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When
What & Where
UNTIL 20/04/2015
UMHOBE WE SIZWE BY THANDO MAMA GOETHEONMAIN
09/04/2015— IN SEARCH OF… BY MUSA N. NXUMALO 31/05/2015 Goethe-Institut 15/04/2015
FILM NIGHT: FOOTBALL UNDER COVER Goethe-Institut
23/04/2015— 07/06/2015
THE LAST SUPPER GOETHEONMAIN
26/04/2015
URBAN PLACES – PUBLIC SPACES GOETHE-INSTITUT
08/05/2015— European Film Festival 17/05/2015 Various Cities
Euro Fest SA
12/05/2015
SCHLACHTHOFBRONX: DJ SET Euro Fest SA Kong Club
13/05/2015
FILM NIGHT: SOPHIE SCHOLL, THE FINAL DAYS Goethe-Institut
19/05/2015
GAZE REGIMES: BOOK LAUNCH VENUE TO BE CONFIRMED
26/05/2015— All Change! 27/05/2015 Conference/Network Meeting Goethe-Institut 27/05/2015— EUNIC SA Lab: Workshop Euro Fest SA 29/05/2015 VENUE TO BE CONFIRMED 28/05/2015— Queer FILM FESTIVAL 03/06/2015 THE BIOSCOPE INDEPENDENT CINEMA Admission to all events is free of charge, unless otherwise stated
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MULTIMEDIA INSTALLATION
Umhobe we SiZWe BY THANDO MAMA
UNTIL 20/04/2015 GOETHEONMAIN, 245 MAIN STREET, MABONENG PRECINCT In Thando Mama’s words: The national anthem of a country is a symbolic and emotive song which evokes and eulogizes the traditions, struggles and history of its people. During the struggle against apartheid, Nkosi Sikele’iAfrika was a significant song sung by Africans and those who were fighting oppression whilst Die Stem van Suid-Afrik’ was the national anthem of South Africa from 1957 to 1994, sharing national anthem status with Nkosi Sikelel’iAfrika until 1997. These two songs evoke different emotions to an estranged nation. Post 1994, and twenty years later, both songs evoke dissimilar emotions of deferred reconciliation. The questions Umhobe we Sizwe tries to ask are: can we truly say we are free and is there a need to continue to force reconciliation and unity? Is our national anthem worth being sung as a compromise mash-up? Memory and remembering are critical tools in self-awareness. If these tools are erased in our history, what becomes of us as a nation?
Umhobe we Sizwe © Thando Mama
The project is a multi-media installation with components of audio, video, prints and text, exploring the concepts of memory, memorialization and nationhood. The project aims to promote intercultural engagement through dialogue in the critique of our national symbol in the form of the national anthem. Not only is it relevant in the context of the city, but it also aims to bring a national debate back to the arts space.
PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITION
in search of… BY MUSA N. NXUMALO
09/04/2015 – 31/05/2015, OPENING 09/04/2015, 18H30 GOETHE-INSTITUT, 119 JAN SMUTS AVENUE, PARKWOOD For In Search Of…, Nxumalo presents the Alternative Kidz and In/Glorious bodies of work, which, according to the artist, look at ‘the melting pot that is urban youth culture in Johannesburg’. It has been suggested that the photographs are partial selfportraits, representing a world in which the artist is personally immersed, but they are also enigmatic images that reach far beyond their immediate context. Musa N. Nxumalo was born in 1986 In Search Of ... © Musa N. Nxumalo in Soweto, Johannesburg, where he now lives and works. He studied at the Market Photo Workshop and has participated in a range of group exhibitions both locally and abroad, including four solo shows. The book In Search Of…, which accompanies this exhibition, includes Alternative Kidz and In/Glorious and more recent projects. In 2015 it was nominated for the prestigious First Book Award.
FILM SCREENING
football under cover
15/04/2015, 18H30 GOETHE-INSTITUT, 119 JAN SMUTS AVENUE, PARKWOOD
Football Under Cover © Flying Moon Films
An amateur female soccer team from Berlin goes on a nervewrecking journey, trying to carry out the first female soccer match in the history of Iran. Football Under Cover is a 2008 German/ Iranian documentary film directed by David Assmann and Ayat Najafi. It follows the attempts of German Marlene Assmann and Iranian Ayat Najafi to organise a football match between Assman‘s team BSV Aldersimspor and the Iranian national woman‘s team.
Germany, 2008, 86min. German with English subtitles. Please RSVP by 13 April 2015 to bso@johannesburg.goethe.org
THE LAST SUPPER
PERFORMANCE
23/04/2015 – 07/06/2015, OPENING 23/04/2015, 18H30 GOETHEONMAIN, 245 MAIN STREET, MABONENG PRECINCT The Last Supper has been developed over a period of two years. It began as a series of performances that reference the painting The Last Supper by Leonardo Da Vinci as a visual starting point. As it moves into the GoetheonMain space, further development will follow the context of the new environment. This involves workshops, rituals, eating together and different forms of movement as a performance group experimenting with creating and extending connections and communities. Variations on the format and structure of the piece, as well as the inclusion of the surrounding community and society within the Maboneng and surrounding area, will be an important aspect of the project.
The Last Supper. Grief © Gina Kraft
Opening performance: 23 April, 18H30 More performances: 10, 17, 24, 31 May at 12H00 7, 14, 21, 28 May at 19h30 The space will be open to the public during gallery hours, from 24 April to 7 June, but not during the following holiday times: 25 - 27 April and 1 - 3 May (Worker’s Day).
DEBATE
Urban Places - Public Spaces
26/04/2015, 11H00 GOETHE-INSTITUT, 119 JAN SMUTS AVENUE, PARKWOOD What do urban societies look like today and in which cities do we want to live in the future? Where is the boundary between the public and the private sphere? Where and how is civic engagement and citizens’ protest being shaped globally? Experts from Munich, Johannesburg and Rotterdam will discuss these issues via live video conference. That way, a global debate on latitudes Urban Places Public Spaces © Goethe-Institut for action can emerge both at the local level and global avenues of thought and reflection. Each event will include audience participation and documentation of urban interventions. Urban Places – Public Spaces will be held as a series of debates from February until April 2015 in the Münchner Kammerspiele and other major cities worldwide. In Johannesburg, speakers include Lesley Lokko and Rike Sitas. www.goethe.de/urbanplaces
FILM
EUROPEAN FILM FESTIVAL 2015
Euro Fest SA
08/05/2015 – 17/05/2015 Cape Town, Pretoria, Durban, Johannesburg (Cinema Nouveau) — TICKET PRICES TBA For its second edition, the European Film Festival (EUFF) celebrates women through the theme A Woman’s World, with a selection of films that feature female directors, strong female characters or women-related stories. This year’s EUFF features 12 internationally-acclaimed films, representing the best of European cinema and never before screened to South African audiences. The German contribution to the film festival is Beloved Sisters by director Dominik Graf. Depicting the unconventional romance between two aristocratic sisters and a rebellious poet, the intimate drama is set in the historical era of flourishing German Enligthenment. The EUFF is hosted by Cinema Nouveau, coordinated by the French Institute of South Africa, and organised in partnership with the European Union and 12 other European cultural agencies and embassies in South Africa. Find out more on Facebook and Twitter via #EuroFilmFestSA.
DJ SET
Euro Fest SA
SCHLACHTHOFBRONX
12/05/2015, Doors: 21H00, Gig: 23H00 KONG CLUB, 160 Jan Smuts Avenue, Rosebank Innovative multi genre club music duo Schlachthofbronx will play a one-night-only session at Johannesburg nightclub, Kong, as part of an African tour, including concerts in Kigali, Yaoundé, Kampala and Nairobi. Schlachthofbronx are proud of maintaining a diverse touring schedule, where a rave in a small-town Bavarian strip club can be followed by a big festival in Mexico, a special one-off show with a brass band at Munich’s Oktoberfest or the Notting Hill Carnival in London.
Schlachthofbronx © David Rasche
In the club they deliver a fast paced, eclectic mix of styles and genres, reflecting their various influences, including Dancehall, Hip-hop, Booty Bass, Techno, Cumbia and UK Bass. Besides being sought after for their live performances on club and festival stages worldwide, the Schlachthofbronxers have built their reputation with production and studio work with and for artists like Snoop Dogg, M.I.A., Major Lazer, Buraka Som Sistema and Bonde Do Role. Their new ten-track release, Rave And Romance, represents the diversity of their sound, ranging from rump shaking slow jams to bass-heavy rave tunes. Ticket prices to be announced. www.kongsa.co.za www.schlachthofbronx.com
FILM SCREENING
SOPHIE SCHOLL, THE FINAL DAYS
13/05/2015, 18H30 GOETHE-INSTITUT, 119 JAN SMUTS AVENUE, PARKWOOD Munich, 1943: Sophie and Hans Scholl are members of the ‘Weiße Rose’ (White Rose), a resistance group against the Nazi regime. When the siblings lay out fliers at the university, they are caught by the caretaker who calls the secret police. After their imprisonment, they are interrogated for days. In the beginning, Sophie manages to bluff the questioning official Robert
Mohr, but Hans finally confesses everything. Now Sophie vindicates her ideals, but also tries to protect the other group members. On 22 February 1943, the Scholls and their ally Christoph Probst are accused of high treason and sentenced to death. As the execution takes place the same day, Sophie has to say goodbye to her family.
Sophie Scholl © Goldkind Film & Broth Film
Directed by Marc Rothemund. Germany, 2005, 120min. German with English subtitles. Please RSVP by 13 April 2015 to bso@johannesburg.goethe.org
BOOK LAUNCH
gaze regimes
19/05/2015 time and venue to be confirmed We invite you to celebrate the launch of Gaze Regimes publication with us, published by Jyoti Mistry and Antje Schuhmann at WITS University Press. In 2010, the Goethe-Institut in Johannesburg initiated the forum ARTSWork Platform: Meeting of African Women Filmmakers with the primary objective to build a platform for women pursuing careers in art. The inaugural focus was on women filmmakers. Gaze Regimes is based on this inaugural meeting. The experiences of women across the African continent who work in film – directly as practitioners or in other areas such as curating and fundraising – are as diverse as they are varied. In this innovatively constructed anthology of essays and interviews, many of these women’s voices and divergent opinions are reflected and shared, and timeous questions about contemporary filmmaking in Africa are posed.
CONFERENCE/NETWORK MEETING
ALL CHANGE!
26/05/2015 – 27/05/2015 GOETHE-INSTITUT, 119 JAN SMUTS AVENUE, PARKWOOD All Change! is a two-day conference that brings together contributors from Africa and the Diaspora to work towards a full-scale exhibition on contemporary African architecture in 2016. The exhibition will examine bold, unexpected and emerging architectural and urban narratives across the continent. It takes the view that architecture is more than buildings: it has the capacity to transform and enrich lives, particularly in societies undergoing rapid change. Jointly curated between Africa and Europe, with head curators Prof Lesley Lokko (University of Johannesburg) and Prof
Andres Lepik (Technical University Munich), All Change! takes the viewer on an episodic journey of places and spaces in multiple locations, at multiple scales: from the design of a single room to the panorama of the city. This conference is open to the public.
WORKSHOP
EUNIC SA Lab: Convening New Audiences
Euro Fest SA
27/05/2015 – 29/05/2015 See website for details This laboratory, initiated by EUNIC (European Union National Institutes for Culture) and realised in partnership with VANSA (Visual Arts Network of South Africa), invites a number of delegates from Africa and various European countries to share best practice examples in the development of new audiences for institutions such as museums, galleries and art spaces. The workshop will focus on ways to engage distanced or inaccessible communities, and look at case studies of institutions that have managed to gain diverse audiences, through innovative and economical strategies. Particular attention will be paid to education, with a focus on young people.
FILM FESTIVAL
queer film festival
28/05/2015 – 03/06/2015 THE BIOSCOPE INDEPENDENT CINEMA, 286 Fox Street, mABONENG PRECINCT — TICKET PRICES TBA This May sees a much-needed addition to the film festival scene in Johannesburg as the Bioscope Independent Cinema, in partnership with the Goethe-Institut, will host a new queer film festival. Curated by Dean Hutton and Darryl Els, the festival will screen a selection of the best features, documentaries and short films from around the world, offering a diverse reflection on queer life in film. Importantly, the programme will have a special focus on early and classic gay and lesbian cinema. © Queer Film Festival
www.thebioscope.co.za
FOR YOUR INFORMATION FILM
VISIONARY ARCHIVE: THE B-SCHEME FILM SUBSIDY 1973 - 1990
21/05/2015 – 31/05/2015 Arsenal Institute for Film and Video Art, berlin
Visionary Archive Š Darryl Els
Visionary Archive is a collaborative trans-local experiment in which phases and facets of African cinema are being researched in five localities Cairo, Khartoum, Johannesburg, Bissau and Berlin. For the South African project, Darryl Els (programme director at The Bioscope), is exploring the B-Scheme, a state film subsidy which saw hundreds of films being produced for black South African audiences between 1973 and 1990. Recently, some of these films have been restored and have come back into circulation raising questions about the relationship between cinema and heritage in South Africa. The B-Scheme project seeks to reconsider these films through their intersecting relationships with other pop-cultural mediums as well as audience reception and the cultural memories of cinema-going during that time. The Visionary Archive project culminates in a comprehensive closing programme in Berlin.
PHOTOGRAPHY/ARTS EDUCATION
Centers of Learning for Photography in Africa
25/05/2015 - 05/06/2015 Goethe-Institut Johannesburg and Market Photo Workshop Three consecutive and related events – two training courses and a curriculum development meeting on photography training – are taking place in Johannesburg. 1) Training of Trainers of Photography (beginners) 2) Curriculum Development Meeting (advanced trainers & educators) 3) Project Management Training
Centers of Learning for Photography in Africa © Goethe-Institut
The aim of Centers of Learning for Photography in Africa is to contribute to the professionalisation of photography on the African continent by forming a strong educational resource network. The network of independent, wellequipped and self-sustainable training structures will facilitate training initiatives’ access to tools and content relating to curriculum-development, teaching methods, infrastructure and equipment. The Goethe-Institut’s role as an incubator entails financial, intellectual and infrastructural support during the first project phase. Such support mainly consists of designing, organizing and hosting training workshops and meetings in close collaboration with its main partner, the Market Photo Workshop. It also entails facilitating networking and exchange between learning institutions, educators and other practitioners in the field, as well as conducting research on educational resources available online and offline, and improving their accessibility.
The project collective consists of representatives for photography training structures from across the continent and the African diaspora, including Egypt, Sudan, Nigeria, South Africa and Germany. www.marketphotoworkshop.co.za
NETWORK MEETING
ALTERNATIVES: LGBTI/QUEER NETWORK MEETING
28/05/2015 – 31/05/2015 GOETHE-INSTITUT, 119 JAN SMUTS AVENUE, PARKWOOD LGBTI individuals are living under ever more difficult conditions in subSaharan Africa. According to the study The Political Use of Homophobia – Human Rights and Persecution of LGBTI Activists in Africa, carried out by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, homophobia is often used by political actors to divert attention away from political problems as soon as they face a legitimacy crisis. Furthermore, the evangelical churches have contributed towards strengthening anti-homosexual campaigns. Homosexual acts between adults are legal, i.e. not part of any specific legislation, in only 17 sub-Saharan states. In all other states, homosexual acts have been criminalised. The type of punishment varies from financial penalties to imprisonment, or even life sentences and the death penalty. Decriminalisation, however, does not necessarily mean acceptance within society. Even South Africa, where sexual freedom is anchored in the constitution, is making headlines about murders and so called “corrective rapes“ of lesbians. At the same time there is a growing network of artists and academics in sub-Saharan Africa dedicated to the topic of LGBTI/Queer. The Goethe-Institut South Africa will invite to a networking event, coinciding with the LGBTI film festival concurrently taking place at the Bioscope Cinema in Johannesburg. Objectives are to further intra-African exchange based on existing initiatives and to develop shared project ideas.
ARTS EDUCATION
ARTUCATION
ONGOING GOETHEONMAIN AND METROPOLITAN COLLEGE
Learners at GoetheonMain Š Goethe-Institut. Photo by Miora Rajaonary
Artucation is an arts education programme that takes place every Wednesday at GoetheoOnMain, facilitated by arts educator Puleng Plessie. It involves groups of grade 10 learners who use dialogue as a starting point to initiate conversations about the exhibition on show. These dialogues comment on social, political and the learners’ personal environment. GoetheOnMain gallery thus becomes a space where they talk about the exhibition topic and begin to unpack and translate themes in their own interpretation. This is presented in a form of an artwork in the classroom. Therefore Artucation becomes a youth platform for expressive intervention in arts education. Artucation runs every Wednesday at 14H00 throughout the school term and is free of charge. To make a booking for your school class, please contact Puleng Plessie on bookings@ktdarts.org or 076 2532 530
ARTS EDUCATION/AUDIENCE DEVELOPMENT
FILM&SCHOOL
ONGOING THE BIOSCOPE INDEPENDENT CINEMA, 286 Fox Street, mABONENG PRECINCT The Film+School Cinema Education Project is a film awareness and appreciation initiative by the Bioscope Independent Cinema in partnership with the Goethe-Institut South Africa. The central aims of the initiative are to introduce young learners to the art of filmmaking, to spark interest in a wide range of topics and to encourage discussion. Film is a powerful educational tool and the programming of the series has been designed to be as broad as possible to allow children an opportunity to engage in a wide range of film genres and structures including fiction, documentaries and short and animated films. Through this programming strategy, learners will become familiar with the different modes of storytelling of the medium. The second term of Film+School Cinema Education Project will showcase a series of films about the city of Johannesburg. Through screenings and facilitated discussions, students will get the chance to see their city on screen and engage with various issues such as migration, housing and gentrification. South Africa has a very rich and strong tradition of documentary filmmaking. The programme aims to introduce students to the role that documentary films play in society, the way in which films are able to deepen our understanding of the world in which we live, as well as to use the films as starting points for a broader discussion of the issues that are raised. To make a booking for your school class, please contact Puleng Plessie on bookings@ktdarts.org or 076 2532 530 www.thebioscope.co.za
ONLINE MUSIC PLATFORM
MUSIC IN AFRICA
ONGOING Music In Africa (www.musicinafrica.net), the new information and exchange portal dedicated to the African music sector, continues to expand. With three more sections added in November 2014 (Magazine, Resources and Education) the site now boasts an ever-expanding collection of interesting and useful information, including overviews of African music scenes, ‘howto’ guides for music professionals, news, reviews, features, a directory of music operators in Africa and much more. Music In Africa will continue to expand into new countries in 2015, while developing useful content and pursuing offline activities that support the African music sector. In November 2014 the initiative was warmly received at major events across Africa, notably in Kinshasa, Dakar and Johannesburg.
Participants at the recent Music In Africa workshop at the DCMA in Zanzibar © Mandolin Kahindi
This continues in 2015 with presentations and workshops scheduled for Tanzania, Zanzibar, Germany, Swaziland and other countries. Music In Africa is an initiative by the Siemens Foundation and the Goethe-Institut together with partners from across Africa. It is owned and governed by the Music In Africa Foundation – a non-profit organisation registered in South Africa. www.musicinafrica.net
LANGUAGE COURSES
LEARN GERMAN – Join us for German language courses
TERM DATES: 15/04/2015 – 25/06/2015 ENROLMENT ANYTIME Goethe-Institut, 119 Jan Smuts Avenue, Parkwood
learn german © Goethe-Institut. Photo Bernhard Ludewig.
Learn German with the global leader in German language teaching. Whether you want to learn German for daily life, personal interest, professional development, or university studies – the Goethe-Institut is your qualified partner. We guarantee your rapid learning progress promoted by our highly qualified teachers, state-of-the-art teaching methods, intensive consultation and support, a system of course levels applied around the world, and internationally recognized examinations. We offer beginner and intermediate courses at the Goethe-Institut and organise one-on-one tutoring at any learning level, as well as special corporate courses for your company. Our new Blended Learning courses combine classroom and online learning. Enrolment is possible anytime during the opening hours of the Goethe-Institut.
Explore the German language with us and get in touch with other students on www.facebook.com/germaninjoburg Contact Amanda de Beer for more information: learngerman@johannesburg.goethe.org or 011 442 3232
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