First up, Nicole (my better 2/3rds) picked up a hot-off-the-press copy of Time Out, Johannesburg yesterday. For those of you who don’t know, Time Out, New York is this great NYC mag with listings of restaurants, shows, exhibitions, spaces, the works - and a few good articles and must sees - for NYC; I think [...]
With, what?, 5 days until my first solo show opens, I’m feeling a little woozy. Perfectionist and anxious guy that I am… if you are around, have some free time, a relatively able body, and want to help, lemme know!
But at least there’s some eye candy at the JAG to gaze on while breaking a [...]
Here’s some pics of the beautiful, wooden, moving sculptures at a duo show between Toni-Ann Ballenden and Richard John Forbes at GordArt in Melville. These are kind of mythic, rock-a-bye trees growing in the middle of the gallery. Maybe it’s the child in me, but I just kept pushing them like those old punching bags [...]
photo credits: christo doherty
Yesterday afternoon saw a fantastic double event at the WSOA Digital Arts friday soiree. First, Cobi Van Tonder facilitated successive performances in her award-winning, interactive gumboot project. Analog sensors in the soles and on the sides of these boots trigger and control live samples of electronic music. Her collaborative performances went from [...]
Needless to say, the Bell-Roberts book launch saw some nice drinks, food and important people. It was not as crowded as expected, and I think this is because a lot of people may have been at the Wits Group student Exhibition (pictured, left, is an untitled installation by lee-at meyerov), Usha’s show at gallery momo [...]
Even tho I was informed months ago, I had totally forgotten that Creative Commons, South Africa was already underway. I was then sent this great cartoon, from Jo-Anne Green over at turbulence / networked_performance (a born South African, now living in the States), which led me to heaps more information. My own blog [...]
OK. This’ll be the last of the Kebble images I post this year (that’s not a promise). I couldn’t help but show the editioned Doreen Southwood trophy, titled “big night out” here; the idea of having sculptures like this is great (as is the printed invite), tho admittedly a bit cheesy in practice….
Anyway, tonight is [...]
And not too far into the shadow of the deserving winners @ the Brett Kebble Art Awards, but indeed after the some of the heartwarming stories, there is a fantastic exhibition of contemporary South African art. Honestly, the BK exhibition has to be the most comprehensive, well curated, and interesting show of work I’ve ever [...]
Hektik!
Ok, so I promise to write a more extensive blog after I catch up on my work a bit, then relax, but the short of it is that the Kebbles were amazing, the winners extremely deserving, and the trip a huge success - step inside won a major award!!! See the Kebble site for more [...]
