THIS WEEK'S NEWS
Ouroboros to Tour Europe
2 Month tour as part of the France-South Africa season
Ouroboros is set to tour Europe from September to December this year. The show will open it’s French season at the World Festival of Puppet Theatre in Charleville-Mézières. The tour is made possible by theInstitut Francais de l’Afrique du Sud and the National Arts Council of South Africa.Having premiered at the 2010 National Arts Festival in Grahamstown, Ouroboros went on to run at the Baxter Theatre in 2011 and Out The Box Festival in Cape Town. It won the 2012 Fleur du Cap Theatre Award for Best Puppetry Design and was nominated for best sound and lighting design.
Ouroboros will be touring to Charleville-Mezieres, Brugges, Toulouse, Combs La Ville, Fontenay sous Bois, Mulhouse and Strasbourg amongst other venues.
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New artists announced for 55th La Biennale di Venezia
Athi-Patra Ruga. The Future White Women of Azania. 2012. Performance. Duration variable. Courtesy of the artist and the GIPCA. Photograph by Ashley Walters.
The Department of Arts and Culture and the National Arts Festival recently announced the initial line-up of artists for La Biennale di Venezia which opens at the end of May in Venice.
There have been some additional artists that have been added to the impressive original list that will now form part of the 2013 South African Pavilion at the 55th La Biennale di Venezia. The exhibition is entitled Imaginary Fact – Contemporary South African Art and the Archive.
Gerhard Marx, Maja Marx and Philip Miller recall The Truth and Reconciliation Commission, through the creation of an installation of seven films with audio; using the source material from their theatre production Rewind: A Cantata for Voice, Tape and Testimony.
James Webb will translate and transform T.Rex’s 1972 glam rock hit, Children of the Revolution into a South African protest song for choir. Zanele Muholi has recently made headlines for winning the international Freedom of Expression Index Award in acknowledgment of the significance of her work in the field of black queer visibility. She will exhibit the entire archive to date, of her seminal Faces and Phases.
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From 2 to 6 June the Clover Aardklop National Arts Festival will cycle hundreds of kilometres in aid of the Theatre Benevolent Fund (TBF). The team of 17 personnel departs on 2 June from Potchefstroom for the epic tour to the ATKV Natalia resort on the south coast of KwaZulu-Natal. On route they will sleep over in Kroonstad, Bethlehem, Ladysmith and Pietermaritzburg and will arrive in Durban on 6 June. Andries Vrey, CEO of Clover Aardklop, says the aim with the cycle tour is not only to raise money for the TBF, but it is also a campaign to raise awareness of the TBF’s selfless work.
“Without artists festivals won’t exist. While we create opportunities for young artists to find their feet in the industry, we should not forget about the artists that were part of the industry for many decades,” says Vrey.
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!Kauru African Contemporary Art Project 2013 launches
!Kauru African Contemporary Exhibition titled Cultural Brokerage; Africa Imagined
Act 1 opens at the Pretoria Art Museum on 24 May 2013.
The !Kauru African Contemporary Art project is in full production for the 2013 exhibition that will open at the Pretoria Art Museum on the 24th May 2013. This is the second year of this project which aims to stimulate conversations within Africa and internationally to facilitate a change of perceptions about the continent using the vehicle of contemporary art.
It is scheduled to celebrate Africa Day on the 25th May 2013 as well as commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the African Union. The exhibition will run from the 24th May - 30th June 2013. Through a series of talks, walkabouts, lectures, seminars and other programmes aligned to the exhibition, the project aims to sensitize and mobilize South African/African audiences and the media, in the appreciation of contemporary African visual arts. Art is seen as a means to promote inter Africa /Diaspora cultural exchange in a direct and meaningful way. In addition this project can also establish a network and create visibility for the participating artists, art promoters and institutions – all of which will help promote the future sustainability of the sector.
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Cape Town youth who have been affected by severe poverty have found a creative outlet for their artistic talents by participating in the Lalela Project, which provides them with an exciting outlet.
Now their works of art will be on display from Saturday, 27 April, Freedom Day, at the Lalela Project Gallery at the One&Only Cape Town, Mezzanine Floor, V&A Waterfront.
Over the months students have been participating in lino-cut & print-making workshops which have been mentored by renowned artists, Ricky Dyaloyi and Sophie Peters of the Community Arts Project (CAP), in conjunction with the Iziko South African National Gallery.
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