JULY AUGUST 2019 PROGRAMME
OVERVIEW: WHEN
WHAT & WHERE
4 July
Cultural Economies Forum GOETHE-INSTITUT
9 July
Silent Book Club GOETHE-INSTITUT
TALK
LITERATURE
TALK
10 July
Grave matters: In Conversation with Dineo Skosana GALLERY OF THE GOETHE-INSTITUT
29 July
Berlin Alexanderplatz - Remastered (Part 2 & 3) GOETHE-INSTITUT
FILM SCREENING
NETWORKING
31 July
Imagination Night GOETHE-INSTITUT
13 August
Future of Journalism GOETHE-INSTITUT
TALK
CONCERTS
13 August 21 August
German National Youth Orchestra on Tour UNIVERSITY OF PRETORIA LITERATURE
Silent Book Club GOETHE-INSTITUT FILM SCREENING
26 August 28 August
Berlin Alexanderplatz - Remastered (Part 4 & 5) GOETHE-INSTITUT A NETWORKING
Imagination Night GOETHE-INSTITUT
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EXHIBITION
28 August
Trees, Vines, Palms And Other Architectural Moments GALLERY OF THE GOETHE-INSTITUT
On The Cover: Picture © Isable Tueumuna Katjavivi
TALK
CULTURAL ECONOMIES FORUM 4 July, 6pm Goethe-Institut, 119 Jan Smuts Ave, 2193 Parkwood
In association with Fak’ugesi Digital Innovation Festival, the Goethe-Institut’s Cultural Economies Platform is proud to present the Cultural Economies Forum. This public discussion brings together key stakeholders of the cultural and creative industries to interrogate the Creative Digital Economy, ahead of the Cultural Economies Conference taking place in Johannesburg in September 2019. Discussion topics will include innovation around intellectual property (IP), copyright, the digital value chain, legislation and policy; and how the sector can #ownourforce; in the context of the creative digital economy. The event is open to the public; with academics, researchers, digital creative practitioners, businesses, policy makers, creative hubs and ‘hubbers’ particularly encouraged to attend and contribute to the discussion. Panelists: Isabelle Rorke (Animation SA), Adwoa Ankoma (Arterial Network SA), Sisanda Henna (Filmmaker) Moderator: Londi Langa (Digital Arts Lecturer)
Photo by Sharon McCutcheon on Unsplash
LITERATURE
SILENT BOOK CLUB 9 July & 21 August, 6.30pm Goethe-Institut, 119 Jan Smuts Ave. 2193 Parkwood Bring a book, meet other book lovers, read, wine and repeat. How it works: Often with traditional book clubs there’s the scramble to finish the assigned book, and the pressure to have something smart to say. Wouldn’t it be great to have a book club where you could just enjoy books, friends, and wine—without any homework? Silent Book club is about meeting other like-minded readers, chatting about what other people are reading and then reading together in companionable silence.
TALK
GRAVE MATTERS: IN CONVERSATION WITH DINEO SKOSANA 10 July, 6.30pm
Š Isable Tueumuna Katjavivi
Gallery of the Goethe-Institut, 119 Jan Smuts Ave, 2193 Parkwood
Dineo Skosana will be in conversation with Molemo Moiloa and Nare Mokgotho of MADEYOULOOK. Together, they will unpack the role of ancestral remains and graves as material evidence of a history entangled with narratives of land dispossession and restoration in South Africa. The discussion will consider ancestral remains as a way of thinking through issues at the intersections of the current land debate and notions of citizenship, identity and belonging. This talk accompanies the exhibition Unearthing by Isabel Tueumuna Katjavivi, an exhibition on the traumas and resonances of the Nama and Herero genocides that still lay in the land. The exhibition runs from 13 June – 16 August 2019.
FILM SCREENING
BERLIN ALEXANDERPLATZ REMASTERED (PART 2 & 3 AND 4 & 5) 29 July, 7pm and 26 August, 7pm
Picture: © Sehr_gute_Filme
Goethe-Institut, 119 Jan Smuts Ave, 2193 Parkwood
Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s controversial, fifteen-hour-plus Berlin Alexanderplatz, based on Alfred Döblin’s great modernist novel, was the crowning achievement of a prolific director who, at age thirty-four, had already made forty films. Fassbinder’s immersive epic, remastered by the Goethe-Institut in 2007, follows the hulking, childlike ex-convict Franz Biberkopf (Günter Lamprecht) as he attempts to “become an honest soul” amid the corrosive urban landscape of 1920s Weimar-era Germany. With equal parts cynicism and humanity, Fassbinder details a mammoth portrait of a common man struggling to survive in a viciously uncommon time. The 14-part miniseries was originally broadcast in 1980 and will be shown over the next months at the Goethe-Institut South Africa’s monthly film screenings. German with English subtitles. After showing Part 1 in June, we will show Part 2 & 3 in July and Part 4 & 5 in August. For the July screening, please RSVP to JOH-Learngerman@goethe.de by 26 July 2019. For the August screening, please RSVP to JOH-Learngerman@goethe.de by 23 August 2019.
NETWORKING
HUB@GOETHE – IMAGINATION NIGHTS 31 July & 28 August, 6.30pm Goethe-Institut, 119 Jan Smuts Ave, 2193 Parkwood The Imagination Nights event series is an extension of the Hub@ Goethe mentorship program for creative entrepreneurs and serves as a platform of exchange for anyone interested in cultural and creative industries. Led by a presentation of current Hub@Goethe participants, the evening aims to connect and strengthen networks for entrepreneurs. Taking place every last Wednesday of the month, the next dates for the Imagination Nights are 31 July and 28 August. While the July edition will be presented by Sibusiso Mabaso (Pypus Lithium Publishing) and Jabulani Nkosi (Exodus Software), who are both in the IT sector, the August edition is presented by Maggie Mthombeni and Amy Tekie of Izwi Domestic Workers Alliance.
TALK
FUTURE OF JOURNALISM 13 August, 6.30pm
Photo by Luca Laurence on Unsplash
Goethe-Institut, 119 Jan Smuts Avenue, 2193 Parkwood
Over the last decade, the face of journalism has changed in significant and dramatic ways. In an era where digital media has become the first port of call for keeping up with the latest stories and where news comes from anywhere and in any form, what do these changes mean for the sector at large? Join the Goethe-Institut, the German Embassy Pretoria and Media Matters in our landmark series of events where we deep-dive into what the Future of Journalism might look like. Drawing on insights from local and international experts, we explore a variety of different issues such as credibility in the digital age, long-term financing of journalism and what global platforms such as Netflix mean for media locally. Details of each event will be shared closer to the time.
FILM SCREENING
GERMAN NATIONAL YOUTH ORCHESTRA ON TOUR 13 August, 8pm
Picture: © Selina Pfruener
Aula of the University of Pretoria, Lynnwood Rd, Hatfield, Pretoria, 0002
‘PLAY – PROMOTE – INSPIRE’
10 Years Friendship National Youth Orchestra of Germany & MIAGI ‘Music Is A Great Investment’ - 25 Years Democracy in South Africa - 50 Years National Youth Orchestra of Germany The extensive tour by the National Youth Orchestra of Germany will include three major concerts in Durban, Pretoria and Cape Town. During the eight days that the orchestra will be in South Africa the members will also engage in workshops involving young people from marginalised communities. The program will include among other Johannes Brahms Symphony no. 2, George Gershwin, Porgy and Bess ‘ Symphonic Picture for Orchestra’ arr. Russel Bennet and a composition on Sangoma music themes, dedicated to the tour, by Hendrik Hofmeyer. The soloist will be the award winning singer songwriter from the Eastern Cape, Msaki, while the conductor is the music director of Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra and associate principle conductor of the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Alexander Shelley. Parallel to this tour the German all-female acapella ensemble Sjaella and the South African all-male acapella and beat-box ensemble Just 6, will engage in a creative project to prepare for two major concerts at the Beethovenfest Bonn and in Berlin together with orchestra. These concerts will feature the ensembles in a new work by the South African composer Tshepo Tsotetsi, ‘Birth of Change‘ (commissioned by Deutsche Welle). At the Pretoria concert they will give a taste of their acapella program. This project is supported by the German Federal Foreign Office, Goethe-Institut, Evonik-Stiftung, South African Airways and the Ministry of Culture and Science of North Rhine-Westphalia Tickets available via Computicket
EXHIBITION
TREES, VINES, PALMS AND OTHER ARCHITECTURAL MOMENTS 28 August, 6.30pm Gallery of the Goethe-Institut, 119 Jan Smuts Avenue, 2193 Parkwood Trees, Vines, Palms and Other Architectural Monuments by Brasilia based architect and urbanist, Paulo Tavares, is the third exhibition in the four part series of Izwe: Plant Praxis. The broader Izwe series engages concepts of socio-political relationships to plant life and to land dispossession in various sites across the majority world/‘Global South’. In collaboration with the Bö’u Xavante Association of Marãiwatsédé, Paulo Tavares with the agency Autonoma, conducted research to map and survey the sites of ancient Xavante villages and cemeteries in order to provide evidence to their ancestral possession of this territory. All these sites display a remarkable, similar feature in that a patch of vegetation had grown precisely in the arc-like shape of the ancient village. The exhibition includes a set of protocols, visual files, mappings, and field notes that identify and characterise these botanic formations as archaeological sites, probing the liminal relation between natural and cultural landscapes as they are defined by categorisations and systems of knowledge that shape colonialmodern collections, archives and museums –– of natural and architectural history alike. The exhibition programme includes a series of reading groups open to the public. See the website for more information.
OTHER THINGS WE DO
GOETHE-INSTITUT PROJECT SPACE - GPS: CALL FOR APPLICATIONS Goethe-Institut Project Space (GPS) is a multi-disciplinary roving project space. The programme supports work realised all over South Africa ranging from workshops to exhibitions, events and performances; including visual art, literature, film, music, dance and theatre projects. GPS is envisioned as a non-commercial, artist-centered free platform, designed to support not only the artists and their projects, but also the many structures, spaces and festivals that currently exist and need partnerships of this nature in order to continue their work. GPS enables creators in all artistic disciplines to select the space and infrastructure they wish to work with. If awarded, a GPS grant of up to R60,000 would support both the hosting space and the project itself.
Š Lindsey Appolis
For more info, please visit our website and download the application form from there.
© Ruth Smith
© Simanga Zondo
© John Hogg
OTHER THINGS WE DO
DLL-PROGRAMME
From 6-8 June fourteen teachers from Madagascar, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania and Zimbabwe participated in our DLL-Programme. The DLL-Programme has a modular approach to teaching German as a foreign language. During the three-day seminar the participants focused on different studying and teaching methods, for example how to include digital and social media in their classrooms.
LANGUAGE COURSES
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COURSE OVERVIEW 2019
2019 TERMS: 12 Jan-15 Mar, 6 Apr-12 Jun, 6 Jul-6 Sep, 28 Sep-29 Nov
How often?
How long?
Extensive course* (60 TU)
Once or twice a week
9 weeks, 6-7 TU per week
R4200
Intensive course* (120 TU)
Three times a week
9 weeks, 13-14 TU per week
R8200
Super intensive course* (120 TU)
Five times a week
4 weeks, 30 TU per week
R9000
Youth course** (60 TU)
Twice a week
9 weeks, 6-7 TU per week
R4200
Full online courses* (130 TU)
Five tutored online sessions plus online assignments
18 weeks, 7-8 TU per week
R9000
Blended Learning* (30 + 30 TU)
Once a week plus online studies
9 weeks, 6-7 TU per week
R4200
Individual training & company courses
By arrangement
1 teaching unit (TU) = 45 mins. Participants per course: min. 8 - max. 18 *for ages 16 and older **for ages 12-17 Terms and conditions as well as terms of payment can be accessed on our website, goethe.de/joburg
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