Youngblood5 – 5FM digitises for Youth Day
If you get social media and networking right like Facebook has, you’ve got the most incredible data and research groups at your finger tips. Particularly the opinions of the youth who have flocked to Facebook and share their thoughts, lives, preferences, photos and opinions with the world and their friend. A Marketing exec’s dream database. According to the Uk Guardian, the number of British subscribers of Facebook has ballooned in recent months to 3.5 million registered users. A few weeks ago there were apparently only 40 000 Facebook users from South Africa, today there are nearly 90 000 and counting. Just in time for youth day, 5FM have launched an opinion-based site called Youngblood5, looking for youth-based insights and giving the youth a chance to “stand up and be counted” in cyberspace by bringing their issues to life and building a community around what worries them. We wish them luck and we’ll be interested to see if they have the same potential and growth as Facebook: Now is the time for our youth to spread the word… To share your views on everything and anything, your passions, what you like, what gets your motor running and more with like-minded peeps everywhere! In the spirit of Youth Month, 5FM is launching Youngblood – a revolutionary, interactive cyberspace portal (similar to the FaceBook and MySpace online concepts) developed for listeners to document what social, political, domestic, national, global and other issues of concern they are passionate about. Whether listeners prefer to start a blog, podcast their issue or simply just entering the website’s forum via e-mail, it’s up to each one to decide how they want their thoughts to be headlined. Youngblood 5 gives everyone the opportunity to “stand up & be counted”. Issues & concerns submitted via the website will be discussed on-air during June – leading up to Youth Day (16 June) and beyond. The campaign will culminate in an event after the end of June, where 5FM will try to obtain answers & possible solutions for the youth of SA from the “powers that be”. Go to http://www.youngblood5.co.za/ now, register and have your say! Watch this space for regular...
Represent Review: 12 Naked Men
Our citizen journo AmorAmor popped into the new kid on the Rosebank art block for the opening of the gallery and a photographic exhibition. We were thinking, the city should consider naming the greater Rosebank towards Parkhurst area “Art Precinct”. It’s brimming with galleries that are filled with fascinating local and international artists… and all for mahala…Go Go Go. It does wonders for the artist in you. See pics here. 13th June – July 6th David Brown Fine Art 39 Keyes Avenue Rosebank Johannesburg (011) 788 4435 Gallery Gallery hours Mon-Fri 9am – 6pm and Saturdays 9am – 1pm The provocatively titled opening exhibition at the David Brown Gallery Rosebank is as deceptive as the gallery owner and artist in question. I dropped into the new David Brown Gallery, 39 Keyes Avenue, Rosebank, early yesterday morning. It was the best decision I made that day. Walking into the quiet and minimalist space you realize that this gallery is a work of heart. The austerity of the space makes it absolutely clear that this is where art is the focus, not ego or image. If, like me, you looked at the title of the exhibition and expected to see another photographic glorification of the (hu)man form, you could be a little disappointed. I was not. On the contrary, I was wonderfully surprised by how wrong an assumption could be. I guess I did have forewarning. The picture on the invitation is Michael Meyersfelds’ ‘Custom’, No. 6 in his series of twelve. This was not another Da Vincian “Universal Man” study, nor was it a Jean Paul Gaultier ad campaign. This was different; as Michael explained, “These twelve images were made to depict and convey the conditioning of man”. Michael’s pictures bear such titles as ‘Born’, ‘Repentance’, ‘Bewildered’, ‘Deceit’ and ‘Acceptance’. Each picture portrays the title, within the context of man’s conditioning, in wonderfully surprising and enlightening ways. From the attention to detail in the composition of each photograph to the variety and uniqueness of the models he chose, each piece shows you man/men in ways that are completely familiar and utterly new. The unfettered clarity of ‘Born’ and the stark reality of ‘Fear’ strike a chord of recognition somewhere in the region of your belly button. You feel a silence descend as you move from picture to picture that is somehow enhanced by the soundtrack that fills the room like smoke. The play of light in ‘Entitled’ and ‘Greed’ focuses your attention on the subjects so completely that it takes you a moment to realize there is a bigger picture both in and outside the frame. Perhaps that is the beauty of Michael’s work: its...
Represent Recommends: Deconstructing Youth Day
We always lurve their flyers – sadly we haven’t caught a party yet but believe they’re off the hook. Here’s your chance to Represent at an early Youth Day event “APARTlove” being held at the Apartheid museum on Friday 15th June. They’re making a movie of the night as stereotypes are broken and trends set by today’s hippest Jozi youth. If you’re into indie or alternate culture, this is definitely one for you or if you’d just like to Represent for Youth Day with good people – check out the Deconstruct event. Feast your eyes on the gorgeous flyer. APARTlove The next, and most ambitious Deconstruction Event to date, will be held on the 15th June in celebration of Youth Day, in the Apartheid Museum, and will be themed APARTlove fittingly. Already we have had 3 flyers designed, all by different designers and artists, which all display a different interpretation of the theme as well as its social significance. The Line-up that has been secured for this significant event includes The BLK JKS (South Africa’s only Black rock band, and includes the official launch of their EP), Idol Hands (a White Hip-Hop Turntabilist crew), and Desmond and The Tutus, all performing live, with a slam poetry session by the Bushwomen, as well as reknowned DJ’s Destrukto, The Brothers Grimm, Sassquatch, and Klassikist performing at the event, and in a Johannesburg first, we have a two hour set with Data Takashi and Soviet Space Dog going head-to-head live on UJFM leading up to the event, so that people can get into the event while driving there. In addition to the event, we will be filming a documentary of the evening, focussing on the interactions between the people attending and the environment, being the Apartheid Museum, and the art that will be exhibited at the event by collectives including Familia (with their film Bang Chong), *And Then*, Social Construction and a host of other exhibitors, including MissYucki, Ke Ai, and Club Soda. This film is ultimately being produced for international distribution and screening at international...
Lilo focusing on Gilles Peterson on Sat night
These guys should change their name to “Reliable Party” – ’cause you know on a Saturday night if you have to find some’ing a little different but some’ing that you can dance to, the Lilo Unsound System parties at Fuel in Newtown are always a guaranteed hit. Their flyer this week caught our eye – we’ve been wanting to tell you about Gilles Peterson’s set on BBC Radio One. Gilles is one of the top ranking Jazz/RnB/Funk/Soul DJ’s in Europe and we love ‘im – try have a listen if you still got some bandwidth left this month. Anyway – this Saturday the music is all about showcasing Gilles record label “Brownswood” so be prepared for some soulful sounds. Click on the flyer for more. Kid Fonque Dexterity Offbeat Sat 15 June @ Fuel Cafe [Cnr Carr & Quinn str] 8:30 – 2:30 FREE ENTRANCE! 1/2 price cocktails [between 8:30 – 10:30] SoulCandi DIstribution teams up with Lilo’s Unsound System for another label showxase at Fuel Cafe this time bringing the soulful sounds of Brownswood Recordings to the floor. For a label that’s just over a year old, Brownswood has made a huge impact, but that’s probably because it’s co-founder is none other than modern jazz aficionado and all-round purveyor of fine musical taste, Gilles Peterson. Together with Heavyweight he started the label as a platform for the artists they felt deserved the attention. So far the roster’s as diverse as it’s impeccable. ...
Hey YOU THERE! Want to work in the US?
A good friend of ours has set up an awesome company offering work opportunities on the ski slopes in the States called http://www.youthere.co.za/. “We’re a couple of guys who, through our travels abroad, fell in love with snowboarding and ski resort life style. Having the experience of 9 ski seasons between us and tired of being employees in the corporate world, we felt it was about time that we start spreading the love and began planning You There! in October 2006. We opened our doors in May 2007! We believe that there is really nothing quite like living and working in a ski resort abroad. You won’t be disappointed.” We’d like to wish them all the best – we love new small business! So Representah’s – spread the word! All of you moaning about the rat race – get out and go Skiing! Represent! Live life large in the snow covered mountains of a ski resort in the USA!You There! is a new, specialised work & travel agency dedicated to arranging jobs and all related travel for South Africans wanting to spend a ski season in the USA. If you’re between the ages of 18 and 30, have a lust for life and adventure and don’t mind rolling up your sleeves a little, then you’re eligible for the You There! USA programme. We are recruiting NOW for positions in top ski resorts across the Colorado Rockies including AspenSnowmass, Winter Park, Vail and Beaver Creek. “Seasonairs” should expect to leave in early December 2007 and work to mid-April 2008 after which they can travel in the U.S for up to 6 weeks before they return to SA or continue on to another country (unless they extend their temporary working visa). The size of You There! allows us (it’s two experienced directors, Jason and Nick,) to be personally involved in each and every one of our travellers’ recruitment and travel arrangements. You There! acts as an agent for the traveler (Seasonair), supporting and consulting with him or her every step of the way – ensuring that they get to their destination as efficiently and prepared as possible. Your programme fee secures you a job, full season multi-mountain ski lift pass, on-going visa consultation as well as flight, travel insurance and accommodation arrangements. You There! is South Africa’s ski season specialist. Go to http://www.youthere.co.za/ and apply...
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