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.

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 2009, 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.

In 2008, at the time of the first Joburg Art Fair, Fouad Asfour, Sharlene Khan and Claudia Shneider came up with the idea to do a fringe show to take place concurrently with the first time JoburgArtFair. They co-founded the show titled Esikhaleni – Spatial Practices in 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.

In 2009 the name of the Joburg Fringe was registered. Claudia Shneider of 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 Esikhaleni, Spacial Practices, 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

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?