Africa Centre

Infecting the City - the Spier Public Arts Festival

admin — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:32:38 +0000

Infecting the City is a ‘Public Arts’ Festival: a festival that stages and exhibits high-quality, thought-provoking, boundary breaking works in the communal spaces of Cape Town’s CBD where they are free and accessible to everybody. ITC is also a ‘site-specific’ Festival: all the works presented relate directly to the site of the Festival – the inner city of Cape Town. Orientated around the theme HUMAN RITE, they speak to our own hearts and heads as Capetonians, asking us to take a deep look at the dynamics of our society, and to creatively envision the kind of society we want to live in. Find out more on www.infectingthecity.com

SPARCK’s photographic Journey Guangzhou/ China

admin — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:06:15 +0000

The first of many of SPARCK’s cross-boundary, cross-cultural photographic journeys.

SPARCK’s Photographic Journey/ Lubumbashi DRC

admin — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 20:02:22 +0000

[ 1 February 2010 9:00 am to 31 March 2010 5:00 pm . ] Just one of SPARCK's cross continental photographic journeys.

Badilisha Poetry X-Change - Africa Day Celebration

admin — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:58:13 +0000

[ 25 May 2010 ; 12:00 pm to 4:00 pm . ] Badilisha delivers on its promise to honour Africa through the words and works of Pan-African poets. This celebration of Africa is half-way through Badilisha's week of live events and exchange programmes.

Badilisha Poetry X-Change live event

admin — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:52:05 +0000

The evolution of the Badilisha Poetry X-Change, to include two medium-scale events per year, has presented a plethora of fresh opportunities, partnerships and platforms. Cape Town poetry enthusiasts have responded warmly and eagerly, opening up their spaces and offering resources in order to realise the broad Badilisha Poetry X-Change vision. Badilisha will bring an amazing round of voices of internationally renowned to the Cape Town to dazzle audiences and pass on their wordsmithery to their Cape-based peers.

Badilisha Poetry X-Change website launch

admin — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:46:33 +0000

The first line up of 2010 podcasts will showcase a host of Pan-African voices, featuring the likes of Zena Edwards (UK),Michael Mabwe (Zim), Mojisola Adeyabo (UK), Omekongo Wa Dibinga (USA/DRC), Gabeba Baderoon (SA), Breyten Breytenbach (SA/Senegal), Harry Garuba (Nigeria), Tantra Zawadi (USA), Lemn Sissay (UK/Ethiopia), D’bi Young (Canada), Tania Van Schalkwyk (SA/Mauritius), Mwila Mambwe (DRC), Mbali Vilakazi (SA), Emile Jansen (SA), Shailja Patel (Kenya), Philippa Yaa De Villiers (SA), James Jamala (DRC), Musa Okwonga, (UK/ Uganda), Aderemi Raji-Oyelade (Nigeria), Tinashe Mushakavanhu (Zim/UK) and many more will be available on www.badilishpoetry.com. Until then, join the Badilisha discussion on poetry in 21st Century Africa on the facebook page.

Spier Contemporary Opens For Art

admin — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:26:50 +0000

Spier Contemporary is Open for Art at Cape Town’s historic City Hall. The exhibition has provided artists living in the country with an open platform to create and show new work that reflects both the breadth and depth of the South African experience. After an exhaustive selection process, Spier Contemporary opens with 101 artists and over 132 artworks that showcase where South Africa is in 2010 as seen through the eyes of the country’s artists.

Spier Contemporary launch event

admin — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 19:16:58 +0000

The night where Spier Contemporary is Open for Art. During the evening the 101 artists will hear whether theirs is one of 6 artworks that has been awarded a prize. If not, they could be one of the lucky winners of the exciting new artist in residence category that will provide another six artists with overseas experience and opportunities at established art institutions.

SPARCK’s Photographic Journey in Touba/ Senegal

admin — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 18:42:41 +0000

[ 1 February 2010 9:00 am to 30 March 2010 9:00 am . ] A cross-continental, cross-cultural photographic journeys.

Ambassador Programme & Educational workshop

admin — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:36:23 +0000

[ 13 February 2010 ; 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm . ] Spier Contemporary has called on the citizens of Cape Town to change the way art is looked at in South Africa. The Ambassador Collective is a chance for all of us to be creative activists, a chance to bring all our inspired ideas to life, a chance to voice our opinions on how South African [...]