january february 2014 programme
OVERVIEW When
What & Where
until Alice Adama in Wonderland by 30/01/2014 Akinbode Akinbiyi Goethe-Institut 19/01/2014 WORLDWIDE: WORK with Achille Mbembe + Khalo Matabane Goethe-Institut 21/01/2014
MOVIE SCREENING: In July Goethe-Institut
06/02/2014 - The Photographic Story of the East Rand 16/03/2014 by Muntu Vilakazi GoetheonMain 07/02/2014 - INTERDISCIPLINARY COLLABORATION: 14/03/2014 CLARE LOVEDAY AND NANDIPHA MNTAMBO Goethe-Institut 11/02/2014 New South African Voices: Childhood Revisited – Childhood and Adolescence mirrored in Contemporary South African Literature Goethe-Institut 13/02/2014 - Hate Radio 16/02/2014 WITS Theatre 13/02/2013 - Rise and Fall of Apartheid: Photography 29/06/2013 and the Bureaucracy of Everyday Life Museum Africa 15/01/2014 - Film+School Cinema Education Project 24/03/2014 The Bioscope 26/01/2014 African Metropolis + February Rotterdam / Berlin January - Nine Urban Biotopes: Negotiating the September Future of Urban Living Joburg, Durban, Cape Town 30/01/2014 - musik+x 12/04/2014 Cape Town 30/01/2014 + einshoch6 / HIP HOP meets Classic 31/01/2014 Cape Town + Stellenbosch FEBRUARY - Rotimi Fani-Kayode: Retrospective JUNE 2014 Cape Town 14/02/2014 - Breathe Sunshine 15/02/2014 African Music Conference Cape Town ONGOING Keleketla Keleketla! Library JOIN US FOR GERMAN LANGUAGE COURSES! TERM DATES: 22/01/2014 - 01/04/2014
WELCOME! Dear partners and friends of the Goethe-Institut, On behalf of all of us at the GoetheInstitut, I would like to take this opportunity to wish you a happy new year. 2014 will be a special year for South Africa: on top of it being an election year, we celebrate and reflect on 20 YEARS OF DEMOCRACY. Together with South African and international partners, we will mark this anniversary with various events: February will see the exhibition Rise and Fall of Apartheid – Photography and the Bureaucracy of Everyday Life at Museum Africa kick off the anniversary activities, accompanied by a programme of events. 20 years have also passed since the genocide in Rwanda. The internationally renowned theatre production Hate Radio investigates the role of the media during this time. In addition to a performance at the WITS Theatre, Hate Radio will also tour to Cape Town and Maputo. WORK is the subject of controversial discussions in South Africa (and elsewhere), which is why, in 2014, we will implement numerous projects in this context. In the global discourse series WORLDWIDE: WORK. WHY DO WE WORK? experts from three continents will have their say in January, when Johannesburg, Munich and Beijing will have a video conference chat on the topic of labour migration. Our focus on ARCHITECTURE continues in 2014, amongst others at the UIA Congress (International Union of Architects) in Durban. A fourth focal point in the coming year are matters related to GENDER, including a retrospective of photographer Rotimi Fani-Kayode, on show in Cape Town from February to June. Back to Johannesburg and to January: Our book reading series New South African Voices as well as the exhibition The Photographic Story of the East Rand explore social constructions of childhood and youth culture in today’s South Africa. To find out which music the youth in Germany is currently listening to, visit the Musik+X exhibition and einshoch6 concert in Cape Town. I’d also like to invite you to discover our library, which not only offers current German press, but also a range of recent book releases – both in print form and for use on electronic devices such as tablets. And if you would like to improve your German language skills, or acquire them: our German courses resume on 22 January. With this in mind, I look forward to meeting you at one of our events in the coming weeks. – Dr. Norbert Spitz Director of the Goethe-Institut South Africa
PHOTO EXHIBITION
Alice Adama in Wonderland by Akinbode Akinbiyi
until 30/01/2014 Goethe-Institut, Gallery, Johannesburg Renowned Nigerian photographer Akinbode Akinbiyi has for some years focused his output on mega-cities, especially those on the African continent, including work on Cairo, Lagos and Kinshasa. The body Alice Adama in Wonderland was developed during residencies in the city in 2012 and 2013. The artist describes the work as “a wander through the contested streets of Johannesburg looking for, searching for its essential essence. Extremely fine gold dust floating ever so ephemerally in the evening twilight, down the grid-patterned streets of downtown, out into the southern suburbs and up and away into the northern counterparts, and in no way forgetting the equally contested streets of the western and eastern suburbs.� Admission: Free
DISCUSSION
WORLDWIDE:WORK: Discussion with Achille Mbembe + Khalo Matabane
19/01/2014, 11H30 for 12H00 Goethe-Institut, Auditorium, Johannesburg Why do people from China, Africa and Europe look for work outside their home countries? How welcome are they in their host countries, and what
(c) Giancarlo
rights do they have there? What effects do mobility and migration have on family ties and social relationships? The history of migration is as old as humanity itself. People have virtually always had to negotiate borders in order to work; but the reasons for, and forms of labour migration are more diverse today than ever before. Cultural motives are, in this context, closely intertwined with economic and political causes. The global discussion series WORLDWIDE:WORK connects world cities with different cultures of work via live video conferencing. Experts and members of the public in Johannesburg, Munich and Beijing will debate around the topic: “Between Worlds: about the living realities of labour nomads”. Short films will provide insights into personal life histories and the reality of labour in the participating countries. In Johannesburg, panelists are political scientist and intellectual in the field of colonial studies Achille Mbembe, as well as filmmaker Khalo Matabane. Moderation: Rike Sitas (African Center for Cities, Cape Town). Admission: Free
MOVIE SCREENING FOR GERMAN LANGUAGE LEARNERS
In July
21/01/2014, 18H00 Goethe-Institut, Auditorium, Johannesburg Come and join us for our first movie screening this year which will also mark the beginning of our German classes in 2014. Daniel is a young physics teacher in Hamburg who plays life by the rules. His students ridicule him, bartenders ignore him, and every night he walks home to a perfectly empty apartment. But his drab existence is about to change as he falls head over heels in love with a beautiful Turkish girl called Melekand and spontaneously decides to follow her to Istanbul. “In July”, directed by German-born Turk Fatih Akin, is a vibrantly photographed journey set against the decidedly multicultural backdrop of
Central and Eastern Europe, in which unrequited love, a stolen passport and five different countries and languages play the leads. Director: Fatih Akin; Cast: Moritz Bleibtreu, Christiane Paul, Idil Üner, Mehmet Kurtuluş Road Movie, Germany, 100min. German (English subtitles)
VISUAL ARTS
The Photographic Story of the East Rand by Muntu Vilakazi
06/02/2014 – 16/03/2014, Opening 06/02/2014, 18H30 GoetheonMain, 245 main street, Maboneng Precinct Muntu Vilakazi describes his new body of work as follows: This is a photographic story that looks at the rise of the black middle class as South Africa approaches 20 years as a democracy. It focuses specifically on the lifestyles of young black people in areas that still experience
(c) Muntu Vilakazi
vast underdevelopment and a high rate of unemployment. It’s a tale of high spending by extravagant youths who live it up amid rampant poverty. The show observes their ideas of progress against a society that sees them as counter-progressive and exorbitantly wasteful. It is a story of fast cars, fashion, alcohol, ‘girls’ and music. This project focuses on three townships in the east of Johannesburg, mainly Katlehong, Vosloorus and Kwa-Thema. The East Rand pales by comparison with the hectic pace, glitz, glamour and nightlife of Jozi as well as Soweto, however there is a prevalent deep house, motor bike and drag racing culture that commands a significant following. While apartheid regulations have long been repealed, the geographic realities of past regimes continue to colour the character of contemporary South African spaces. The show goes beyond a generalised view to discover how township culture in the East Rand is distinct from that found in other parts of the land. Admission: Free
VISUAL ARTS/MUSIC
Interdisciplinary Collaboration: Clare Loveday and Nandipha Mntambo
07/02/2014 – 14/03/2014, Opening, performance and discussion 07/02/2014, 18H30 Goethe-Institut, Auditorium, Johannesburg As part of the 2014 Johannesburg International Mozart Festival, composer Clare Loveday and fine artist Nandipha Mntambo will present an interdisciplinary collaboration, consisting of an installation in the gallery of the Goethe-Institut, as well as musical performances within the installation.
(c) Nandipha Mntambo
The work considers shifting and distorting memories, most obviously experienced in the dark difficulties of love, thus resonating with the Mozart Fesitval’s theme of “Un’ aura amorosa - love’s delights and dilemmas”. Both the installation and the composition work with cyclical elements: by reflecting back on past heartaches, disappointments and traumas, and acting on memories that are distorted in new contexts, we are held within our own spiral of memory and action. In this way, Loveday and Mntambo are aiming to present a work that considers shifting perceptions within a cyclical framework. On opening night, violinist Waldo Alexander will perform the musical component of the work, after which the public will be invited to join the artist and the composer for a panel discussion. The musical performance will be repeated on opening night after the panel discussion, and thereafter at times to be confirmed. Admission: Free
BOOK READING + DISCUSSION
New South African Voices: Childhood Revisited – Childhood and ADOLESCENCE mirrored in Contemporary South African Literature
11/02/2014, 19H00 Goethe-Institut Library, Johannesburg Children are not only young people developing but subjects in their own right. This premise is the starting point to discuss social constructions of childhood, of adolescence and the development of social representation of children through the eyes of literature. As the child is not just a mere figure of a poetical text but forms an own literary theme with its own cultural-intrinsic characteristics. Continuing with the model of presenting exciting literary voices, the Goethe-Institut hosts awardwinning Kgebetli Moele, who will read excerpts from his latest novel „Untitled“ as well as acclaimed writer Rachel Zadok with her latest novel „Sister Sister“. The authors’ books will be available for sale on the evening. Admission: Free
THEATRE
Hate Radio
07/02/2014 – 21/02/2014: Touring South Africa and Mozambique 13/02/2014 – 16/02/2014: Johannesburg dates Wits Theatre, 25 Station St, Braamfontein On 6 April 1994, the airplane of the Rwandan President, Habyaruman, was hit by two missiles as it tried to land. This event signaled the beginning of the most brutal genocide since the end of the Cold War. In the months of April, May and June 1994, the Central African state murdered an estimated 800,000 to 1,000,000 of its Tutsi minority and thousands of moderate Hutus. The tools used to humiliate and kill people of all ages and genders were simple: machetes, sticks, and a few guns. Indeed, the most powerful instrument of the genocide was the “Radio-Télévision Libre des Mille Collines” (RTLM). With unspeakable cynicism, the staff of the popular station had been preparing the genocide like an election campaign for months. Their programming consisted of pop music, riveting sports coverage, political communiqués, and remarkably hateful calls to murder. “HATE RADIO” returns RTLM to the airwaves in a reconstructed backdrop that remains faithful to the original. Central to the production is the reenactment of an RTLM show, run by its hosts - three Hutu extremists and Italian-Belgian Georges Ruggiu. After touring extensively in Europe, as well as in Asia and in Rwanda, the production can now be presented for the first time to audiences in Southern Africa. Hate Radio is a production of IIPM - International Institute of Political Murder.
(c) Daniel Seiffert
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EXHIBITION
Rise and Fall of Apartheid PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE BUREAUCRACY OF EVERYDAY LIFE
13/02/2013 – 29/06/2013 Museum Africa, Newtown
Eli Weinberg, Crowd near the Drill Hall on the opening day of the Treason Trial, Johannesburg, December 19, 1956. Times Media Collection, Museum Africa, Johannesburg.
February 2014 will see the opening of Rise and Fall of Apartheid: Photography and the Bureaucracy of Everyday Life at Museum Africa in Johannesburg. Coinciding with the 20th anniversary of democracy in South Africa, this award-winning exhibition, organized by the International Center of Photography, and curated by Okwui Enwezor with Rory Bester, offers an unprecedented and comprehensive historical overview of the pictorial response to apartheid that has never been undertaken by any other museum. Encompassing more than 800 photographs, artworks, films, videos, documents, posters, and periodicals, the exhibition brings together a rich tapestry of material – much of which has rarely been shown together. This edition of the exhibition is brought to Johannesburg by the South African Department of Arts and Culture and the Ford Foundation, supported by the City of Johannesburg, Museum Africa, the European Union, the Goethe-Institut, the Austrian Embassy, the British Council, EUNIC, the German Embassy, the French Institute of South Africa, the Swiss Embassy and the University of the Witwatersrand. More information on www.riseandfallofapartheid.org Admission: Free
MUSIC
SoundMindLab: Jardins d’Equinoxe
23/02/2013, 16h00 Goethe-Institut, Auditorium, Johannesburg Swiss composer / drummer Christophe Fellay and Jill Richards (piano) continue their musical partnership which began in Johannesburg in 2012, followed by performances and a recording in Switzerland last year. Christophe creates a basic structure from material which has grown from their free improvisations. This is the starting point for a performance where
(c) Fondation Louis Moret 2013
Christophe does extraordinary things with his drum kit as well as processing sounds from both drums and piano. Jill takes the piano to places it has seldom been before, playing on the keys and getting sounds from the inside of the instrument with a variety of “toys”, tools and found materials. Together they improvise to create an intense, energetic and playful musical world. www.christophefellay.com, www.jillrichards.com Admission: free Sponsored by Pro Helvetia
FILM
Film+School Cinema Education Project
15/01/2014 – 24/03/2014 The Bioscope, Maboneng Precinct The central focus of the 2014 Film+School Cinema Education Project is the theme of 20 Years of Democracy in South Africa. Film+School will start 2014 with a programme which focuses on the issue of poverty. The programme will screen films from an innovative, new education project produced by Steps International, called Why Poverty? The Why Poverty? Series, which uses documentary film to get people talking about poverty, will see students watching a collection of moving and thought-provoking films that tackle big issues and pose challenging questions. The programme will cover a range of themes all linked to such
a complex subject including children’s rights, inequality, aid & charity and food security. Through the programme, young learners will come to a broader understanding of the causes and effects of poverty. For bookings and more information, please contact Puleng on 0762532530 or bookings@ktdarts.org.
SHORT FILM
African Metropolis
26/01/2014: European Premiere at International Film Festival Rotterdam FEBRUARY 2014: Berlinale Talents Panel
African Metropolis finally hits Europe on 26 January at the renowned International Film Festival Rotterdam (IFFR). The compilation of six short fiction films, set in six major African cities, is a unique partnership towards
new African cinema. The films from Abidjan, Cairo, Dakar, Johannesburg, Lagos and Nairobi tell urban tales about life in African metropolises. Over 50 percent of the continent’s total population now lives in cities and vital urban cultures are forming and transforming – fast, and with growing complexity. After its world premiere at this year’s Durban International Film Festival (DIFF), African Metropolis was critically acclaimed, leading to three of the shorts being shown at Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). Besides the European premiere in Rotterdam, African Metropolis will also feature at the 2014 Berlinale Talents, an initiative of the Berlin International Film Festival, where 300 promising filmmakers will gather for master classes and panel discussions, as well as project labs and film screenings. The African Metropolis Short Film Project is an initiative of the GoetheInstitut South Africa and South African executive producer Steven Markovitz, with support from Guaranty Trust Bank and the Hubert Bals Fund of International Film Festival Rotterdam. More information on www.goethe.de/africanmetropolis
ARTISTIC RESEARCH AND EXCHANGE
Nine Urban Biotopes
Negotiating the Future of Urban Living January – September 2014 Nine Urban Biotopes – Negotiating the Future of Urban Living (9UB) brings together artists and urban practitioners living and working in cities in Europe and South Africa. From January until September 2014 they will engage in a working process that combines cultural exchange with artistic research and production, in order to reflect upon and make visible global processes and their local impacts. The artist-in-residence program between practitioners in South Africa Johannesburg, Durban, Cape Town - and Europe - London, Paris, Turin and Berlin - will generate a trans-local dialogue that enables the potential of visionary practices for sustainable cities. Nine artistic projects will be researched and produced in nine innovative urban settings. From January through March 2014 the project will begin with the artists Marjetica Potrc in Soweto, Antje Schiffers in Cape Town and Athi-Patra Ruga in Berlin. Every project will include an integrated reporter who will communicate its process and products using social apps and smart phone technology. A »mobile exhibition « and an eBook publication will showcase the final project outcomes and interconnect the different biotopes with each other.
CONCERT
einshoch6 / HIP HOP meets Classic
30/01/2014, 19H00, Cape Town Science Centre in Observatory, Cape Town 31/01/2014, 19H00 , Paul Roos Gimnasium, Stellenbosch The opening of the musik+X exhibition at the Cape Town Science Centre will see the German band einshoch6 rock the Cape. „Lass uns reden“ (Let’s talk!) is the title of their new album. Six musicians who are trained in classical music and three MC’s create an explosive crossover mix of hip hop and Classic. Currently they are on tour with a program created by German international broadcaster Deutsche Welle, engaging with German learners worldwide through concerts and workshops. The Goethe-Institut made sure that South Africa is included in their tour schedule! Whether you speak German or not – einshoch6 will get you on the dance floor – concerts are free and everyone is welcome! More Information: www.einshoch6.de/
PHOTO EXHIBITION
Rotimi Fani-Kayode: Retrospective
FEBRUARY – JUNE 2014 Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town A seminal figure in 1980s Black British and African contemporary art, Rotimi Fani-Kayode’s (1955-1989) timeless photographs constitute a profoundly personal and political exploration of complex notions of desire, spirituality and displacement/diaspora. In Kayode’s large-scale colour and black and white portraits, the black male body becomes the focal point of a photographic enquiry
to imaginatively interpret the boundaries between spiritual and erotic fantasy, cultural and sexual difference. Ancestral rituals and a provocative, multi-layered symbolism fuse with archetypal motifs from European and African cultures and subcultures, inspired by what Yoruba priests call ‘the technique of ecstasy’. Curated by Mark Sealy and Renée Mussai, this exhibition marks the 25th anniversary of the artist’s
Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Every Moment Counts, 1989. Courtesy of Autograph ABP
death, and represents FaniKayode’s first major exhibition in a national gallery in Africa. It will include key bodies of work alongside archival prints, ephemera and unique polaroids. The exhibition is supported by the Goethe-Institut.
CONFERENCE
Breathe Sunshine African Music Conference
14/02/2014 – 15/02/2014 Cape Town, City Hall At the second Breathe Sunshine African Music Conference, the best local and international minds come together for two days and nights in order to attend world class panels, artist showcases, key note talks and workshops. The conference takes place during the same week as the internationally renowned Cape Town International Jazz Festival and is therefore the perfect opportunity for networking and experiencing a diverse range of live acts and DJs – putting Cape Town on the map as a global hub for African music. The Goethe-Institut supports the attendance of international speakers to the conference. More information on www.breathesunshineconference.com
YOUTH MEDIA PLATFORM
Keleketla
FEBRUARY – JUNE 2014 Keleketla! Library is an independent library and information centre that serves the Johannesburg inner city community. Situated at the historic Drill Hall, the space aims to nurture and grow an audience for the arts by providing experimental platforms for cultural exchanges and knowledge creation, discussions and personal study. The library also intervenes into
the school curriculum through its after school programme that invites participation within the library and the schools. After five years in operation, Keleketla! Library has been accepted at Freedom Community College for a 6-month residency, supported by the National Heritage Council of South Africa and the Goethe-Institut. During this time, Keleketla! Library will work with educators, learners and invited cultural workers to create the second impression of the 2012 publication, ‘56 Years to the Treason Trial’ coinciding with the celebration of 20 Years of Democracy. Keleketla will also work with the school’s learner-led library to reshape how we see and use libraries. The Goethe-Institut supports Ketleketla as an organization and its activities as an important creative space in downtown Johannesburg. More information on www.keleketla.org.
Language Courses
LEARN GERMAN – Join us for German language courses
Term dates: 22/01/2014- 01/04/2014 Goethe-Institut Learn German with the world-wide leader in German language pedagogy. 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 linguistic progress promoted by our highly qualified teachers, state-of-the-art teaching applied around the world, and internationally recognized examinations. We offer beginner and intermediate and can also organize one-to-one tutoring at any learning level as well as special corporate courses for your company. Enrol online on www.goethe.de (click on “Learning German” and then on “Registration, dates and prices”) For more information please contact Matthias Jakus: germancourses@johannesburg.goethe.org or + 27 11 4423232
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