FEBRUARY MARCH 2013 programme
OVERVIEW When
What & Where
17/1/2013 - 10/2/2013
Doung Anwar Jahangeer: Interface2012 GoetheonMain,245 Main Street, Maboneng Precinct
10/2/2013 - Mozartfestival: Choreography of Sound King Kong Building, 6 Verwey Street, TroyEville 12/2/2013 31/3/2013
Informal Studio: Marlboro South Goethe-Institut, Johannesburg
DURING February
5 Years Keleketla Library Various Venues IN JOHANNESBURG
18/2/2013 - 10 Cities - 02/3/2013 Club CultureS in Africa and Europe tbc 19/2/2013
New South African Voices Goethe-Institut, Johannesburg
21/2/2013 - New Imaginaries GOETHE-INSTITUT, JOhannesburg 28/2/2013 - Phumulani Ntuli: Umjondolo 10/3/2013 GoetheonMain, 245 Main Street, Maboneng Precinct 12/3/2013 - Infecting the City: Attitude. 16/3/2013 CAPE TOWN 14/3/2013 Christian Nerf: Things are odd GoetheonMain, 245 Main Street, Maboneng Precinct
FOR YOUR INFORMATION 6/2/2013 - film + school 27/3/2013 The Bioscope, 286 Fox Street, Maboneng Precinct 21/2/2013 - Music in Africa 23/2/2013 Goethe-Institut, Johannesburg 27/2/2013 - Digital Libraries and Archives 1/3/2013 WITS University, Johannesburg 4/3/2013 - 6/3/2013
Kick-off Meeting Nine Urban Biotopes Goethe-Institut, JohannesburG
Architecture
Doung Anwar Jahangeer: interface2012
17.01.2013 – 10.02.2013 GoetheonMain, 245 Main Street, Maboneng Precinct interface2012 is a long term project which engaged the challenges of urbanisation through creative interventions in Durban. The installation at GoetheonMain will present this project in 2013 and take it one step further. Jahangeer is the co-founder of dala, an interdisciplinary creative collective that believes in the transformative role of creativity in building safer and more livable cities. During the project, five artists equipped with iPhones embarked in an intensive process of unearthing and mapping hidden narratives along an existing unrecognised corridor of pedestrian movement from Umkhumbane (Cato Manor) and Warwick Junction (Durban innercity). interface2012 will include the resultant footage and showcase interventions. The artist Doung Anwar Jahangeer states: ‘Ephemeral and intangible urban narratives are too often ignored in the process of space making. These types of narratives provide counter-foil to the disciplining, rational use of space defined by planners, architects, engineers and owners of capital. In partnership with the local Cato Manor artist’s association, dala conceptualised a platform to explore the possibility for a specific local community (the CityWalkers) to exercise their freedom, to become the inspiration and guide for development in the city in a meaningful and humanising manner. Organically people traverse the city in an uncontrolled, irregular fashion, bringing spatial narratives into being.’
interface2012 in Durban
Music
Mozartfestival: Choreography of Sound
10.02.2013, 13H00 – 18H00 King Kong Building, 6 Verwey Street, Troyeville
Carlo Mombelli
A spontaneous freestyle chamber music session – electro acoustic composition through improvisations and solo sketches. As part of the 2013 Johannesburg International Mozart Festival, composer, musician and musical experimentalist Carlo Mombelli was invited to put together a day-long exploration of sound and music-making. The result is a series of performances and discussions centered around the musicmaking strategies of a very diverse group of musicians who have over the past decade collaborated with Mombelli on various musical adventures. The session will consist of seven musical sets, interspersed with panel discussions led by Herby Opland. Musicians who will be heard during the session include Carlo Mombelli, Justin Badenhorst, Siya Makuzeni, Jacob Israel, Sydney Mnisi, and Jonathan Crossley. Admission: Free
Architecture
Informal Studio: Marlboro South
12.02.2013 – 31.03.2013, Opening 12.02.2013, 18H30 Goethe-Institut, Johannesburg At a time when thinking about housing in South Africa is gradually shifting towards upgrading rather than the eradication of informal settlements,
the need for suitably experienced professionals, community planners and officials who can engage in a process of participative planning is becoming increasingly urgent. Yet universities and professional bodies remain largely stuck in outdated modes of pedagogy and practice. The travelling exhibition Informal Studio: Marlboro South documents a university course on in-situ upgrading developed by 26’10 south Architects with the University of Johannesburg in 2012. During a seven week period, fifty architecture students worked with community planners (residents) from the informally settled warehouses and open plots in the industrial area of Marlboro South bordering Alexandra. The exhibition consists of four mini documentary films as well as text, maps, drawings and a comic. It documents the complexity of the negotiated relationship between students and residents, as well as the challenges and opportunities opened up through a participative approach to planning.
Anniversary Celebrations
5 Years Keleketla Library: Call and Response Throughout February 2013 Various venues in Johannesburg Call & Response marks Keleketla Library’s five-year practice with a series of interventions, screenings, exhibitions, guest lectures and performances. The project aims to re-visit the Keleketla archive of work produced over the last five years to imagine the changing nature of
libraries and knowledge dissemination. The following events give you a general overview. For a full programme and more specific information on the events, please visit: www.call-response.org
Dialogue THROUGHOUT FEBRUARY Freedom Community College and Keleketla! Library Call & Response has put together a series of topical conversations around the flow of information and their politics, including the challenges of community, knowledge, democracy and creation. The participants are an inter-generational bunch of practitioners in education, media, culture, politics and heritage.
Happenings Throughout February 2013 Keleketla Library The programme is layered with multiple happenings, from pop-up shops to zine workshops, performances and library interventions. The first library intervention resident is French scenographer Marie Fricout, who will build a ‘set’ for the Keleketla catalogue as a tool for users to experiment with personal and subjective ways of library classifications. Francis Burger will kick-start the analysis and classification of the library archive. Cape Town-based Sebastian Borckenhagen, founder of the Cape Town Zine Project, will facilitate zine workshops.
Concert 16.02.2013, 17H00 The Drill Hall Square, Joubert Park Keleketla is well known for experimental audio and music projects that expands the notion of knowledge creation and dissemination, foster networks and builds an intriguing audio archive. The concert features new collaborations and exchanges by musicians and DJs from Johannesburg, Cape Town and Munich, cutting across multiple genres. Line-up: Thath’i Cover Okestra, DJ Zhao (Munich), DJ Mma Tseleng (Joburg), The Fong Kong Bantu Sound System (Cape Town) and others. Before the concert, the exhibition 57 Years to the Treason Trial, curated by Bettina Malcomess, will open. Admission: Presale (available at Webtickets): R65, at the door: R80
Skaftien 24.02.2013, Dialogue and Food 14H00 – 16H00, Concert on Smit Street 17H00 – 22H00 Makhwapheni, 62 Juta Street, Braamfontein (entry through Smit Service Street)
Curated by Lerato Bereng, the revision of SKAFTIEN will explore art education as the drive behind this unique fundraising model. The event will include the core elements: food, music and the community. Speakers are challenged to discuss pedagogical proposals to be implemented with the interests of the learners at Freedom Community College. The SKAFTIEN audience will eat, consider and engage with the most compelling proposal/s to intervene into the school curriculum through process-based art practice. As usual, SKAFTIEN will provide mouthwatering food and end with music, this time in the form of a street-bash! Line-Up: Mma Tseleng Ensemble, StopNonCents, Dokta Spizee Admission: Whole Session: R100, concert only: R50
Music
TEN CITIES - Club Cultures in Africa and Europe
18.02.2013 – 02.03.2012, concert date & venue tba Johannesburg
Ten Cities: Artists working together in Luanda
Whether it’s Nairobi or Naples, Bristol or Johannesburg: in all the mega cities of Africa and Europe, people get together in dedicated spaces to dance, to make music and party - and form communities and subcultures. Club culture is a global phenomenon. But what is the music people are dancing to? What sort of public sphere do club cultures create? And what happens when the club music from two different continents meet head on? TEN CITIES is a music and research project that will bring together musicians, writers and photographers from ten cities in Africa and Europe: Cairo, Johannesburg, Luanda, Lagos and Nairobi as well as Berlin, Bristol, Kiev, Lisbon and Naples. The project started off in Luanda in November 2012, followed by Lagos in January 2013 and now Johannesburg as third stage. Renowned deep house producer Vakula (Honest Jon’s, Konotop) and Bass music producer Dubmasta (SKP Records), both from Kiev/Ukraine, as well as Berlin based DJ Hannes Teichmann (Festplatten) will come to Johannesburg. Collaborating with South African musicians, they will record new tracks and give a concert at the end of this collaboration. A detailed programme will be announced on our website. More Information can be found on www.ten-cities.com
Literature
New South African Voices: Exploring poetical landscapes in South Africa
19.02.2013, 19H00 Goethe-Institut, Library, Johannesburg
Karin Schminke
Kgafela oa Magogodi
Poets lend their voices to current events and shed light on inner developments and emotions as they critique and defend the social and political issues of their day. The very subjective art of words somehow manages to reveal hidden aspects of our worlds and minds, speak about the unspeakable, capture the unconscious, and uncover
the foundations of the human condition. How do different traditions of poetical expression resonate with current audiences and how, if at all, have these styles changed over the past years? Continuing with the model of presenting an established author together with a new literary voice, the Goethe-Institut hosts Karin Schimke, who will read poetry from her debut volume Bare & Breaking, as well as Jozi local matador Kgafela oa Magogodi, who has explored the borders of spoken word and poetry with his immensely interdisciplinary approach. Admission: free
Public Symposium
New Imaginaries
21.02.2013, 9H00 – 17H00 Goethe-Institut, Johannesburg The Goethe-Institut and the African Centre for Cities (ACC) will host a one-day symposium to explore issues relating to public space and the public sphere with public art a focal point and catalyst for discussion. The event is closely connected to New Imaginaries, a trilogy of Goethe-Institut projects during 2012 that explored public space in Johannesburg by artistic means: Shoe Shop, AMAZE.Interact and Spines. The ACC was commissioned to carry out research on New Imaginaries as an academic component that would analyse and reflect on the project. The symposium aims to communicate aspects of these findings and encourage related exploration around principal themes with a broader audience interested in artistic research, city futures, city makings and city publics. The day is focused around two key strands: how to harness the power of imagination in weaving a future urban fabric and how different registers of engagement across disciplines might work together in doing so. The event therefore gathers a spectrum of stakeholders and interested parties for interdisciplinary discussion, from the New Imaginaries project curators to academics, policymakers, cultural practitioners, media professionals, city-makers and imagineers.
Goethe-institut
The Goethe-Institut is the cultural institute of the Federal Republic of Germany with a global reach. It promotes knowledge of the German language abroad, fosters international cultural cooperation and conveys a comprehensive picture of Germany. In South Africa, our focus is on strengthening cultural scenes, libraries and the teaching of German. German Language courses: The Goethe-Institut is the world-wide market leader for teaching German. Whether you want to learn German for everyday life, personal interest, your job or for university studies – the Goethe-Institut is your qualified partner. Library: The library on Jan Smuts Avenue offers German books as well as many translations of German authors, movies, music CDs and audio books. Most items can be taken out. It is open for all, Mon – Thu from 14:00 – 18:00 and Saturdays from 10:00 – 14:00 Cultural Programme: A variety of cultural events are hosted by the Goethe-Institut, from visual arts to drama, dance, literature, film, and others. Our goal is to support the local cultural scenes and strengthen pan-African dialogue through the arts. For further information visit goethe.de/johannesburg, join us on facebook.com/goethe.suedafrika or twitter.com/goethejoburg
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INFORMATION Goethe-Institut South Africa General opening hours Monday–Thursday 8.30 am – 6 pm Friday 8.30 am – 2.30 pm Library opening hours Monday–Thursday 2 pm – 6 pm Saturday 10 am – 2 pm Language course office hours Monday–Friday 2 pm – 5.30 pm
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Arts on Main
M2 East Directions to GoetheonMain from the M1 Get onto the highway M1 South. Keep left (east) where the M1 forks onto the M2 towards the City, Durban and Selby. Take the Joe Slovo turn off, keep right. Take the Market St turn off, keep right. Cross through the traffic lights on Interchange. Continue straight onto Commissioner Street. Turn right at the 1st set of traffic lights onto Betty St. Take the first right into Fox St. and drive to the top of Fox, where you will find parking. Arts on Main is the building on the corner of Berea and Main street next to the Highway. GoetheonMain is in the grey building on Main Street.
Performance
Phumulani Ntuli: Umjondol O
Performances: 28.02.2013, 18H30, 03.03.2013, 15H30, 07.03.2013, 19H00, 10.03.2013, 15H30 GoetheonMain, 245 Main Street, Maboneng Precinct
The performance Umjondolo (shack) deals with notions of space and belonging, city and citizenship, and issues of identity and representation. Umjondolo acts as a re-appropriation of the historical and monolithic cannon that incessantly historises marginalised spaces as existing outside the context of time and modernity. The shack/umjondolo as an art work will acquire a dynamic quality on par with modernity in its attempts to challenge and negate inherited notions of received history as truth. Through the powers of artistic imagination, performance artist Phumulani Ntuli, researcher Nkateko Baloyi and designer Pule Magopa produce new ways of seeing and looking at the past and present, and hopefully ways of re-reading the world anew.
Performance
Infecting the City: Attitude.
12.03.2013 – 16.03.2013, 9H00 – 19H00 Cape Town The Africa Centre has invited ATTITUDE. to its annual site-specific public arts festival Infecting the City 2013 in Cape Town. ATTITUDE. is a participatory performance that welcomes visitors and passers-by as key figure into its staging, its representation and meaning: when asking the people for their perception and action towards contrary –
cheerful and shattering – circumstances of life. With ATTITUDE. the public space is addressed as a participatory space for negotiation, that makes decisions of visitors come alive in sonic and spatial representations – ever open for later visitors to revaluate the encountered tendencies and manifestations of prior visitors. ATTITUDE. aims to sensitise for “what we perceive”, “how we perceive the conditions of others”, “what we do to support our fellow man” and “how we can initiate change”. ATTITUDE. is realised as a cooperation of artists from Germany, Denmark and South Africa, as well as with the collaboration of the public audience in Cape Town. The Goethe-Institut supports the participation of ATTITUDE. in Infecting the City 2013.
Sebastian Klemm, ATTITUDE.
Christian Nerf, Plantsculpture (2002 – ongoing) with Darren English
Performance/EXHIBITION/OPEN STUdio
Christian Nerf: Things are Odd
14.03.2013 – 07.04.2013, Opening 14.03.2013, 18H30 GoetheonMain, 245 Main Street, Maboneng Precinct Kathryn Smith calls Nerf’s practice ‘maverick, agitprop, mythic, absurdist, astute, formal, conceptual, secular, profane, playful, serious’. For Things are Odd, Nerf will transform GoetheonMain into his studio, where work will be produced and various events hosted, ending with a performative multi-media presentation. Things are Odd is process-based and will pick up on and continue various performances and bodies of work previously executed in Johannesburg by Nerf. On his artistic practice, Nerf states that his work ‘involves collaborative actions’. He continues, ‘I have initiated large group experiments, close working relationships that verge on a morphing, artist collectives and have numerous ongoing interactions.’ Things are Odd may include the printing of a new edition of Sanscopyright, the weekly BraaiKlub lunches for non-employed individuals and others. With the creation of a blog, the work and process of Things are Odd will be charted.
Film Workshop
film + school
06.02.2013 – 27.03.2013 The Bioscope, 286 Fox Street, Maboneng Precinct The Bioscope FILM+SCHOOL Series 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. The new edition of the FILM+SCHOOL Cinema Education programme will introduce young learners to the world of documentary filmmaking through five new South African documentaries. South Africa has a very rich and strong tradition of documentary filmmaking and the selected films, range from life in Johannesburg’s inner city (Africa Shafted) to the historical representation of the struggle against Apartheid (Cradock Four), to surf culture (Taking Back The Waves) and finally an exploration of South African youth culture with Afrikaaps and The Creators. 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 in, as well as to use the films as starting points for a broader discussion of the issues raised. For further information on the films please check our website. To register your class, please contact Puleng Plessie at pulengplessie@gmail.com.
WORKSHOP
Music in Africa
21.02.2013 – 23.02.2013 Goethe-Institut, Johannesburg
Nomfusi Gotyana. Image: Eyes For Mood
Music in Africa is a pan-African music information and networking platform that is in the process of development. The launch of the website is planned for 2013. The initiative responds to common concerns expressed by operators in the music field regarding access to information on the African music sector and the need for more intra-African exchange amongst professionals. Music in Africa’s primary mission is to provide reliable and useful information on the African music sector through an innovative and easy-to-access online platform, and to connect and encourage information exchange among all those interested, or active in the field, including musicians, researchers, cultural operators, educators and music fans. The internal workshop is dedicated to content strategies and the establishment of a pan African association who will govern and run the portal in the future. Music in Africa is an initiative by Siemens Stiftung and the Goethe-Institut in collaboration with partners from the African music sector. If you are interested in this initiative and want to be informed on the development or get involved please visit: www.themusicinafricaproject.net or contact Eddie Hatitye mia@johannesburg.goethe.org
Workshop
Digital Libraries and Archives: Workshop on standards, best practices, policies and technical requirements 27.02.2013 – 01.03.2013 WITS University, Johannesburg Archives and libraries are increasingly involved in securing the longterm access to social, economic, cultural and intellectual knowledge and heritage in digital form. Continued access to digital information now and in the future is predicated on the implementation of sound strategies, policies, standards and best practice. To this end, the South African Digitisation Initiative (SADI) of which the Goethe-Institut South Africa is a member, has invited representatives from key institutions to a three-day workshop at Wits University. The workshop will focus on the exchange of knowledge and experiences and the establishment of sound strategies and policies needed for the sustainable development of digital libraries and archives. The workshop is by invitation only. For further information please contact Ulla Wester: LIB@johannesburg.goethe.org.
Visual Art
Kick-off Meeting Nine Urban Biotopes
04.03.2013 – 06.03.2013 Goethe-Institut, Johannesburg The urgent problems and limitations of our social, economic and ecological surroundings might be interpreted as local expressions of a much more global phenomenon. Metropolises have become the central arenas of globalisation and the social developments that occur as its consequence.
NINE URBAN BIOTOPES – Negotiating the Future of Urban Living brings together artists and urban practitioners living and working in cities in Europe and South Africa. They will engage in a working process that combines cultural exchange with artistic research and production, in order to reflect upon urban development issues and make visible global processes and their local impacts in a trans-continental project. with partners from Europe and South Africa. European Partners are the South London Gallery, Instituto Wesen Turin, Quatorze Paris, id22: Institute for Creative Sustainability Berlin. In South Africa, Drama for Life, Wits University Johannesburg, dala artarchitecture Durban, Cape Town Community TV and Planact Johannesburg will support the project. The Centre for Urban and Community Research, Goldsmiths College, University of London, will lead the academic support of the overall project and evaluate it throughout. Supported by the Culture Programme of the European Union, the GoetheInstitut and GIZ. For more information please contact Henrike Grohs KE@johannesburg.goethe.org.
Front cover detail: Informal Studio: Marlboro South Design: www.prinsdesign.co.za
The project was initiated by urban dialogues Berlin and will be realised