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' * ..?)

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.

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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...

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)

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!

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

to pass the time ‘till the last videos arrive in the post

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.