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Photographs by Struan Robertson
Thursday, September 1st 2011
1 September 2011-31 January 2012. This exhibition, entitled The Cold Choice: Operation Hunger, is organized in memory of the South African photographer Struan Robertson (1927-2011), a neglected artist in the history of South African photography, who died earlier this year. On display is a series of image taken by Robertson during a project, the so called Operation Hunger, which brought him to travel over four years around South Africa during the 1980s at the height of the apartheid regime. Robertson documented the deep poverty of the rural populations of South African and their everyday battles to survive. During this project Robertson immortalized heartrending examples of poverty but produced also provoking images, which make viewers reflect on the harshly beautiful environment of rural areas and people’s relationships to their environment. more
Russian Posters from World War II
Thursday, November 24th 2011
24 November 2011-1 April 2012. This exhibition, entitled Windows on War, displays a selection of Russian posters and lithographs, produced in the Soviet Union during world war two and given to the South African Library in 1954. These large and coloured posters, better known as Tass Windows, were often accompanied by a didactic text or by a poem. They were printed, using a highly sophisticated technique called pochoir, shortly after the invasion of the Soviet Union by Nazi Germany in 1941 and testify the strength of the support guaranteed by South Africa to the Soviet Union during the years of war. This exhibition pays a special tribute to Jonathan Bendt, who had the idea of this exhibition, but unfortunately died in August 2010. more
Saturday, December 10th 2011
10 December 2011-15 January 2012. This exhibition pays homage to the upcoming printmaker Joshua Miles with this exhibition, which displays his latest works. Miles is generally considered one of the most talented printmakers in South Africa. Miles combines the famous traditional Japanese woodblock printings with his contemporary creations inspired by Cape Town and Baardskeerdersbos, where he works and gardens. Miles moved to Baardskeerdersbos in the late 1990s, where he contributed to create an original art community. Miles was a pioneer in escaping from the urban noises and materialist distractions of Cape Town. more
Wednesday, November 2nd 2011
25 - 27 November. South Africa’s three day music festival Synergy Live returns to the Boschendal Wine Estate in the Cape Winelands. International acts perform alongside some of South Africa’s best emerging bands on the festival’s four stages, including the Electro Dome and Hello Techno stage. The 300-year old Boschendal estate is one of South Africa's original wine farms and is located in the Franschoek valley, 80 km east of Cape Town. more
Taiwan film festival in Cape Town
Monday, October 31st 2011
In honour of Taiwan’s centennial, the Taipei Liaison Office Information Division is hosting a Taiwan Film Festival in Cape Town’s Cavendish Nouveau theatre from 4-10 November. The films include: Zoom Hunting (2010), Peach Blossom Land (1992), Eat Drink Man Woman (1994), No Puerdo Vivir Sin Ti (2009), Straw Man (1987) and Gangster Rock (2010). The festival is free and tickets can be collected an hour beforehand. Screenings take place on weekdays at 17.00 and 20.00 and at the weekend at 14.30. . more
Wednesday, September 7th 2011
7 September 2011-29 January 2012. After being displayed at the Rivington Place of London in 2010, this exhibition, entitled Ever Young, after the name of the photographic studio opened in the 1950s by the Ghanaian photographer, studio portraitist and photojournalist James Barnor, travels to the Iziko South African National Gallery. On display is a new body of work, made of street and studio photographs and fashion portraits, created between the 1940s and 1970s, as well as social documentaries, many of which were commissioned to Barnor by the DRUM magazine, whose readership was part of the rise of Black London. Over his 60-year career Barnor created a transatlantic narrative, characterized by his interest for people and cultures. His portraitures focus on different continents and photographic genres. His works immortalize societies in transition, such as Ghana moving towards its independence and London becoming a cosmopolitan, multicultural metropolis. Among the others Barnor portrayed Kwame Nkrumah, luminary of the pan-Arican unity, the boxing champions Mohammad Ali and Roy Ankrah as well as ordinary people. more
Workshop for Young Cartoonist at the South African Jewish Museum
Sunday, October 9th 2011
9 October 2011. This workshop was especially created for young cartoonists aged 12 to 17 and gives them the chance to spend a morning with famous cartoonists, such as the creators of the comic strips Mama Taxi and Trek Net, which are published on the daily newspapers around South Africa. The young participants will learn about the stories of these famous cartoonists, discover how they work, their techniques and suggestions. At the end of the workshops the young, future cartoonists will create their own cartoon. The workshop will be followed by a light refreshment. more
Wednesday, August 31st 2011
31 August-1 October 2011. This new funny and entertaining comedy entitled Monkey Nuts was written and directed by the famous Geraldine Naidoo. The multi-award-winning actor Matthew Ribnick performs this theatre piece in a mixture of situational comedy, storytelling and hilarious characters. This play tells the story of Edgar Chambers, a professional bank teller with the passion of monitoring the prices of grocery items in various stores. His obsession alienates people around him and his only friend remains a monkey, which lives in the back of a pet shop. more
Tuesday, September 6th 2011
6 September-1 October 2011. Baxter Theatre stages this one-man show performed by Pieter-Dirk Uys. With laughter and optimism Uys focuses on the past, present and future of South Africa on its 17th year of democracy. He pays a special homage to those ladies, who changed the history of this country such as Evita Bezuidenhout, Nowell Fine, Mrs Petersen, Grace Mugabe, Winnie Mandela, Bambi Kellermann and Mother Theresa. Inspired by the general madness in the South African politics, Uys represents many now familiar and once feared characters and protagonists of its history. more
Monday, August 1st 2011
1-13 August 2011. On occasion of the Women’s month, Baxter Theatre stages this funny full-length comedy entitled Cracks and The City II performed by four actresses Shimmy Isaacs, Anthea Thompson, Anne Hirsch and Marianne Thamm, directed by Alan Committie. The hilarious Cracks share their unique view of the world, life, love and everything in between. The show consists of new filmed sketches. more
