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15 March 2007 by nathaniel

The Upgrade! Johannesburg and WSOA Digital Arts present: James Webb

Upgrade! Johannesburg is proud to present:

The Art of Sound – James Webb presents his major gallery installations and
radio projects

James Webb is a leading South African sound artist with a growing
international reputation. He will discuss the challenges of his large-scale
sound installations including Prayer (2002); The Black Passage (2006) and
Autohagiography (2007); his collaborative radio projects including A
Compendium of Imaginary Wavelengths (2004) and works in progress such as
Beau Diable (2007).

The Digital Soiree
Friday 16 March 15:00 – 17:00
Convent Seminar Room
University of the Witswatersrand
Johannesburg
All Welcome!

Read the profile of James Webb by Carinne Zaayman on Artthrob.

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17 July 2006 by nathaniel

Victor ious

^{diane victor @ fried contemporary}

Made it to the Roles/Robes opening at Fried in P-town a few nights ago, and it was a strong show – I can’t believe that place has been around for an entire year now, and it is really going strong (huge turn out, for a starving audience of Cont-Art lovers up thar). Check out my flickr for pix of works by Wilma Cruise, Carinne Zaayman and Diane Victor. Diane’s works (detail pictured) really stole the show – extremely rich and textured, not to mention fragile, drawings she produced using the smoke from lit candles. Not only did these blow me away, but according to her, these were a rush job, and her Goodman exhibition (opening this Saturday) puts these works to shame. Maybe see you there….

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07 February 2006 by nathaniel

Relational Clothing – collecting fragments

RC2 by Jose Ferreiera
^{RC2 by Jose Ferreira}

As covered by Carine Zaayman on Artthrob, the Very Real Time project launched its second phase at the Drill Hall (Point Blank Gallery, downtown Jozi) this past weekend, hosting, "Two panels of selected speakers… chaired by Gregg Smith and … an intervention by Johannesburg based artist, Jose Ferreira."

Ferreira’s RC2 (courtesy of the artist):

This work consists of a series of journeys and a garment. Appearing to be an ordinary overall, it unfolds and translates into various forms, provoking unusual relationships. It is at once a vessel for shelter, a protective unit, and gatherer of ephemera. … The focal point of the work is to extricate new readings of social interactions in this urban context that may have become accepted, habitual and even suspicious. The work is an exploration of urban survival, self-preservation, and a dreaming of possibilities. … My intention is to make a work that embraces the multiplicity of an urban Johannesburg experience.

Read and see more.

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15 January 2006 by thando

prep_Jozi

am down in the mother city again,
i have given up on hassling and flowing and have to sit my ass down.
oh yes before i forget i will become a Joburg later this month, please people bring me a cake and red wine to make me feel welcomed.
so to the dudes in Jozi, whats up?

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30 November 2005 by thando

direction cape

it seems that heads are heading to cape town this weekend for the sessions ekapa.
will be coming out from my hide out to join the masses this summer and will try to get some pics whilst there.
i don’t know about the Jozi dudes but cape town seems to be getting a lot of slices of the art world of mzantsi.
is cape town the new big thing and are cape town artist now the big deal? Are cape town artists and galleries in?all eyes on ekapa!!

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06 November 2005 by nathaniel

physical computing

Nice li’l article on p-comp in South Africa by Carine Zaayman in Artthrob this month. Granted, I’m more than biased, since it’s mostly about Ralphy Borland and me, but it’s really cool to see such a staple arts publication making a statement like that. Must read if you have no idea what the title of this post means….

With regards to finding info on p-comp in SA, Ralphy Borland’s site has way more than mine, but I gotta give props to Tom Igoe, and the book he wrote with Dan O’Sullivan for getting started. If in Natal, no need to feel left out — Colleen Alborough has a beautiful p-comp installation up at KZNSA for another few weeks! She used the aforementioned book (with a little help from Borland) to teach herself how to hook up alarm-based motion sensors to her computer , and use them as triggers for projected animations and sonic treats.

And speaking of community, I am still taking guest bloggers on: contact me if you are interested in writing on this site. No restrictions on anything other than image sizes! Oh, and no porn or torrentz (I’m not The Man, please be reasonable)…. Would love to get some SA peops outside of the Gauteng area for a change (tho am still accepting writers IN that area).

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