JUNE JULY 2017 programme
OVERVIEW When
What & Where
2- 4 JUNE & NEW DIMENSIONS – VIRTUAL REALITY 8-10 JUNE
AFRICA at Virtual Encounters
JOBURG & CAPE TOWN
23 JUNE
Murnau’s Tartüff
The Bioscope, Maboneng
26 JUNE
After Spring Comes Fall
Goethe-Institut
4 JULY - Open Forum Exhibition: 12 AUG Phefumla! (breathe!)
GOETHE-INSTITUT
4 JULY - Arts Ability Rural Residency & 15 JULY Performances Steve Biko Centre,
King WILLIAM’S Town
13 JULY - German Focus at the 2017 DURBAN 23 JULY
INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL Durban
29 JULY Big Opening of our brand new
Library - Gamebox - Hub GOETHE-INSTITUT
31 JULY
Der Staat gegen Fritz Bauer
Goethe-Institut
Admission to all events is free of charge, unless otherwise stated JOIN US FOR GERMAN LANGUAGE COURSES! Next terms: 10 July - 18 September 30 September - 8 December ON OUR COVER: Selly Raby Kane belongs to a new generation of urban, curious and open-to-the-world artists and designers who are bringing a new energy to Senegalese culture. She’s also the creator of THE OTHER DAKAR, which shows in Joburg and Cape Town as part of Virtual Encounters (see the next page)
VIRTUAL REALITY SHOWCASE
NEW DIMENSIONS – VIRTUAL REALITY AFRICA at Virtual Encounters
2 June 10am-8pm, 3 &4 June, 10am-6pm GOETHE-INSTITUT, 119 JAN SMUTS AVE, 2193 PARKWOOD Also showing from 8 to 10 June at The American Corner, Central Library, Cape Town
“Let This Be A Warning” by The Nest Collective, Kenya
Electric South and the Goethe-Institut present the South African premiere of „New Dimensions – Virtual Reality Africa“, a selection of Virtual Reality (VR) productions from Kenya, Senegal and Ghana. Each of these works offers a view of the vibrant, diverse and ever-changing cultural landscape of contemporary Africa. Included is the VR work “Spirit Robot” by Ghanaian science fiction author and founder of the Afrocyberpunk website Jonathan Dotse who explored the Chale Wote Street Art Festival in Accra. Kenyan photographer Ng’endo Mukii produced a poetic city symphony on Nairobi in the VR piece “Nairobi Berries”, consisting of her lyrical voice-over alongside surreal, layered images of the city. Senegalese fashion designer Selly Raby Kane presents a magical 360 degree piece, in which a little girl is chosen to discover the invisible Dakar. Kenyan “The Nest Collective” created an interactive work set in the distant future, when a group of Africans have left the Earth to create a colony on a distant planet. “New Dimensions – Virtual Reality Africa“ will show within Virtual Encounters – an exhibition of creative multi-platform, documentary storytelling, curated by Ingrid Kopp and forming part of the 2017 Encounters South African International Documentary Film Festival. Expect a spectacle of award-winning Virtual Reality, Interactive and documentary video games! In Johannesburg, there will be a Q&A with Steven Markovitz and Ng’endo Mukii, director of Nairobi Berries, on Saturday 3 June at 12.00.
FILM SCREENING & live musical soundtrack
Murnau’s Tartüff
Friday 23 JUNE, 19H30 The Bioscope, 286 Fox St., Maboneng, 2094 Tickets: R50 via www.thebioscope.co.za The 1926 silent film classic Herr Tartüff, directed by Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau, and starring Emil Jannings as Tartuffe, Lil Dagover as Elmire and Werner Krauss as Orgon, is based on Moliere’s satirical masterpiece Tartuffe. The film retains the basic plot as the original farce, but Murnau pared down Molière’s play, eliminating most of the secondary characters and concentrating on the triangle of Orgon, Elmire and Tartuffe. They also introduced a framing device, whereby the story of Tartuffe becomes a film-within-a-film, shown by a young actor as a device to warn his grandfather about his unctuous but evil housekeeper. For this screening at the Bioscope, pianist and composer Paul Hanmer will provide a live musical soundtrack. Having accompanied several silent film screenings at the Bioscope over the last years, local fans of classic cinema and Paul Hamner may not miss this screening. This screening is presented by the Goethe-Institut in partnership with Alliance Francaise and the French Institute of South Africa.
Image supplied by Murnau Stiftung
FILM SCREENING
After Spring comes Fall
Monday 26 JUNE, 19H00 GOETHE-INSTITUT, 119 JAN SMUTS AVE, 2193 PARKWOOD Mina, a young Kurdish woman, decides to leave her home in Syria and flees to Berlin where she begins a new life in the apparent security of her illegal existence. The Syrian secret service traces Mina and forces her to work as an informant. While gradually winning the trust of Syrian opposition
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members in Berlin she sends back sensitive information on the resistance movement. She desperately seeks a way out of the web of betrayal and violence. This award-winning drama is a highly topical and dark thriller. It is a touching demonstration of how being a refugee does not end with the arrival in Germany. Director: Daniel Carsenty Drama, 2014/15. 90 min. English Subtitles. Please RSVP to bso@johannesburg.goethe.org by 23 June.
EXHIBITION
Open Forum Exhibition: Phefumla! (breathe!)
OPENING TUESDAY 4 JULY, 18H30. Runs until 12 AUGUST GOETHE-INSTITUT, 119 JAN SMUTS AVE, 2193 PARKWOOD
Photographic series on womxn leaders in the student movement in Stellenbosch, Retha Ferguson
Open Forum was formed in response to Student activism at Stellenbosch and on campuses throughout South Africa that cumulated in the #FeesMustFall movement in 2015 and 2016. It became a space to reflect on discourses on decolonisation and institutional transformation at Stellenbosch University and beyond. The 20152016 student movement raised concerns about the urgent need to make universities genuinely ‘public’ institutions, accessible to all students across lines of race and class. They have also broadened the scope of transformation from a concern primarily with the demographic characteristics of student bodies and staff to begin to take on larger
questions about how students from different backgrounds (intersecting with categories of race, class, gender, disability and sexuality) experience the University as both a place of opportunity and of friction. In October 2016, Open Forum ran its first residency programme for artists and students that were invited to participate through an open call and selection process. The 2016 residency generated artwork that includes performance art, video, photography, documentary, curated text, sculpture and sound installation. This work has been curated into the travelling exhibition, Phefumla!(breathe) supported by the Goethe-Institut and Tshisimani Centre for Activist Education. The exhibition education programme includes a dialogue with student activists and Open Forum artists from Cape Town and Johannesburg. Phefumla! (breathe!) is co-curated by Greer Valley in collaboration with the Open Forum residency participants.
Dance workshops and performances
Arts Ability Rural Residency
Dance Workshops: 4 to 14 July, Performances: 15 July Steve Biko Centre, King William’s Town Unmute Dance Company, an integrated company of artists with mixed abilities or ‘disabilities’, in collaboration with Artscape Theatre Centre and Steve Biko Centre and in partnership with the Goethe-Institut, presents the ArtsAbility Rural Residency. The residency focuses on inclusion of ‘disabled’ persons into mainstream society through artistic workshops that explore issues of accessibility for people living with a disability(s).This is done by engaging, collaborating and integrating pupils, youth and artists with mixed-abilities (with and without disability), aiming to inspire more inclusivity and equal opportunities for all people. The Residency will bring into perspective what can be achieved together as an integrated society through Dance. The performances are open to the public and local residents of King Williams Town. This project is realised within the new iniative “Goethe-Institut Project Space” (GPS). GPS is a multi-disciplinary roving project space which supports work realized all over South Africa ranging from workshops to exhibitions, events and performances; including visual art, literature, film, music, dance and theatre projects. Image: supplied by Unmute Dance Company
FILM FESTIVAL
GERMAN FOCUS AT THE 2017 DURBAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 13 to 23 July Various venues in Durban MORE INFORMATION ON WWW.DURBANFILMFEST.CO.ZA
German cinema will be in the spotlight at this year’s DURBAN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL, with a selection of 10 recent German feature films and documentaries on the festival line-up. 2017 also marks the 10th anniversary of Durban Talents, the annual summit and networking platform of the Berlin International Film Festival.
The German Focus at DIFF 2017 is presented by the Embassy of the Federal Republic of Germany in South Africa, German Films, Berlinale Talents and the Goethe-Institut in cooperation with DIFF.
FILM SCREENING
Der Staat gegen Fritz Bauer
Monday 31 JULY, 19H00 GOETHE-INSTITUT, 119 JAN SMUTS AVE, 2193 PARKWOOD Germany, 1957. The Hessian Chief Public Prosecutor Fritz Bauer receives vital clues about the whereabouts of SS Lieutenant Colonel Adolf Eichmann, who was responsible for the preparation and organisation of mass deportations and murders of European Jews. Allegedly, Eichmann is hiding in Buenos Aires. Fritz Bauer, a Jew and Social Democrat, who had made it his objective since returning from Danish exile to bring perpetrators of the Nazi regime before the courts, tries to arrange the trial of Adolf Eichmann in West Germany. In his office, Bauer is virtually left on his own. Not only is he not supported by his colleagues, but they also continually scheme against his research. Increasingly, it becomes apparent that Fritz Bauer’s work is more than just a thorn in the side of influential circles. Comedy / Drama, 2014/15. 90 min. English Subtitles. Director: Lars Kraume Please RSVP to bso@johannesburg.goethe.org by 28 July.
Image: supplied by www.derstaatgegenfritzbauer.de
OTHER THINGS WE DO SCHOLARSHIPS FOR 8 SOUTH AFRICAN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS In July 2017, two dedicated students from each of the four PASCH schools in South Africa will participate in an international youth course in Germany. The three-week scholarship offers them an opportunity to improve their knowledge of German, to get an authentic impression of life in Germany and to become acquainted with Germany as a place to study. In order to get them ready for their trip, the Goethe-Institut Johannesburg will be hosting a preparation workshop just in time for their departure. Gute Reise! Safe Journey! Hamba Kahle! Veilig Reis! Through the PASCH initiative (Schools: Partners for the Future), the Goethe-Institut supports schools that place a high value on German as a Foreign Language. In South Africa, these are the “Paul Roos Gimnasium” in Stellenbosch, the “Witteberg High School” in Bethlehem, the “Linden High School” in Johannesburg and the “Tsoseletso High School” in Bloemfontein. More information on www.pasch-net.de.
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Music In Africa puts musicians first with massive portal revamp The Music In Africa Foundation (MIAF), in partnership with Goethe-Institut and Siemens Foundation, is pleased to announce the launch of its fully revamped portal for the African music sector, www.musicinafrica.net. The revamp introduces a completely new platform with significant improvements in functionality, design and performance. While upholding the Foundation’s vision to be a leading source of information and exchange in the sector, the new site adds at least 10 big new features designed to further the careers of musicians – the website’s core demographic. Key new features include music and video streaming as musicians can now sync their music from legal music and video streaming sites, a feature for fans and businesses to book artists, statistics, a newsfeed to discover opportunities such as jobs, funding, gigs and services, an intuitive messaging functionality to engage with industry players, a tool for musicians to develop Electronic Press Kits (EPKs) and other useful functionalities. The site is available for free in English and French. The first Music In Africa portal was launched in December 2014 and since then 26 African countries have been covered as part of a strategy to report on the whole African continent by 2022. More than 13 000 music professionals and 120 music journalists were registered on the platform between 2014 and 2016.
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