to save the planet'.
The E-Team
Directors: Katy Chevigny & Ross
Kauffman (USA)
'The E-Team' follows three key members of the intrepid Human Rights Watch
Emergency Team as they go about their high stakes investigative work on the
front lines of international human rights abuses.
The Last Song
Director: Katia Paradis (Canada)
'The Last Song' is the tale of ordinary mothers who, one day, for a matter
of life of death, turn themselves into composers. The film tells the story of
the Garifuna women of Central America who have been passing on their threatened
oral traditions for more than 200 years.
Laureates
Director: Kenneth Gyang (Nigeria)
'Laureates' is a visual odyssey of the thirteen Nobel laureates Africa has
produced from 1960 to 2010. From the suburbs of Lagos, Accra, Cairo, Nairobi
and Johannesburg, African youths relive the quest for a safe and peaceful world
in a creative juxtaposition between merit, excellence and diverse continental
and global realities.
Shattered Pieces of Peace
Director: Nonhlanhla Dlamini
(Swaziland)
Having publicly condemned her daughters sexuality, mother Sharon is forced
to grapple love for a child who could face the death penalty with her own
intense homophobia. Her daughter, a mother of two whose name means Peace, has
been arrested and charged with the murder of her female partner.
Speed Sisters
Director: Geoffrey Smith (Australia)
'Speed Sisters' follows an all women driving team who are not just racing
for the thrill; they are out to show that Palestine is as diverse and dynamic
as anywhere.
In a country where movement is heavily restricted, motor racing has become
hugely popular.
We Are Many
Director: Amir Amirani (Iran)
'We Are Many' is a film that aims to harness the passion and political
energy of the anti-war movement as a force for good in giving people a voice.
The film will do this through the story of the biggest peace march in human
history. On 15 February 2003, in over 800 cities around the world, 30 million
people protested against the planned invasion of Iraq.
What's Going On?
Director: Penny Woolcock (UK)
'What's Going On?' is a film that follows gangs of young men as they stab
and shoot each other for straying into the wrong postcode. But now, two gang
leaders want to make peace. Will they succeed or fail?
Media Contacts
Luke Moody, Channel 4 BRITDOC Foundation, luke@britdoc.org
Danielle Marcus, PUMAVision, danielle.marcus@puma.com
PUMA.Creative Catalyst Awards
40 PUMA.Creative Catalyst Awards for documentary film are awarded annually
of up to 5,000 Euros each. Channel 4 BRITDOC Foundation, in consultation with
PUMA.Creative, makes the quarterly award selection from open submissions. For
more information please visit: britdoc.org/puma.
PUMAVision
At PUMA, we believe that our position as the creative leader in Sportlifestyle
gives us the opportunity and the responsibility to contribute to a better world
for the generations to come. A better world in our vision—PUMAVision—would be
safer, more peaceful, and more creative than the world we know today. The 4Keys
is the tool we have developed to help us stay true to PUMAVision, and we use it
by constantly asking ourselves if we are being Fair, Honest, Positive, and
Creative in everything we do.
We believe that by staying true to our values, inspiring the passion and talent
of our people, working in sustainable, innovative ways, and doing our best to
be Fair, Honest, Positive, and Creative, we will keep on making the products
our customers love, and at the same time bring that vision of a better world a
little closer every day. PUMAVision looks ahead to a world that is safer, more
peaceful and more creative for the generations to come. Through the programs of
PUMA.Safe (focusing on environmental and social issues), PUMA.Peace (supporting
global peace) and PUMA.Creative (supporting artists and creative
organizations), we are providing real and practical expressions of this vision.
For more information, please visit vision.puma.com
Channel 4 BRITDOC Foundation
The Channel 4 BRITDOC Foundation is a not-for-profit titled sponsored by
Channel 4 Television and supported by a number of Foundations both in the UK
and the USA. Since 2005, our mission has been to build a creatively ambitious
and diverse future for documentary. We do this by creating brilliant films and
engaging new partners to ensure that those films have lasting global impact.
The Channel 4 BRITDOC Foundation has in its first five years, co-funded and
produced over sixty documentaries—films that have won audience awards at
Sundance, Berlin, Tribeca and Edinburgh Film Festivals, played at SXSW, Berlin,
Toronto and London Film Festivals. Titles include: 'Afghan Star', 'The End of
The Line', 'We Are Together', 'The Yes Men Fix The World.' The resulting films
that have been shown around the world on C4, Arte, HBO and released by EMI,
Dogwoof and Warners in cinemas and on DVD.
In
addition to our UK Production Fund, The Foundation recently announced a new
major partnership with PUMA.Creative which includes a new International
Development Fund open to filmmakers all over the world, and the Impact Award—an
annual prize honouring the documentary film which has created the most
significant social impact. For more information please visit britdoc.org
The Shpilman Institute for
Photography (The SIP) has announced two calls for papers for its 2011 Grants
Program. The first is devoted specifically to research in philosophy and
photography; the second is a general call for research in the field of
photography.The SIP invites scholars and independent researchers from all over
the world to submit their applications through its website
where guidelines, themes, the application process, and submissions can be
found. Grants for individuals and group research will range from US $5,000 up
to $15,000. The Deadline is March 1, 2011.
Academic faculty at accredited institutions of higher education, currently
enrolled Ph.D. candidates, previously published independent scholars,
photographic practitioners, and research-oriented curators are invited to
apply. Grants are based on proposals for research leading to the completion
within the grant period of a written document, whether an essay or extended
research paper, showing deep consideration and thorough, original research on
the selected topic.
About The SIP
The SIP, founded by Shalom Shpilman in 2010, is a research institute whose
mission is to initiate and support innovative scholarly work that will advance
the understanding of the varied meanings, functions, and significance of
photography and related media. Through its grant programs,The SIP commissions
and sponsors individual and group research projects, with an emphasis on
philosophical concerns, including scholarly papers and publications in print
and online, conferences, symposia, and other events.
For more
information, contact info@thesip.org
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