Visit Body Maps @ David Krut
We remind all Representers to continue to support the HIV/AIDS initiatives way after December the 1st in every way you can. Visit the David Krut Gallery for the BODY MAPS exhibtion: From 22 November David Krut Projects will show Body Maps by the Bambanani Women. The Bambanani Women were invited to tell their stories of living with HIV/AIDS through a community outreach program initiated by the AIDS and Society Research Unit of the University of Cape Town (ASRU) and Médecins Sans Frontières. This program sought to document the lives of this group of HIV+ women who were given access to drug therapies. The project was initially run by Jonathan Morgan with the help of Cape Town-based art therapist, Jane Solomon. Participants created Body Maps – life-size images that traced the contours of their bodies allowing each of them to ‘visualise’ the virus, how the drugs were protecting them from the virus and articulate their individual history. David Krut was approached to exhibit these works in New York for AIDS Day 2003. The exhibition continued at David Krut Projects New York and received a great deal of attention. Several academic institutions requested that the exhibition travel to their university art galleries. Long Life – Positive HIV Stories, a collaborative book based on the Body Maps project, profiles the lives of members of the Bambanani Women’s group and provides a context for these exhibitions. Body Maps became a touring exhibition that started at the Flaten Art Gallery, St. Olaf College, Minnesota in September 2004 and has since travelled widely in the United States. Johnson and Johnson, a company doing major research in AIDS drug research, adopted the exhibition and promoted it internationally as their cultural project for 2005. The World Food Programme has also adopted the imagery for use in their posters throughout the world. DAVID KRUT PROJECTS 142 Jan Smuts Avenue, Parkwood. Tel: 011 447 3157, lucy@davidkrut.com http://www.davidkrutpublishing.com/ http://www.davidkrut.com/ Tue – Fri 09h00-17h00 Sat...
Win Tickets to WELCOME the Smirnoff 10
We can’t give away the venue, but let’s just say it has lots to do with another article on this page, Editorista is super chuffed and you REALLY want to be there. Smirnoff recently searched SA for one lucky South African to join a global team travelling the globe in search of the most original Smirnoff Experiences. That winner is a Represent reader, subscriber and chomee – Akona! Join Smirnoff III Distilled as we welcome winner Akona home (she’s homesick!) and her nine fellow globetrotters passing through SA in search of the most original night out. Let’s make sure the 10 remember this party as THE BEST! Stand a chance to win one of 3 double tickets to this exclusive Smirnoff Experience party at a private location on Sunday 2nd December. Terms and conditions apply and you must be over 18 to enter. Join us ekasi, for a party you don’t want to miss… Clearly Original, clearly Smirnoff. Please drink responsibly. Not for sale to persons under the age of 18. REPRESENT SUBSCRIBERS ONLY!!!! Simply answer this question: What’s the name of the South African member of Smirnoff 10? Then email your Name, ID number and contact details to editor@represent.co.za –...
Photo-Story: Soweto’s Holiday Inn
The bonus of hosting overseas visitors is that we get to do the tourist thing in our own country. And then we share it with you Representers! Editorista popped off to Walter Sisulu Square to show some foreign friends around and was delighted to visit the BRAND NEW four star Holiday Inn Soweto. It’s so new the only guests were workers and interior-design looking types doing final touches. Good job to them, the decor is fantastic – a wonderful blend of local flavour and contemporary chic. Click HERE to go to our PHOTO-Story. We were lucky enough to get a tour from the highly informative and very friendly Jeffreys who made us feel right at home. The hotel lines the “Russianesque” Walter Sisulu Freedom Square, with rooms facing into it featuring glorious sized balconies (we can just imagine New Year there!) or the other way out onto the bustling Union Street that captures the authentic Sowetan spirit. There is so much to see and do in and around the HUGE square including the superbly put together Kliptown Open Air Museum that takes us back to the 50s and the drawing up of the Freedom Charter – very emotional but very important. All that was missing were lots of open-air restaurants, pubs and meeting places although we are sure they are on the cards. Events organisers take note, for your next imbizo, exec gathering, premium brand launch or medium size dinner, BOOK it at the Holiday Inn Freedom Square for something different and memorable. The hotel boasts 46 luxury rooms, we got to see the twin, double and presidential suite, all gorgeously decked out and appealling … from R1500 up, they are well worth it. WE CANNOT RECOMMEND A VISIT TO WALTER SISULU SQUARE MORE HIGHLY – GO GO...
Live graf artists, dj’s and Mc’s @ Gem
It’s been a while since we heard about an underground Hip Hop event – maybe we’re out of touch or does anyone else find events a bit over-branded lately? Get down there HHHeads….Platform .1 presents the Platform show an exciting show paying tribute to the Jozi hip hop scene on Friday 30th November 2007. This exciting one night extravaganza will see all facets of the hip hop culture merging. · Bringing the evening together is a combination of live performances , like B-boys, Graff expo · a live graffiti expo outside the venue by Myza and Décor and Turntabelists drawn from all the corners of S.A · The show includes live performances by GIN I GRINDITH / “Curo” whose anticipated album is due for release. · Ben Sharpa / “Captain” who is undoubtedly S.A’s most hip-hop innovative and well known personality both from GROUNDWORKS. · An all star DJ line up will be spearheaded by “undoubtedly the most influential force in Jozi’s / S.A hip hop scene”, who will also be hosting the MC battle · DJ Hamma, a leading pioneer in the rotary / scratch of turntabelisim has been rocking the Cape Town scene with his vast selection of music and skills. · Kenzhero, continually upholds the bench mark for DJ’s in the hip hop and soul culture not forgetting · DJ Reiko (also GIN I GRINDITH’s DJ) needs no introduction when it comes to laying down the beats. Venue: GemBioscope, 1 Roberts Avenue/Commissioner Street Ext. Troyeville/Kensington Time: Graffiti Expo kicks off the gig @ 9pm Damage: R20-00 R.S.VP for M.C battle: 072 412 9144 / 072 379...
Facebook: “Venues that screw Entertainers”
This is where FACEBOOK and user-generated content gets interesting. People get together, form a group, express their collective feelings about an entity or behaviour and SHOUT OUT “ENOUGH IS ENOUGH”. A powerful united voice is then created and there is a much better possibility that change will happen or that at least a few b*stards will sweat. We’ve previously mentioned the anti-Vodacom meerkat group (although we CANT BELIEVE it’s back – clearly the creators want to continue to mindnumb those poor fans who are ‘dumbed-down enough’ to enjoy it)…. anyway we digress, In this article we are referring to a brilliant Facebook group Editorista was recently invited to join called “Venues that screw Entertainers”. We all know that South African entertainers, whether they’re models, designers, musicians, choreographers, filmmakers, poets, dancers or comedians etcetera, all struggle and fight to be artists and that many barely manage to survive on the sometimes badly attended, marketed or meagre paid gigs, unscrupulous record deals and dodgy corporate contracts (where their fees are sometimes marked up by promoters!). This group serves as a platform for anyone that is done over by a venue or a promoter or even an events company, it’s purpose is to let everyone know about the misdeed. We only hope that if there is a valid “other side” of the story that the ‘accused’ will be big enough to stand up and state their case, but for now we will enjoy watching artists standing up for their rights. Hopefully this group will do something towards upping the state of artistic affairs in SA. Nice one. Now if only we could start a group for “events with shocking sound”, “boring, let down events” and “event food that made me physically ill.”...
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