What a weird place this is (a hidden gem with many facets!) during the festival. It really is kind of strange, actually. On the one hand, it’s like a huge frat party in the mainstream festival – lots of drunk guys singing Afrikaans folk songs, walking around like they own the streets, checking out women [...]
simon gush inside enter: hektor In the middle of a monster blog all about my experiences, and the art, at Oudtshoorn; should be up by tomorrow, AM, the latest. In the meanwhile, check out the new updated statement for, and great video documentation of (if I do say so myself), enter: hektor. Mucho thanks to [...]
What a great trip. I think that Virginia MacKenny summed it up best when she said that it was not just about the prolific artists and curators who were all in the same space strutting their stuff – it was moreover, in the spaces between. How wonderful to put names, faces and personalites to work [...]
spending rands and sans pictures on this machine, i just wanted to check in and say hi. minette vari is prolific with her media (video, mostly), philip rikhotso (sp?) rocks, and actually, the fine art in general is very worth seeing. hannes olivier, ralph borland, bridget baker and nicholas hlobo (again, sp? no resources here!) [...]
So I’m on my way to the hidden gem with many facets for the KKNK (Klein Karoo National Arts Festival – but in Afrikaans). If I have any web access, will do my best to blog, but am assuming I’m pretty much signing off for the next week or so. Will come back with pix [...]
dude, the lighting was bad and I boosted her image as best I could. sorry. Sue Williamson is an artist, writer, innovator, activist, and a whole heap of other great things all at once. Usually, I hate pretentious lists of nouns to describe people and what they do – readers tend to slough off that [...]
Maybe it’s the ex-comic book geek in me (well, uh, maybe not so ex?), the former Reggae/Ska fanatic with over 500 albums, the obsessions I have with text as a mediation/translation/creation of art and history, or maybe it’s just really rad – but this show kicks @ss. Warren Siebrits, his wife (huge Wopko Jensma fans, [...]
Follow me for some links to the artists we discussed at my Wits talk!
So, my camera on my phone hates me, and it seems that I won’t be posting any pictures from it any time soon. It’s a real shame, too, cuz I’ve got some great photos of works by the likes of Simon Gush, Gerhard Marx and Theresa Collins over at the Drill Hall opening from Wednesday [...]
So, it’s been hektik. I had a performance with the FATC (hoping to get some picks and press online soon-ish – the response was overwhelmingly positive!), have my solo at the KKNK coming up next week, have been working on some stuff for the Grahamstown Festival with Toni Olivier, and am way behind on my [...]
DANCING IN THE RAIN: Craig Morris, Greg Maqoma and Irene Stephanou at the Dance Factory photo credit: THEMBINKOSI DWAYISA from sundaytimes.co.za: Dance Umbrella: Still Here The Dance Factory, Newtown ’Äî Monday and Tuesday at 7.30pm (march 14/15) Price: R50 Tel: (011) 482-4140 or 082-570-3083 WHAT does actor David Minnaar have in common with musician Jennifer [...]
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“All is quiet. Not a whisper is to be heard. Almost no one seems to want to share their feelings, opinions, theories or anything else it would seem. Well, at least if we go by the [artthrob website].” I mean, I love the site, and all, but how’s the editor gonna complain about not enough [...]
The 20th annual ABSA L’Atelier is allowing drop offs of art work only until the end of today – make art and get stuff. The prize is a bit of alright. Tags: south african art
But I won’t. Probably not much for the next few days. Man, I’m tired…. Ya know, if students put half as much time into lectures as the lecturers did, we’d have a lot of really smart peops out there. Tags: uncategorical
