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the most famous gay couple in south africa
Artist / Curator Clive van den Berg with musician Rocco de Villiers: the most famous gay couple in South Africa
Tho perhaps Professor Jane Taylor was right in correcting me and saying that ‘notorious’ is the better descriptor.
The pic is from the closing of the amazing William Kentridge retrospective exhibition at the Johannesburg Art Museum – please, if you have not seen it yet, do yourself a favor and go – only one week left. Great pics by Christo currently up on @joburg.
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Ralph Borland in NYC: Suited for Subversion
South Africa’s own Ralph Borland is exhibiting on a group show in NYC at the Museum of Modern Art (MOMA), right now! Suited for Subversion is part of the exhibition SAFE: Design Takes on Risk, October 16, 2005 – January 2, 2006.
Here’s two pics he sent me from over in the states:
Ralph Borland and his Suited for Subversion at the MOMA, and in the streets of NYC. He wore that same suit as my date to the Kebbles in 2003; my wife thought he looked good. Pictures by Kim Silberman
Suited for Subversion draws on Ralph Borland’s work as an activist involved in street demonstrations in New York. Made of vinyl stuffed with polyurethane foam, the suit protects the wearer from police batons at large-scale street protests, and monitors the wearer’s pulse. In the centre of the suit’s chest is a speaker that projects this amplified heartbeat. It can also be used to play music and chant slogans.
As much as my suit is armour, it is also disarming; as much provocation as protection.
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odys for your iPod @ odys.org
the odys series was always intended for intimate viewings; even when it premiered at the Johannesburg Art Museum as an installation, I had six separate screens, each with headphones. Viewers were encouraged to re-visit and jump over juxtaposed media, and create a shifting collage.
Now you can get very personal, and re-visit all you like — all six videos have been optimized for the new iPod and iTunes.
odys for your iPod is now free at odys.org
note: I’ve not yet tested this on many Macs, or any PCs, so please let me know if you have any trouble… Hell, the new iPod ain’t even available in South Africa yet, but I thought this’d be fun. Also, if anyone knows how to make a link that imports directly into iTunes, I’m all ears….
It’s 1:35 AM in SA; I am going to bed. Will get to bugs, and add to Rhizome ArtBase, this weekend. Shout out to Marisa Olson and Francis Hwang, the only iPod artists I know. I hope we’ll see more soon.