Ithuba Arts Fund...2012 Annual exhibition

Next up: Ithuba Arts Fund annual group show!!

'The Ithuba Arts Fund provides a platform for emerging Jo’burg-based creative practitioners." 

(website: http://www.artsithuba.co.za/) 

This year six diverse artists where selected and received funding from the IAF.

Thank you IAF for your support and sponsoring the making of my own and collaborative works, some exhibited at the recent After Math 2012 show. The theme for this year's IAF exhibition titled 'Traversed and Recorded': Exploring the shifting city, references geographical, social and political contexts. 

Congratulations to my co-artists who will be exhibiting at the IAF's annual show in November. 

Four of the artist selected by the Ithuba Arts Fund in 2012;
Mandy Johnston, Farieda Nazier, Jason Larkin and Tshepo Mosopa
look around the space @ 100 Juta Street for the first time.

Photograph by Lavendhri B Arumugam

Exhibition officially closed!!! But the project continues...

I would like to acknowledge and thank all the funders and sponsors who made the 

After Math Show a reality.

Thank you:

Funders

Ithuba Arts Fund http://www.artsithuba.co.za/

National Arts Council http://www.nac.org.za/

University of Johannesburg FADA Faculty Research Committee http://www.uj.ac.za/EN/Faculties/fada/Pages/default.aspx

Sponsors

Aluvault http://www.aluvault.co.za/

Apartheid Museum http://www.apartheidmuseum.org/content/home

Blackbird Projects http://www.blackbirdprojects.co.za/

Metal Casting Technology Station

http://www.uj.ac.za/EN/Faculties/engineering/MetalCastingTechnologyStation/Pages/default.aspx

NEC http://www.nec.com/en/global/office/south_africa.html

Peripheral Vision http://www.peripheralvision.co.za/contact.htm

Christa Van Zyl the graphic designer 

Also, a very special thanks to the collaborators Mocke J V Veuren and Thami Hector Manekehla, as well as my production assistant Argyris Papagiourgiou who have contributed in expertise, creative development, time, energy and passion for the cause!!

Do watch this space for updates on the next show:

http://www.artsithuba.co.za/artists/artists-2012/farieda-nazier

Good News Everyone!

Only one more sleep 

before the not-to-be-missed, 

After Math Performance!!!

See you on tomorrow, Sunday16 September 2012 
@ 14h30 for 15h00

Venue: 

The Round Room, Apartheid Museum, 

c/o Northern Parkway & Gold Reef Road

No entrance fee required

Refreshments will be served

Please RSVP on  fnazier@uj.ac.za

Thami Hector Manekehla, in S.P.A.C.E. 

 performed with Thabiso Pule, Susana Panadez Diaz,
Oscar Martin Correa and Fernando De Miguel.

After Math: The PERFORMANCE

Remember to RSVP for the After Math performance, 

this Sunday 16 September at 14:30 for 15:00. 

My email is fnazier@uj.ac.za 

No entry fee required and Refreshments will be served. 

The venue: The Round Room, Apartheid Museum, Northern Parkway & Gold Reef Road, Ormonde. 

Thami Hector Manekehla, in a recent production called S.P.A.C.E. 

The piece was performed with Thabiso Pule, Susana Panadez Diaz,
Oscar Martin Correa and Fernando De Miguel. 

After Math: And finally ... the performance!!

After Math 
Performance 
Sunday 16 September 2012 @ 14h30 for 15h00
A collaborative work by Thami Hector Manekehla and Farieda Nazier 


Please join us for a drink and a unique performance celebrating and consolidating the After Math show,
this Sunday 16 September @ 14h30. More about the show will be revealed throughout this week so watch this space.

For more info please contact Farieda on fnazier@uj.ac.za

See you there!!!

After Math: Final Walkabout 8 September 2012

Walkabout with Gordon Froud

 You are invited to the last walkabout of the After Math exhibition this Saturday,

8 September 2012 @ 10.30 for 11am with guest, Gordon Froud. 

Venue:Apartheid Museum, RoundRoom 

Please RSVP with Farieda @ fnazier@uj.ac.za

Refreshments will be served.

After Math: Exhibition opening

'Ma'
Ma in Afrikaans means mother. It is also short for the word 'but'.
Farieda Nazier and Mocke J v Veuren
2000 x 600 x 200
Aluminium Sandblasted in hammer textured 

Exhibition Opening
Sculpture, video and performance works by Farieda Nazier in collaboration with
Mocke J V Veuren and Thami Hector Manekehla.

photographs by Ryan Uys, Jimmy Mololwane and Nanka Hawes

During the Speeches

Gordon Froud delivered a captivating opening address...Again a special thank you to Gordon!!

'Taxi Queen or R5 airtime' 

A taxi queen is the derogatory term used for a young girl or  woman from working class background who engages in sexual favours, often with much older men, for money or airtime.
Farieda Nazier
8 works x 40 x 40 x 15
Aluminium fold-formed and sandblasted 

Outside the Round Room

The exhibition evoked some interesting dialogue amongst the viewers. 

After Math installation at the Apartheid Museum Round Room

A snippet of the marvelous cohesive installation by
Curator: Farieda Nazier,
Assistant Curator: Sulaiman Nazier from Blackbird Projects ,
Artist, creative advisor and AV director: Mocke J van Veuren,
Assistant: Argyris Papageorgiou,
Sponsors: NEC, Peripheral Vision and Aluvault 

The exhibition closes on 16 September 2012 with a performance by Thami Hector Manekehla. 

The performance will commence at 15:00 in the Apartheid Museum Round Room. 

 Join us for a chat and some refreshments. 

No entrance fee.


Special thanks to funders and sponsors: 
NAC, UJ Faculty Research Committee, Ithuba Art Fund, Apartheid Museum, NEC, Peripheral Vision, Blackbird Projects, UJ Metal Casting Technology Station, Aluvault, Christa van Zyl

After Math Exhibition: Its time to talk....

25 August 2012 @ 11am 

Apartheid Museum 

http://apartheidmuseumsa.blogspot.com/

PUBLIC DIALOGUE

please RSVP at agnethaa@apartheidmuseum.org

After Math- Walk About 18 August 2012 @ 11am

Thanks to everyone who joined us on the opening night of the After Math exhibition.  A special thanks again to Gordon Froud for the insightful and moving speech.

Join us tomorrow, 18 August 2012 at 11am , for the first of three engaging walkabouts' at the Apartheid Museum Round Room with Farieda, Mocke and guest Dr. Finzi Saidi.

All is welcome!

No entrance fee.

After Math Exhibition Opening:REMINDER

Building up...the After Math Exhibition!!!!

Time is-a-ticking and there is very little time before the opening night of the After Math exhibition. August 16th is only 8 days away!!

Currently, we are working feverishly on the building up and preparation of the After Math gallery space, the Round Room at the Apartheid Museum.

In the pics below are two members from the Blackbird Projects team; Sulaiman Nazier and Argyris Papageorgiou, constructing one of eight plinths. Besides for plinths, there are also a number of wall mounted installations, as well as projections of video works.  Blackbird Projects have generously sponsored their time and expertise in installing and co-curating the show. NEC and Peripheral Vision sponsored the use of their state-of-the-art projectors; and Aluvault the use of a nifty projector stand.  There links appear below.

Blackbird Projects:
http://www.blackbirdprojects.co.za/ 
NEC:
http://www.nec.com/en/global/office/south_africa.html
Peripheral Vision:
http://www.peripheralvision.co.za/contact.htm
Aluvault:
http://www.aluvault.co.za/page2.html


Please remember to RSVP for one or all of the events listed below. Also note that guest contributors have confirmed their attendance at the Walkabouts.

Architect/Landscape designer and Vice Dean of the UJ Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, Dr. Finzi Saidi will be joining the walkabout on 18 August; and prolific artist, educator, curator, gallerist Gordon Froud is joining the 8 September walkabout. http://www.delftschoolofdesign.eu/events/19/071206_african_perspectives.pdf

http://www.art.co.za/gordonfroud/

The details of the After Math events as follows:

16 August @ 6pm
Opening
Guest Speaker: Gordon Froud

18 August @ 11am
Walkabout
Farieda, Mocke and Dr. Finzi Saidi

25 August @ 11am
Public Dialogue
Title: Black and White Neuroses: South Africa today
Dr.Karen Haire and Farieda Nazier
Free Transport available: please contact the museum
http://apartheidmuseumsa.blogspot.com/2012/07/join-us-for-conversation.html?spref=bl

08 September @ 11am
Walkabout
Farieda and Gordon Froud

16 September @ 3pm
Performance and closing
Thami Hector

Wall colour test at the Round Room.

After Math Exhibition: An Invitation

Please join us for the opening of the After Math show. Do not forget to RSVP @ Tel: 011 309 4700 or
Email: agnethaa@apartheidmuseum.org
Invite designed by: Christa Van Zyl

A very special thank you to all the funders and sponsors who made the After Math project possible:
Funders
Ithuba Arts Fund http://www.artsithuba.co.za/
National Arts Council http://www.nac.org.za/
University of Johannesburg FADA Faculty Research Committee http://www.uj.ac.za/EN/Faculties/fada/Pages/default.aspx

Sponsors
Aluvault http://www.aluvault.co.za/
Apartheid Museum http://www.apartheidmuseum.org/content/home
Blackbird Projects http://www.blackbirdprojects.co.za/
Metal Casting Technology Station http://www.uj.ac.za/EN/Faculties/engineering/MetalCastingTechnologyStation/Pages/default.aspx
NEC http://www.nec.com/en/global/office/south_africa.html
Peripheral Vision http://www.peripheralvision.co.za/contact.htm

Apartheid Museum: JOIN US FOR A CONVERSATION...

Apartheid Museum: JOIN US FOR A CONVERSATION...: Black & White Neuroses: South Africa Today  Let’s talk!!! There is definitely a lot to talk about…  The dates for the public dialogue are as...

After Math: What we've been up to...

Every morning, for the last three weeks have been dedicated to exhibition related planning, administration and more planning. Afternoons were gratefully spent on the collaborative video works, with film maker Mocke J van Veuren. See more of his collaborative work by following the link below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJeP-H7wy_Y&feature=player_embedded

The image to the right depicts Mocke shooting one of hundreds of digital photographs, required for our stop motion animated video works. The current animation we are working on, titled 'Ma', is the last of three video works which will be screened at the After Math show.


'Ma', Afrikaans for 'mother' or 'but' is a broad exploration of the life of a mother (working class in this context) and her journeys, narratives and moments. The sculptural bodies evidence these occurrences through its inscribed and tensioned form; whereas the video work records each moment of impact and its consequence. However, neither of the works disclose the cause of the impact and this important aspect therefore remains a mystery.

After Math Exhibition: D'day

Things are rolling on and D'day is approaching. 

The After Math project is merrily on its way. 

Our progress too date has been amazing and we now have 4.5 out of 7 completed installation pieces and 1.5 out of 3 animated video works!!! To the right, find a teaser of the work titled This is my home now. The image depicts the components of the aforementioned installation piece (N.B. this is not the completed work). This work was part sponsored by Ithuba Arts Fund. 

Refer to the following link for more info on This is my home now. http://www.artsithuba.co.za/artists/artists-2012

The dates for the show and related events has been finalised. As previously mentioned, the exhibition is hosted by the Apartheid Museum. Below are the key dates for you to diarize.

I will be posting and sending out official invites soon. So watch this space and your email accounts.