SEPT OCT 2016 programme
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01/09/2016 - GROUP EXHIBITION 11/11/2016 FANTASTIC GOETHE-INSTITUT 04/09/2016 02/10/2016
EXHIBITION DI DIKADIKA TSA DINALEDI BY LERATO SHADI GOETHEONMAIN
06/09/2016 LITERATURE LITERARY CROSSROADS WITH MARTIN EGBLEWOGBE AND NICK MULGREW GOETHE-INSTITUT 09/09/2016 - JOBURG ART FAIR 11/09/2016 Sandton Convention Centre 10/09/2016 COMIC JOURNALISM OPEN BOOK FESTIVAL: STORIES OF MIGRATION THE FUGARD THEATRE, CAPE TOWN 15/09/2016 FILM SCREENING ELTERN GOETHE-INSTITUT 27/09/2016 - DANCE 28/09/2016 SEMPEROPER BALLETT THE DANCE FACTORY, NEWTOWN 06/10/2016 LITERATURE LITERARY CROSSROADS WITH NGWATILO MAWIYOO AND TJ DEMA GOETHE-INSTITUT 07/10/2016 JAZZ JIN JIM AFRICAN FREEDOM STATION, WESTDENE 08/10/2016 FAIR EUROPEAN DAY OF LANGUAGES ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE, PARKVIEW 13/10/2016 LITERATURE MYTHS AROUND BERTOLT BRECHT GOETHE-INSTITUT 18/10/2016 FILM SCREENING OH BOY GOETHE-INSTITUT Admission to all events is free of charge, unless otherwise stated
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GROUP EXHIBITION
FANTASTIC
OPENING 01/09/2016 18H30, RUNS UNTIL 11/11/2016 GOETHE-INSTITUT, 119 JAN SMUTS AVENUE, PARKWOOD The Goethe-Institut presents Fantastic, an exhibition that seeks to re-ignite critical thought about the fantastic in contemporary art and visual culture. Drawing inspiration from writers such as Ben Okri, this exhibition brings together video art and photographs that engage with the fantastic. Fantastic includes international artists such as Jelili Atiku (Nigeria), Dineo Bopape (South Africa), Kudzanai Chiurai (Zimbabwe), Andrew Esiebo (Nigeria), Milumbe Haimbe (Zambia), Aida Muluneh (Ethiopia), Terence Nance (USA), Tracey Rose (South Africa), Zina Saro-Wiwa (Nigeria) and Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum (Botswana). The exercise of power is related to the control of visibility/ invisibility, deception and silencing which begins, often, with the manipulation of images and of the imaginary. Works exploring the fantastic in photography and video art have been selected precisely because of the complex relations these technologies have in the construction of fantasies about ‘Africa’. This exhibition celebrates popular technologies such as video-film that have created novel ways of seeing and reading the real/ imaginary dialectic. The works show how the ‘real world’ and the ‘spiritual world’ collide but at the same time they remind us of the ideological machinations that construct these worlds. This exhibition, curated by Nomusa Makhubu and Nkule Mabaso, invites us to see the fantastic as a tool for engaging with distortions of our histories and as a conceptual framework for our debates about biopower and biopolitics.
Revenge © Aida Muluneh
EXHIBITION
DI DIKADIKA TSA DINALEDI BY LERATO SHADI
OPENING 04/09/2016, RUNS UNTIL 02/10/2016 GOETHEONMAIN, 245 MAIN STREET, MABONENG
Lerato Shadi © Erik Dettwiler
Lerato Shadi explores assumptions about the black female body and how performance video and installation create a space to make the body both visible and invisible. Using time, repetitive actions as well as stillness, she questions. `How does one create oneself?’ “Shadi’s body of work often investigates the ways in which one might negotiate a space for themselves in inhospitable locations; her work traces the edges of conflict on our bodies and psyches, following our attempts to feel our way beyond erasure, restricted as we are by exclusion, and the memory-house of our own memory of trauma. For artists who live on the coalface of historical erasure, their artistic practice becomes an obligation: to write, to record, archive what happens when one’s history and the record of one’s people’s existence is being erased.” Neelika Jayawardane.
LITERATURE
LITERARY CROSSROADS
06/09/2016 19H00 GOETHE-INSTITUT, 119 JAN SMUTS AVENUE, PARKWOOD 2193
Martin Egblewogbe
Nick Mulgrew
TOPIC: LIFE IS TOO SHORT NOT TO READ SHORT STORIES GUESTS: MARTIN EGBLEWOGBE & NICK MULGREW MODERATOR: NDUMISO NGCOBO This event’s invited guests, Martin Egblewogbe and Nick Mulgrew, will explore everything that a collection Ndumiso Ngcobo of short stories should be. They will be in conversation with Ndumiso Ngcobo. Martin Egblewogbe will also read at the Sol Plaatje University in Kimberley on Thursday, September 8 at 6pm. Furthermore he will also be participating at the Open Book Festival from 7-11 September 2016. Martin Egblewogbe is a lecturer in Physics at the University of Ghana and lives in Accra. He is the author of the short-story collection, Mr Happy and the Hammer of God and Other Stories (Ayebia, 2012). Recently, his short story The Tree of Life appeared in Pen American’s Passages (2015) and also in The Scofield: Issue 1.3 (2016). Nick Mulgrew was born in Durban in 1990 to British parents. He is the Deputy Chair of Short Story Day Africa, the founding associate editor of Prufrock and the founder of the uHlanga press. Nationally awarded in both South Africa and the U.K. for his short fiction writing, he is the author of two books: the poetry collection, The myth of this is that we’re all in this together, and Stations, a collection of short stories. Nick currently lives in Cape Town. Ndumiso Ngcobo is the bestselling author of Some of my best friends are white, ‘Is it coz I’m black? and Eat, drink and blame the ancestors. He is also one of the most read weekly columnists in the Lifestyle section of The Sunday Times.
ART FAIR
JOBURG ART FAIR
09/09/2016 – 11/09/2016 SANDTON CONVENTION CENTRE, 161 MAUDE ST, SANDTON COVER CHARGE: SEE WWW.JOBURGARTFAIR.CO.ZA The Goethe-Institut has been involved with Joburg Art Fair since its inception in 2008, furthering critical discourse and bringing international voices and projects to the Fair. In line with this year’s focus on East Africa, the Goethe-Institut is partnering with The Nest Collective from Nairobi, who will present film and book projects. Black Fantasia is a multidisciplinary project that brings together film, photography and installations by The Nest Collective. According to The Nest, “Black Fantasia collects several future, past and imaginary narratives about blackness: a blackness that carries the weight of colonial and postcolonial tyrannies, a blackness that celebrates, worships, dreams and questions — far beyond the limits of struggle and oppression. They Sent You is an anthology of short photo-comic vignettes set in an imaginary future Nairobi. A new feature at this year’s fair is the collaboration with TEDxJohannesburg with talks focused for the first time on the contemporary visual arts of Africa. Jim Chuchu, Creative Director of The Nest Collective will be one of the speakers.
Image courtesy The Nest Collective
Two publications will also be launched at Joburg Art Fair: The Nest Collective’s fashion book Not African Enough explores emerging fashion aesthetics in Nairobi, while the Goethe-Institut’s African Futures publication originated from the African Futures festivals, realised in Johannesburg, Lagos and Nairobi in 2015 and Berlin in 2016.
Image courtesy The Nest Collective
DISCUSSION
OPEN BOOK FESTIVAL: STORIES OF MIGRATION
10/09/2016 12H00 – 13H00 THE FUGARD THEATRE, ANNEX 2, 23 HARRINGTON ST, CAPE TOWN Stories of Migration is a behind the scenes look at a residency project that saw three well-known comic book artists collaborate with Cape Town journalists: Su Opperman (SA) & Lindokuhle Nkosi (SA), Hippolyte (France) & Jarryn Katia (SA), Kai Pfeiffer (Germany) & Sarah Rose (SA). They came together in Cape Town during the month of June, carrying out artistic and journalistic work on the theme of “migration”. Each team went in quite different directions, and we look forward to hearing more about those experiences. This discussion will be hosted by the Comics Fest at the Open Book Festival. For more information, please see www.openbookfestival.co.za/comics
FILM SCREENING
ELTERN
15/09/2016 18H30 GOETHE-INSTITUT, 119 JAN SMUTS AVENUE, PARKWOOD 2193
Image courtesy of Eltern
Christine and Conrad have a modern family: he is a stay-at-home dad while she brings home the bacon. The family faces a huge challenge when Conrad goes back to work as a theatre director: the au pair is completely out of her depth and their daughters Käthe and Emma are totally against the new state of affairs. Conrad’s actors treat him differently after he becomes a stay-at-home dad and Christine pushes the boundaries of his new dual role. It is only when Conrad is in over his head that it becomes clear that something has got to give. © ARD English subtitles. Refreshments will be provided. Please RSVP to Stefanie.Mazuch@Johannesburg.goethe.org by 14/09/2016
DANCE
SEMPEROPER BALLETT
27.09.2016 & 28.09.2016, 14H00 - 17H00 THE DANCE FACTORY, HELEN JOSEPH STREET, NEWTOWN
Dresden Semperoper Ballett Š Ian Whalen
For the first time ever, the internationally acclaimed Semperoper Ballet from Dresden is on tour in South Africa. In a three-hour demonstration and discussion, the group will provide insights into the training and rehearsal process that culminates in the presentation of completed choreographies on stage. Ballet Master Raphael Coumes-Marquet will explain basic step exercises, and what develops from there: a choreographic engagement with the works that are being rehearsed. As an example, soloists Courtney Richardson, Caroline Beach, Joseph Hernandez and Johannes Schmidt will demonstrate the method by performing various pas de deux by William Forsythe, one of the best-known contemporary ballet choreographers of this age. Limited seating. RSVP essential. Contact: Masechaba.Moloi@johannesburg.goethe.org
LITERATURE
LITERARY CROSSROADS
06/10/2016 19H00 GOETHE-INSTITUT, 119 JAN SMUTS AVENUE, PARKWOOD 2193 GUESTS: TJ DEMA & NGWATILO MAWIYOO Literary Crossroads is a new series of talks where South African writers meet colleagues from all over the continent and from the African diaspora to discuss trends, topics and themes prevalent in their literatures today. The series is curated by Indra Wussow, in cooperation with previous guests of Literary Crossroads.
TJ Dema
Ngwatilo Mawiyoo
JAZZ
JIN JIM
08/10/2016 WORKSHOP 12H00, PERFORMANCE 20H00 AFRICAN FREEDOM STATION, WESTDENE COVER CHARGE: R70 While on tour in Cameroon, Madagascar, South Africa, the DRC and Angola, German quartet Jin Jim will be jamming and performing at the Afrikan Freedom Station in Westdene, Johannesburg. Jin Jim’s music is an eclectic blend of styles and influences, including hip hop beats, South American motifs, and Balkan grooves. All four members of the quartet are from the Cologne scene. They are Daniel Manrique-Smith (flute), Johann May (guitar), Bentai Trawinski (acoustic bass) and Nico Stallmann (percussion). The event will include a jam session in the afternoon, during which local musicians are invited to exchange musical ideas with the visitors. In the evening, there will be a double bill performance by Jin Jim and local favourites the Malcolm Jiyane Trio.
Images courtesy of Jin Jim
For a taste of the Jin Jim magic, please see: Homepage: http://jinjim.com/ Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/jinjim
LANGUAGE
EUROPEAN DAY OF LANGUAGES
08/10/2016 13H00 – 17H00 ALLIANCE FRANÇAISE, 17 LOWER PARK DRIVE, PARKVIEW South Africa has 11 official languages and most South Africans know the importance of being able to speak a neighbour’s language. The European Day of Languages is an opportunity to experience the linguistic and cultural diversity of Europe without having to pack or sit on a 12-hour flight. The Alliance Française, in partnership with the Goethe-Institut and other European language and culture organisations, has planned a fun-filled programme for this year’s Day of European Languages: Try out our Speak Dating and learn the basics of European languages in a social atmosphere, join in a multilingual karaoke competition, or experience the outside market offering culinary delights and loads of information from the participating countries.
European Day of Languages © KB Mpofu
LITERATURE
MYTHS AROUND BERTOLT BRECHT
13/10/2016 GOETHE-INSTITUT, 119 JAN SMUTS AVENUE, PARKWOOD
Hans-Jörg Knobloch is a Bertolt Brecht expert. He has presented papers on the author at esteemed institutions such as Harvard and Nehru University, was the Bertolt Brecht visiting professor at Augsburg University and has written extensively on Brecht’s works. In this lecture, Knobloch will attempt to separate Brecht the man and poet from the myths and legends which surround him.
Bundesarchiv, Bild 183-W0409300 Kolbe, Jörg CC-BY-SA 3.0
This event will be held in German.
FILM SCREENING
OH BOY
18/10/2016 18H30 GOETHE-INSTITUT, 119 JAN SMUTS AVENUE, PARKWOOD Jan Ole Gerster’s wry and vibrant feature debut A Coffee in Berlin, which swept the 2013 German Oscar Awards, paints a day in the life of Niko, a twenty-something college dropout going nowhere fast. Niko lives for the moment as he drifts through the streets of Berlin, curiously observing everyone around him and oblivious to his growing status as an outsider. Then on one fateful day, through a series of absurdly amusing encounters, everything changes: his girlfriend rebuffs him, his father cuts off his allowance, and a strange psychiatrist dubiously confirms his ‘emotional imbalance’. English subtitles. Refreshments will be provided. Please RSVP to Stefanie.Mazuch@Johannesburg.Goethe.org by 14/10/2016.
Image courtesy of Oh Boy
FOR YOUR INFORMATION PHOTOGRAPHY
9TH PHOTOGRAPHERS’ MASTER CLASS 20/09/2016 – 26/09/2016 Mugran Foto Week, Khartoum, Sudan
Image courtesy of Ala Kheir
The Photographers’ Master Class, initiated by the Goethe-Institut South Africa and Simon Njami in 2008, has been taking place annually for the last seven years as a closed portfolio reading for young Sub-Saharan African photographers. It is a forum for practitioners to meet with curators both from this region and further afield. The 2016 edition of the Photographers’ Portfolio Meeting coincides with Mugran Foto Week in Khartoum, curated by one of the programmme’s graduate, Ala Kheir. The participating photographers from Cote d’Ivoire, DRC, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, Ghana, Senegal and Sudan will also be able to critically engage with their own and others’ work and strengthen African photographer networks.
OPPORTUNITIES
GPS OPEN CALL
Goethe-Institut Project Space (GPS) is a multi-disciplinary roving project space that follows on GoetheOnMain, which has been based at Arts On Main in Johannesburg from May 2009 and is set to conclude in November 2016. The new GPS programme will support work realized all over South Africa and encourages production outside of the large metropoles; enabling actors, artists, performers, curators, choreographers, writers, dancers, composers, directors, musicians and film-makers;
to select the space and infrastructure they wish to work with. GPS is envisioned as a non-commercial, artist-centered, roving free platform, designed to support not only the artists and their projects, but also the many structures, platforms and festivals that currently exist and need partnerships of this nature in order to continue their work. The deadline for proposals is on 15 October 2016, with GPS project grants awarded for work realized from April to December 2017. Please see our website for application documents and more information.
ARTS EDUCATION
ARTUCATION
Artucation Programme is an interdisciplinary arts education programme which incorporates Film, Applied Drama, and Visual Arts by Keep the Dream Arts in Partnership with the Goethe-Institut. This programme takes place every Wednesday with high school learners from Metropolitan College, New Model Private College and Mahlasedi High school located in the city of Johannesburg. Term 3 is facilitated by: Phumzile Manana - Film Education: Learners from Metropolitan College explore film making techniques at The Bioscope Independent Cinema and create their own short film with themes related to their identity and surroundings in the city.
Sibusiso Ngwenya - Visual Arts Education: Learners from New Model Private College unpack themes from the Henri Matisse’s Rhythms & Meanings exhibition at the Standard Bank Gallery to create their own artworks. For more information and if you would like to volunteer, please contact Puleng Plessie puleng@ktdarts.org
Front cover detail: Aida Muluneh - The Sacrifice, 2014 Design: www.prinsdesign.co.za
Nondomiso Shezi - Applied Drama Education: Learners from Mahlasedi High School explore landscapes of the inner city. They visit the Standard Bank Art Gallery, Vow FM and Carlton Centre’s Top Of Africa which is a birds-eye view of Johannesburg
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