Sjoe. So here I am on Staten Island. Man, I’m tired. Nicky and I arrived safely after our terrible flight, and had fantastic bagels, a nap, dinner with my ‘rents, sleep. I got my new video iPod, which is dreamy, and a few t-shirts from thinkgeek, plus my new jitter serial number and shirt (cycling74) [...]
Tags: kaganof, uncategorical
Tags: kaganof
I am never flying SAA again. Jeez, that was the worst experience EVER. 3 hours waiting to get on, we had specifically requested medical seats for my wife’s back and they gave us two of the only three seats on the plane that DIDN’T recline (the worst), it now has a stop-over both ways, so [...]
Site stuff happening: moving servers. I’ve asked the guests not to blog in the interim, and the site might lose some posts over the next couple of days, as well as some comments; I’ll try my best to import them all again once things are resolved….. Hopefully things will work out ok in the end. [...]
Just looking over the vast amounts of photos over the last few days, but have chosen to reminisce in text (remember: we’re in Africa; I like to keep file sizes down!)…. Wednesday morning began with a whole lot of gushing over Colleen Alborough’s amazing work. The production of Night Journey was a journey itself – [...]
Tags: kaganof, south african art
Now if notation cannot even handle one of the most popular present day western instruments, imagine how bad it gets with other cultures. Bach tried to emulate tribal music – he was even further off than he thought since their entire scale system was different, he could get a near fake but the notation he [...]
Music is quite possibly the most culturally universal thing on the planet. Every known culture has music. A lot of people have this idea that western music is “modern” and other cultures’ music is “primitive”, this is of course horse-figs. Music made in China or Tobega today is as contemporary as music made in the [...]
Have some great pics from a full day with Storm about town (Durban) yesterday, but Coll wants to hit the road, so no time to load. Will try to post a bit later if I’m not completely fried from the long drive. I can’t believe I’m gonna be in NYC in just a few days!!!! [...]
Tags: art, kaganof, south african art, uncategorical
left: Untitled, 2005 Well, in addition to the brilliant Colleen Alborough show I’ve been helping out with (and bragging about) for the last while (responses were amazingly positive), two other exhibitions opened last night. The well-known Aidan Walsh exhibits some of his most recent paintings, and Themba Shibase, a bright young Durban star, hung his [...]
Yes, it’s less than three hours til Colleen Alborough’s opening, and for all you leets out there, that’s a pun which says that it’s the lovin’ time where we show our hearts to Coll and help her finish setting up, and prep everyone for the opening. See you there (Durban, KZNSA)! note: Leet, or 31337, [...]
Tags: kaganof, poetry, south african art
On the resignation of RedHat’s founder
Storm van Rensburg and Jay Pather – the second most famous gay couple in South Africa So, having a fantastic time in Durban. We had an amazing dinner with Jay Pather (choreographer), Storm van Rensburg (curator, KZNSA), and a Bollywood star on Saturday night at Cafe 1999 – where we all got a little wasted, [...]
Tags: art, art and tech, kaganof, poetry, pop culture, south african art, theory
Tags: kaganof, poetry, pop culture, south african art
Night Journey – An installation by Colleen Alborough at KZNSA, KWAZULU NATAL SOCIETY OF ARTS Arrived in Durban yesterday evening (to help above-mentioned install her show), and the sea is already wonderfully under my skin; it’s stunning. Can you believe I got up at about 5Am this morning and just listened to the ocean? Drinks [...]
Tags: kaganof, pop culture, south african art
