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02/03/2016

Sponsorship offered for Durban performers at NAF

eThekwini Arts and Living Cultures offers sponsorship to Durban performers for the National Arts Festival.

eThekwini’s office of Arts and Living Cultures invites interested groups and individuals from eThekwini who are taking productions to the 2016 National Arts Festival in Grahamstown to apply to the department for financial and marketing support.

As part of the city’s continued commitment to ensure that Durban has a meaningful presence at the National Arts Festival (NAF) in Grahamstown in July, it selects a comprehensive range of productions to support and assist.

The application process is open to groups and individuals who have already registered and have been approved to perform on the Fringe at Grahamstown. There are no criteria restricting the genre of productions to be supported: they can be dance, musical theatre, drama, comedy or physical theatre.

Selected productions will receive city support towards their transport, accommodation and marketing costs.

To be considered, interested candidates need to send in a comprehensive motivation – including their approval reference number from NAF, confirmed performance dates, times and designated performance venue, as well as a detailed proposal about the production to be staged, and information about the production company, including their history and experience. A letter or letters of reference and support material about their company’s previous work would be an advantage.

“Our production, B!*ch Stole My Doek, was sponsored by the eThekwini Municipality to go to the National Arts Festival in 2015. This sponsorship eased the pressure, enabling us to focus on our production, rather than on transport, accommodation and marketing costs that touring entails. Our production went on to win a Standard Bank Ovation Award at the festival, and was invited to perform on the Cape Town Fringe, again with sponsorship from the eThekwini Municipality on their post-Grahamstown theatre performance development programme. We thank the city for their continued support of the Arts in eThekwini. We also encourage artists and production houses in Durban to apply when programmes like these are offered, and to partner with the city in showcasing home-grown talent,” said Clinton Marius: Writer/Director.

The 2016 National Arts Festival will be held from 30 June – 11 July in Grahamstown, and promises to be another amazing celebration of the best in performance and visual arts in South Africa.

Applications must be hand delivered to 99 Umgeni Road, Durban on or before Friday 11 March, at 3pm.

Further enquiries can be addressed to Themba Mchunu: Manager – Arts and Living Cultures, eThekwini Municipality; or Phumelele Myeza at [email protected] or 031 311 2427/8.

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28/11/2014

National Arts Festival presents Foto Fence project

The National Arts Festival has announced that the fence around the Fiddlers’ Green precinct in Grahamstown will become a temporary outdoor art gallery early in the New Year when the Foto Fence exhibition, featuring photographs of life in and around the city, opens to the public. At the same time as the opening, winners of a city-wide photography competition will be named.

The Foto Fence project is the brainchild of Rhodes University lecturer and photographer Brent Meistre, who hopes to identify up and coming photographers deserving of further training and mentorship through the project.

The National Arts Festival is championing the events as part of its Creative City project, which is funded in part by the European Union. “The reason we’re embarking on the competition is to find some talented young photographers, people with a passion for photography and a good eye. We’ll then draw them in to our Makana Arts Academy training programme and help them get their professional careers started,” Festival CEO Tony Lankester said.

Meistre said that the judges were looking for photographs taken by ordinary Grahamstonians “reflecting their life in and attitude toward their city” in four categories: City/landscapes; Afro-futurists & selfies; Life up-close; and Live–action.

Meistre, who will head the judging panel and lead the process said that he was hoping: "to discover hidden creative photographers in Grahamstown who see their immediate world around them with a fresh, unique and different eye"

The judges will select the finalists whose work, together with the work of established Grahamstown photographers, will make up the Foto Fence exhibition in March. Anyone may enter the competition, but the stipulation is that photographs must be taken in the Grahamstown/Makana area.

The closing date for entries is 13 February 2015 and full details and entry forms are available for download at www.creativecity.co.za

The Fiddlers’ Green precinct in Grahamstown will become a temporary outdoor art gallery early in early 2015 when the Foto Fence exhibition, featuring photographs of life in and around the City, opens to the public. At the same time as the opening, winners of a city-wide photography competition will…

28/10/2014

Sound Us Out: String Quartet & Film Music

Wits Theatre and Wits School of Arts / WitsMusic present Sound Us Out, with the Epoch String Quartet, on Sunday, November 9.

Six original string quartets and 6 short animation films with live scores will be presented by graduating music composition students of Dr Andile Khumalo and Dr Chris Letcher.

It’s that time of the year again when WitsMusic’s final year student composers are introduced to the public. The annual year-end concert on 9 November in the Wits Atrium is staged with the able guidance of some of Wits Music lecturers who are some of South Africa’s finest composers and musicians: Andile Khumalo, Chris Letcher, Cameron Harris, and Jonathan Crossley.

2014 has seen an unprecedented number of students specialising in Music Composition, and on 9 November six young specialist composers will showcase their talents in Western art chamber music compositions and music for original animation films in collaboration with Masters in Animation students from Wits Digital Arts.

In a separate concert on 20 November the students will present music for experimental electro/acoustic creative compositions.

The concert is sponsored by a generous donation from the Rupert Foundation.

Free parking is available at the Planetarium; the entrance is off Yale Road, East Campus, Braamfontein.


PRODUCTION: Sound Us Out: String Quartet and Film Music
VENUE: Wits Atrium, East Campus, Braamfontein (see map at www.wits.ac.za/witstheatre)
SEASON: Sunday 9 November 2014 at 19:00 RUNNING TIME: 1 ½ hours, no interval
BOOKING: Free admission
ENQUIRIES: 073 121 2112/ 011 717 1376 / [email protected]

For updates please visit www.wits.ac.za/witstheatre


Artslink.co.za Account:
Cathy Pisanti
Wits Theatre
[email protected]
011 7171376
Wits School of Music/WitsMusic
www.wits.ac.za/witstheatre

The Wits Theatre is a service organization within the university, providing support for the mounting of these productions, and aspects of technical teaching and practical training for both the Schools of Dramatic Art and Music.

27/10/2014

Red Eye returns to Durban

Initiator and creative director of Red Eye Durban, Suzy Bell, is bringing back Red Eye to Durban every first Friday of the month from November 7.

It is coming to the cultural precinct of Khuzimpi Shezi Road in Umbilo at The Bakery.

“There is a beautiful big fat building on the top floor of a bakery, just across the road from acclaimed artist, Andries Botha’s art studios and opposite the iconic Sugar Terminals on Durban’s harbour in downtown Umbilo. This historic building was home to the Durban Rickshaw Pullers where they originally set-up shop in the early 1900s and the original traditional Zulu Beer Hall is in nearby Dalton Road. It’s a culturally historical and wonderful culturally-diverse community for Red Eye Durban,” said Suzy Bell, cultural activist and creative director of the revival of this highly successful multi-media art-soaked project.

“I’ve called the venue The Bakery, as they are literally baking bread below and we above on the top floor will be cooking up an art night of crunching live original bands, fashion, graphic art, comics, live graff-bombing, jewellery, poetry, digital films, performance art, fire art and installations as Red Eye Durban,” said Bell.

Red Eye, a legendary arts project born in Durban originally took place at the Durban Art Gallery back in 1998 which attracted record crowds flocking to the gallery to celebrate art. It is now returning to Durban as every first Friday of the month kicking off on Friday November 7 at The Bakery from 6pm to midnight. Bookings are via Facebook on Webtickets.co.za or at the door at R100 a pop and R80 for students, children 12 and under enjoy free entrance.

“I am loving that a five-year-old Durban child who came with his dad (poet, Leon Pillay) to Red Eye back then in its original heyday, just contacted me on Facebook to say how thrilled he is that Red Eye has returned. That five-year-old, Taz?e Pillay, is now 19 and was so inspired by Red Eye back then, especially Steven Cohen’s memorable performance art, that he studied art and I have just booked him to perform a gender binary performance piece for December 5 Red Eye Durban,” enthused Bell.

For the upcoming relaunch of Red Eye Durban on November 7, Bell says we can expect a celebration of art and music with: “Crunching hip-hop heads, MINDCOAST ISA from Equatorial New Guinea, sublimely talented brothers, and then we’re switching it up to one of my truly favourite new live bands, THE SISTERS [of famed Black Math] who tease that they are ‘messy Garage-Stoner’ grooves. They are so fresh and original. I am loving the super-sonic all-girl band, THE VOLSUNGA SAGA who will perform and there’s the beautiful voice of Abigael Thompson and her band, GUGZ & THE BAM BAM to chilled soft-foot shuffles and isiZulu lullyabuys with SATMA isicathamiya nominees, THE KHOLWA BROTHERS.”

Bell says it will get further: “flicked up” with electro-salsa “and all that is fabulous about track from talented LOUD LUNGS to electro-glitch with DJ RAWS to hip-hop bombing from MVSTVBV to the talents of Durban hip-hop crews like Amaguyz and The Goodfellas.”

For Red Eye Performance Art, there’s a wry and funny with a dark edge performance with Mr Skaireeeee (Sibo Masondo) devised and styled by Durban theatre legend, Gisele Turner. Bell says there’s fresh comic art with Red Eye Youth from the up-and-coming talents of: “Findlay ‘Rapscallion’ Atkinson, a 12-year-old gaming dub-step freak and originator of geek-chic producing insanely sick Behemoth comics and famed comic artist, Deon Lange with his brilliant science fiction UO Comics. They will both exhibit and sell at Red Eye Durban.”

There will be live graff-bombing by the talents of Red Eye Graffiti’s Trent Sukdeo, Zukho Ghu and Dustin Scott [DustedInk], a live light painting installation by Natasha Jacobs and her light painting of artworks on exhibit and there’s photography and graphic art for sale by DustedInk, Sipho Sondezi, Suzy Lightning and Afreecan Concepts. There’s kick-ass love-punk poetry by Richard McGovern and soulful spoken word from emerging poetess, Noma Mkhize and arty T-shirts and jewellery on sale from the Kente-cloth goddess, Siyasanga Tundzi. There’s fashion photography by the emerging talent of the spunky Given Radebe and digital films and video installations.”

The original arts model of Red Eye was conceived in 1998 in Durban as a creative concept of an experimental and new arts model to attract a wider and more culturally diverse audience in South Africa post-independence. It was creatively directed by cultural activist and arts journalist, Suzy Bell who worked with the former Durban Art Gallery (DAG) director, Carol Brown, now an independent arts consultant and curator.

Bell’s idea was for it to essentially be a monthly full-on multi-media, culturally-diverse arts experience taking place in one space, on one night only. Durban as a creative centre, the artists and the Durban Art Gallery through Red Eye was placed firmly on the national and international cultural map. Red Eye and has since travelled as a creative concept around the country as arts collectives create their own versions of Red Eye. Internationally, there is now a Red Eye art festival in Chicago and Fort Lauderdale. The Red Eye concept has attracted attention from gallery owners in other countries, including the UK and Norway.

“The aim now is to further stimulate Durban’s creative community and our creative industry as a key contributor, long term, to Durban’s creative economy by using Red Eye Durban as a vehicle to do so,” said Bell. “In 2015 we want to run creative and arts marketing workshops under Red Eye mentors and then create a Red Eye App as a tool to market ourselves professionally. And yes, I would love to ultimately take Red Eye Durban as a core arts collective on tour to arts festivals around our continent and share Durban’s talent and the concept. The idea is to empower and enrich young emerging artists to create their own creative projects, brand more professionally and generally offer a higher standard of art as merchandise to the buying public,” she added.

“Durban, together with numerous arts activations happenings in the city whether at the Durban Art Gallery, or the Beer Hall in Rivertown with a new Heritage Festival, to Morrison Street’s Morning Market to downtown Umbilo with Red Eye Durban, to UKZN’s Poetry Africa to cultural activations at the KZNSA, to The Point, in Umlazi, KwaMashu Arts Centre, to the Stamford Hill precinct with their wonderful Open Plan arts concept and more, will actively work towards Durban becoming one of the most creative and liveable cities in the world,” said Bell.

“Durban has a phenomenal cultural heritage and bristling cultural diversity which deserves respect and to be celebrated through strategic and synergistic arts activation through a long term visionary concept such as Red Eye Durban together, of course, with a host of cultural projects conceived by key cultural players in our beautiful creative city of Durban,” added Bell.

- RedEyeDurban takes place on Friday 7 November 2014 from 6pm to midnight at The Bakery, 106 Khuzimpi Shezi, formerly Williams Road. Tickets: R100 Webtickets.co.za or R100 at the door / students with card: R80. Children 12 and under enjoy free entrance. Family-friendly time: 6 - 8pm. Early bird parking for 80 vehicles inside. Security provided. Food on sale and The Winston run a cash bar.

For more info online: Facebook: RedEyeDurban Twitter: Google Plus: RedEyeDurban Instagram: RedEyeDurban Artists may send their artist bios for future Red Eye Durban participation or to become a member to: [email protected]

- HOW TO GET THERE: Taxi: The Workshop catch Umbilo 7 taxi. Hop off on Blake Road, walk down towards the Harbour, turn right into Khuzimpi Shezi, formerly Williams Road and The Bakery is 20 metres down on the RHS


Media interviews and artist interviews and for a further range of pictures please contact:
Suzy Bell
RED EYE DURBAN CREATIVE DIRECTOR
MOBILE: 074 254 0769
E-MAIL: [email protected]
TWITTER: HASHTAG: FACEBOOK Blog: www.facebook.com/RedEyeDurban
INSTAGRAM: GOOGLE PLUS: RedEyeDurban


Sharlene Versfeld
Versfeld & Associates
083 326 3235
031 811 5628
[email protected]
Twitter: sharlvers
Website: www.versfeld.co.za

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27/10/2014

Original work at TUT theatre showcase

This year’s annual Verve physical theatre platform promises a line-up of exciting and thought-provoking performances.

The event by the Tshwane University of Technology’s Department of Drama and Film (Drama) will be hosted at the Rostrum Theatre on the Arts Campus on 31 October and 1 November.

The theme is [dis]possessed which poses questions around transcended existence of then and now.

According to Dr Janine Lewis, lecturer at the Department, the showcase includes original work from nine B Tech: Drama students specialising in Physical Theatre. “More than 30 drama student performers are involved in the platform, assisted by two technical student teams from the Department of Entertainment Technology,” she says.

Dr Lewis adds that the individual pieces each speak to the theme from different vantage points that include tongue-in-cheek moments, to more traditional or thought- provoking twists.

The performances will take place in and around the Rostrum Theatre. There are various site-specific works created at different locales on the Arts Campus – inside and outside. These performances invite the spectator in to participate in a theatre walkabout all around campus to witness the pieces. This year, the students are also exploring with augmented reality digital performances, so bring along your smart devise with the Aurasma app and interact with the performance.

Dr Lewis concludes that this platform seeks to unite the dynamics of physical theatre performers in Pretoria, where the focus is on composition and performance. “The programme offers a range of physical theatre choreographers and performers in an attempt to broaden understanding and shift perceptions of what it means to compose and perform physical theatre pieces. Over the years, elements of performance/Live Art have also begun to surface adding a dynamic drive to the platform.”

Daily performances start at 19:00. Entrance is free, but please book at [email protected] or 012 382 6010.


Irene Botes
Marketing and Communication
Faculty of the Arts
Tshwane University of Technology
Tel: 012 382 6175
E-mail: [email protected]
www.tut.ac.za

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