Wednesday, June 9, 2010
click on link:
http://www.d21-leipzig.de/2010/05/private-viewing-south-african-video-art/
Posted by Joburg Fringe at 3:40 AM
the joburg fringe has grown legs, wings and riding on the world cup draw card is making some noise at the
D21 KUNSTRAUM LEIPZIG
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PRIVATE VIEWING - SOUTH AFRICAN VIDEO ART |
| Bridget Baker Peter Jones Aryan Kaganof & Nicola Deane Kemang Wa Lehulere Steve Kwena Mokwena George Mahashe Kyle Southgate Johan Thom Robert Weinek + Claudia Shneider |
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Exhibition in Cooperation with JOBURG FRINGE, ZA. June 12 - 25, 2010 Opening: June 11, 2010, 7 p.m. Opening hours: Thu - Sun, 1 - 7 p.m. |
D21 art space | Demmeringstr. 21 | D-04177 Leipzig | Germany | www.d21-leipzig.de |
Posted by Joburg Fringe at 3:26 AM
Monday, April 5, 2010
Posted by Joburg Fringe at 11:19 PM
Labels: so now you know ..... for next time
at the Joburg Art Fair we find this article in Sunday 28/03/10 copy of the Daily Artheat
that tells us
it ain't art and it ain't fair
http://artheat.net/2010/03/fringe-binge-from-daily-artheat-at.html
Posted by Joburg Fringe at 3:57 PM
In the audience we spot at least 3 journos. Now and again the audience applauds a particular video. The weather obligingly remains perfect, the reception of VIDEAart! is prêt-ty good.
Right: that was just the first day.
Posted by Joburg Fringe at 3:48 PM
Labels: 1) The Bioscope www.thebioscope.co.zain the open air at Arts on Main, 2) 'Black-Dog-Fire' by Steve Kwena Mokwena, 3) 'The fridge' by Robert Weinek
we have scheduled the official opening at the canteen at arts on main (with of course the obligatory glass of wine) and so that is where we head for next: Eric the manager meets us – he has set up the viewing amongst the olive trees in the courtyard: weather is perfect so The Bioscope takes place in heavenly late summer open air. 19:00 the videos begin…
Posted by Joburg Fringe at 3:38 PM
Labels: bottom photo thanks to Matthew Burbidge
Monday, April 5, 2010
artists come and go: looking in is berlin artist in residence beate spitzmueller
Posted by Joburg Fringe at 3:31 PM
Labels: the Fringe at the Bag Factory
Saturday, April 3, 2010
Ilya Karilampi @ the BAG FACTORY 26.3.10 @ 3pm
our technician rob who’s brought his own equipment, is already setting up. It’s a great venue, because, apart from being THE Bag Factory Artists Studios (http://www.bagfactoryart.org.za/), the floor’s just been newly painted in a reflecting (and strong smelling) grey floor paint, which doubles the whole fringe so we see all the films in real and mirror-vision!
Posted by Joburg Fringe at 3:23 PM
saw it on the way to Mofolo Art Centre in Soweto 23.3.10
no time to finish them as the next viewing start at 15:00 at the Bag Factory: right on the other end of town, and james is already calling to hear ‘what’s going on?’
in our haste down Mahlatini Street we ride over a black bag that bursts and scatters a cloud of snow-white polystyrene in our wake…
Posted by Joburg Fringe at 2:39 PM
with the 3rd copy of the dvd in our fringe-kit, rush off to the other end of town to the celebrated Troyeville Hotel www.troyevillehotel.co.zawhich has reached cult status as the dining-room and watering hole of artists…(been a favourite artists hang-out). Lawrence- the boss, currently in Australia, who’s fearless and cool, and believes in the avante guarde art scene, introduces us to Matthew who takes care of everything. so having ordered 3 portions of sardines in advance with our telephonic confirmation for today’s showing of the fringe, we’re ready to go: and Swan Lake (Markus Wirthmann)’s first act booms out into the bar. Heads turn and up turned glances light on a little remote-controlled boat-swan, turning wheelies on the water while we sip cold beers…
Posted by Joburg Fringe at 2:06 PM
Labels: the Joburg Fringe at the Troyeville Hotel
still from Ilya Karilampi's ' The Chief Architect of Gangsta Rap'
then Friday 26: a busy day for everyone in the art scene, but especially the Joburg Fringe. panting, with last minute edits to the dvd hot in our hands – we scoot into downtown joburg for the first viewing of the day taking off at the Gold of Africa Museum Gallery at AngloGold Ashanti, appointment to set up at 11.30, screening beginning at 12:00 midday…
thanks to Mammone, Ms. Wills (all in b/w) and Mr ‘mobile man’ Christopher Till, and his fill in Mark, who welcomes the Fringe in on his way out to the main fair, well isn’t that just the way of the art world?
Posted by Joburg Fringe at 9:32 AM
maraschino's opposite the sandton convention centre
Posted by Joburg Fringe at 9:13 AM
25.3.10: also opening night of the Joburg Art Fair at the Sandton Convention Centre…
thanks to Patrick, Mark and associates of Maraschino’s for our prime posi, the Fringe was seen by a number and noticed by many.
Posted by Joburg Fringe at 8:40 AM
Labels: guerilla screening on the night of the opening of the joburg art fair
artists come and go: looking in is berlin artist in residence beate spitzmueller
Posted by Joburg Fringe at 3:31 PM
Labels: the Fringe at the Bag Factory
Saturday, April 3, 2010
Ilya Karilampi @ the BAG FACTORY 26.3.10 @ 3pm
our technician rob who’s brought his own equipment, is already setting up. It’s a great venue, because, apart from being THE Bag Factory Artists Studios (http://www.bagfactoryart.org.za/), the floor’s just been newly painted in a reflecting (and strong smelling) grey floor paint, which doubles the whole fringe so we see all the films in real and mirror-vision!
Posted by Joburg Fringe at 3:23 PM
saw it on the way to Mofolo Art Centre in Soweto 23.3.10
no time to finish them as the next viewing start at 15:00 at the Bag Factory: right on the other end of town, and james is already calling to hear ‘what’s going on?’
in our haste down Mahlatini Street we ride over a black bag that bursts and scatters a cloud of snow-white polystyrene in our wake…
Posted by Joburg Fringe at 2:39 PM
with the 3rd copy of the dvd in our fringe-kit, rush off to the other end of town to the celebrated Troyeville Hotel www.troyevillehotel.co.zawhich has reached cult status as the dining-room and watering hole of artists…(been a favourite artists hang-out). Lawrence- the boss, currently in Australia, who’s fearless and cool, and believes in the avante guarde art scene, introduces us to Matthew who takes care of everything. so having ordered 3 portions of sardines in advance with our telephonic confirmation for today’s showing of the fringe, we’re ready to go: and Swan Lake (Markus Wirthmann)’s first act booms out into the bar. Heads turn and up turned glances light on a little remote-controlled boat-swan, turning wheelies on the water while we sip cold beers…
Posted by Joburg Fringe at 2:06 PM
still from Ilya Karilampi's ' The Chief Architect of Gangsta Rap'
then Friday 26: a busy day for everyone in the art scene, but especially the Joburg Fringe. panting, with last minute edits to the dvd hot in our hands – we scoot into downtown joburg for the first viewing of the day taking off at the Gold of Africa Museum Gallery at AngloGold Ashanti, appointment to set up at 11.30, screening beginning at 12:00 midday…
thanks to Mammone, Ms. Wills (all in b/w) and Mr ‘mobile man’ Christopher Till, and his fill in Mark, who welcomes the Fringe in on his way out to the main fair, well isn’t that just the way of the art world?
Posted by Joburg Fringe at 9:32 AM
maraschino's opposite the sandton convention centre
Posted by Joburg Fringe at 9:13 AM
25.3.10: also opening night of the Joburg Art Fair at the Sandton Convention Centre…
thanks to Patrick, Mark and associates of Maraschino’s for our prime posi, the Fringe was seen by a number and noticed by many.
Posted by Joburg Fringe at 8:40 AM
Labels: guerilla screening on the night of the opening of the joburg art fair
Saturday, April 3, 2010
epilogue of VIDEOart!: the Joburg Fringe 2010
can it be that it is already a week ago that we had the grande opening evening of the Joburg Fringe?
that something that has had such an exciting build-up and fizzy culmination could have dissipated so quickly?
how to sum it up on this blog site: and give a lively enough description of each achievement: it is best to let each station speak for itself.
Posted by Joburg Fringe at 8:36 AM
Labels: discussing technicalities for the guerilla screening in sandton
Saturday, March 27, 2010
sat morning quickie
well into the various stations of our screenings, here a few sites to check out!
http://www.thebioscope.co.za/index.php/category/specialevents/
http://www.thebioscope.co.za/index.php/2010/03/the-joburg-fringe-2010-video-art/
http://www.arttimes.co.za/news_read.php?news_id=1740
http://www.onesmallseed.net/events/joburg-fringe-videoart
http://www.artsonmain.co.za/partners.html
http://www.cultureclub.co.za
and this one of aryan kaganof's -
http://kaganof.com/kagablog/2010/03/19/joburg-fringe-2010-2/
Posted by Joburg Fringe at 12:53 AM
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
things are getting hectic as they say in cape town*, thats why its better to go back to fridays post before continuing with wednesday
the still is from nicky newman's video 'high fly'
( isn't that mountain 'lions head' * ..?)
Posted by Joburg Fringe at 11:17 PM
evite/invite/flyer
JOBURG FRINGE 2010 VIDEOart! 11 international plus 11 south african video artists from 24 - 28 March 2010 opening: c/o The Bioscope @ Arts on Main 26.3 Friday starts at 19.00 with a glass of wine at 18:00; Anglo Gold Ashanti @ Turbine Hall in Newtown; Bag Factory 26.3 Friday 15:00; JAG - Johannesburg Art Gallery 27.3 Saturday 14:00 – 17:00; Mofolo Art Centre in Soweto; Right on the Rim @ Arts on Main 27 & 28.3 sat. 10 - 20:00, sun. 10 - 16:00; Troyeville Hotel 25.3 thur. at 13:30 26-28 from 13:00 Artists: locals : Giulio Biccari, Peter Jones, Aryan Kaganof, Kemang Wa Lehulere, George Mahashe, Thando Mama, Khanyisile Mbongwa & James Tayler, Robert Mills, Nicky Newman, Garfield Taylor, Tyler Taylor, Kyle Southgate, Robert Weinek, Cisca Borgman, Ulrich Diezmann, Aline Helmcke, Audur Jonsdottir, Ilya Karilampi, Bernd Müller, Mina Novcic, Essi Utriainen, Felix Walser, Oliver Westerbarkey, Markus Wirthmann. the fringe wouldn’t happen without: AngloGold Ashanti, Canteen at Arts on Main, The Bioscope @ Arts on Main, the Bag Factory, the JAG, Maraschino’s opp. Sandton Convention Centre Mofolo Art Centre, Right on the Rim @ Arts on Main, the Troyeville Hotel, Galerie Rupert Walser.
www.joburgfringe09.blogspot.com joburgfringe@gmail.com ? = 072 3471906
Posted by Joburg Fringe at 1:51 PM
Friday, March 19, 2010
if its wednesday this must be the joburg fringe!
(if its tuesday this must be belgium- a '60s movie title)
the fringe is going on the road!
already sure are the JAG - Johannesburg Art Gallery, (see our rekkie film- that was filmed on the way there), The Bioscope @ Arts on Main,
Right on the Rim @ Arts on Main, the Mofolo Art Centre in Soweto and AngloGold Ashanti in the Turbine Hall in Newtown. and hoping to bag the Bag Factory, and if only for the status, the Troyeville Hotel!
and ofcourse we are on the look-out for a space in the heart of the art week in sandton...
today its friday- time to go get a good dose of adrenalin in the jozi traffic...
Posted by Joburg Fringe at 1:18 AM
Labels: The Bioscope and its audience at Arts on Main
Monday, March 15, 2010
the artists from inside africa
we've decided to go with the 2010 spirit, and have 11 visitors and 11 locals
here the locals:
Giulio Biccari
Peter Jones
Aryan Kaganof
Kemang Wa Lehulere
George Mahashe
Thando Mama
Khanyisile Mbongwa & James Tayler
Robert Mills
Steve Kwena Mokoena
Nicky Newman
Kyle Southgate
Garfield Taylor
Robert Weinek
and our 11th visitor: Felix Walser
sharp cool
selecting the local artists for the fringe has been hard work, but finally we have the two sides complete.
next: the list of venues
(photo: checked out the possibility of a screening at the Top Star- the Joburg landmark drive-in on top of a mine dump in Selby: half the mine dump already bitten away for re-processing)
Posted by Joburg Fringe at 7:00 PM
Labels: no more Top Star
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
the thing about getting the list together of the south african artists is quite complex...
that is basically the whole explanation in a nutshell.
so once again, and in the mean time, join us while we go looking for a possible venue for the joburg fringe VIDEOart 2010!
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
changing gear, drinking coffee
putting up our exhibition (SHOWMASTER, at the JAG) has kept us busy the past 2 weeks, it opened on Sunday 21 and we are back on track.
choosing the south african based artist’s videos is almost done and we are drinking blerrie good coffee while we wait and going on rekkies (video) and listening to stories about pot-holes in the streets (from all the rain and/or swimming pools) and what to do with them someone suggested we look at Die Antwoord: Enter The Ninja (official)
to pass the time ‘till the last videos arrive in the post
Posted by Joburg Fringe at 6:14 AM
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
the 10 artists from out-side of africa
its hot and muggy in joburg, the soccer ball on the pinnacle of the hillbrow tower has melted and is sliding slowly down the shaft. the artists from out-side of africa have already sent their videos, now begins the selection of the south african artists. whereby we mean anyone living in south africa, or africa for that matter: we don’t see things only in black and white, do we?
Cisca Bogman, Netherlands
Ulrich Diezmann, Germany
Aline Helmcke, Germany
Audur Jonsdottir, Iceland
Ilya Karilampi, Sweden
Bernd Müller, Germany
Mina Novcic, Serbia
Essi Utriainen, Finland
Oliver Westerbarkey, Germany
Markus Wirthmann, Germany
various venues have been offered as well as discovered, and we are on the look out for more, so that this will be a multi-venue, simultaneous show, that could well go on tour to other countries, and by that we don’t only mean in africa, for that matter.
Posted by Joburg Fringe at 9:05 AM
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
We are proud to inform you about the Joburg Fringe.
WHAT is?
The Joburg Fringe is an independent art fair that came into being in 2008, to coexist with the first art fair in Africa – the JoburgArtFair, in happy reciprocity. It is an artist’s initiative run on high enthusiasm and a low budget: hence still in its formative stage.
Its first show titled Esikhaleni – Spatial Practices was a collaboration with the Dead Revolutionaries Club and the Afrika Cultural Centre. It consisted of a curatored show and four galleries from the vanguard of the South African art scene.
Last year 2009 the Joburg Fringe together with Right on the Rim staged a Pre-Exhibition in the raw building site of the now completed Arts on Main, Joburg.
This year the Joburg Fringe will stage a surreptitious show of Video Art by local and foreign artists. A suitable venue has still to be found.
WHO is?
Claudia Shneider artist, co-founder of the Joburg Fringe
Frances Potter co-founder of The New Basket Workshop, concept designer
Leonard Perlson gallerist, artistic financial advisor, New York City
Sarie Potter curator, picture researcher, founder member of South Photographs, S.A.
Wayne Barker artist, sporadic advisor
Willy Weeks advisor and word sculptor
Posted by Joburg Fringe at 2:21 PM
Monday, January 25, 2010
featuring VIDEOart!
The 3rd Joburg Fringe takes place 24-28 March 2010
Venue still to be announced.
CALL FOR ENTRIES
The lights are dimmed, the screen lights up, and here is our first announcement!
This year we will show art videos by South African artists, as well as 10 international guest artists. If you feel confident that your video will impress our jury, then post your contact details here. Selection ends 15 March 2010 so get reeling...
For further information watch this space
Any questions?