We love Edgars and the Bassline this summer!
The Bassline never stops rocking and summer is officially here, no better evidence is required than a look at the line-up for the next Edgars Music Series event taking place at The Bassline on Friday 6 October Brickz Hidden Force Somizi and Fuzigish will be harassing the mic for your pleasure! DJ’s Mond… e and Soul T will back up the live acts and it’s going to be steaming! “The best part about the Edgars Music Series is that we are dealing with an audience that loves music, and loves to see good new stuff all the time. We mix it up and cross pollinate, and the crowd just loves it!” said Tracey Turner, Edgars Sponsorship Manager. “This month we are putting on a kwaito act, a hip hop act, a ska punk band and a couple of club DJ’s. There’s a bit of everything here and it is going to be an awesome party!” Brickz needs no introduction to the Edgars Music Series as he performed successfully in 2005 and makes a welcome return. Hidden Force are making waves in the hip hop community and looking to cross out of their niche to make some noise for the general public. In their own right, Ska Punkers Fuzigish is an enormously successful rock band with a huge underground following. Add actor/performer Somizi into the mix and you have a heady mix that has PARTY written all over it! As usual, the Fashion Police will be on the prowl looking out for the best-dressed guys and girls and rewarding them for their efforts with prize hampers from Adidas. From start to finish, there is nothing like the Edgars Music Series Bash at the Bassline. Brought to you by YFM, with the support of DJ’s, musicians, fans and media all mingle and get down in a total celebration of South African music that has no rival in Jozi city. But bear in mind that the demand for tickets is going through the roof! So make sure you book at Computicket, or get there early to avoid disappointment! The Edgars music Series at The Bassline: The only place to be on the first Friday of every single month. That date: Friday the 6th of October That damage: Tickets available at R60 from Computicket and R50 at the door! So? Umeleni? Tsamoreka tekete...
Top African visual artist @ AfroNova
Joel Mpah Dooh lives and works in Douala, Cameroon, and studied fine arts in Amiens, France. He has been showing extensively in solo and group exhibitions in Cameroon, Austria, Senegal, France, Cuba, Lebanon, USA and Kenya. Catch his first ever exhibit in South Africa: JUST TO SAY HELLO… A first solo exhibition of paintings and mixed media works by JOEL MPAH DOOH. Joel Mpah … Dooh is one of the finest artists on the continent and enjoys international critical acclaim with his paintings and multi media works. His recent exhibition Rendez-vous was a definite highlight of the 2006 Dakar Biennale of African Contemporary Art in Senegal. He strongly featured in the Lines of Connections exhibition with William Kentridge, Kendell Geers, Sam Nhlengetwa and Samuel Fosso, organised by the MTN Art Foundation in 2001. With this first solo exhibition in South Africa, Joel Mpah Dooh draws on a retrospective body of works and exhibits a coherent ensemble while evoking years of experimentations. With the kind support of the French Institute of South Africa. Exhibition runs until Saturday 14 October Gallery Hours Tuesday to Saturday 13:00 to 20:00 Contacts email Afronova c: +27 (0) 83 726 59 06 The gallery is just across the Market Theatre entrance Safe parking corner Miriam Makeba and Gwigwi Mrwebi St – Newtown Po box 3205 – Parklands 2121 – Johannesburg – South Africa —————————————————————————————————– FEBRUARY 2006 Get down to Newtown to the Afronova gallery for an exhibition entitiled URBAN JUNGLE: Urban Jungle brings together two prominent artists from the continent; Birame Ndiaye from Dakar, Senegal, and Wayne Barker from Johannesburg, South Africa. Both painters are children of the African city and its collision of cultures. They get down and dirty in the streets, sometimes the back alleys, and venture into the craziness and confusion of the concrete jungle. Exhibition runs until Saturday 11th March Tuesday to Saturday 13:00 to 20:00 Safe parking corner Miriam Makeba and Gwigwi Mrwebi St – Newtown Email Afronova Afronova...
BYE BYE Kara thanks for making us proud
So we were right, Kara really needed to up her game if she was planning on making the final three for the Project Runway competition. Her sexy black evening dress was the least favourite of the final four which saw her being booted out of the competition. Go and check out Kara Janx’s website here and read all about the amazing success she has had thanks to … being on the show. Apparently Kara did take part in the fashion week along with the other three winners anyway (so what was the booting out all about) and her collection was the best! Kara says her business has grown phenomally and she is now a celeb designer with fans asking for autographs whereever she goes. Now that’s our kind of reality TV, where real talent and skill make you famous. You go girl! ====================================== People are starting to get suspicious. “Why do you never party anymore on Friday nights? Is it winter? Do you have new friends we don’t know of? Places you don’t want to share with us? Are you getting old and boring?” Well, being cold did have something to do with it, but the second season of Project Runway had a whole lot more. It all happened one Friday night about 7 weeks ago when, too exhausted to go out on a Friday and missing her man who was gallavanting elsewhere, Editorista went to visit her best friends house with pizza’s in hand. You see the best friends were moving house soon after into their very cute semi in Brixton (what a super cool suburb for young buyers) and everyone wanted to talk about the move and just chill together… Needing to zone out of the weeks stresses, we skipped quickly through the cable ‘bouquet” – cuddling up next to a warm fire, we settled on “Project Runway” on E Entertainment, “just another reality show” we thought. How wrong we were. 7 weeks later we are confirmed PR addicts bordering on freaks and Friday nights will never be the same. Project Runway works very simply. There are a whole bunch of talented young clothing designers in New York who have to create a fashion garment every week under extremely tight budgetary and timing restrictions. Each week someone is eliminated and the team gets more competitive, the creative bar is raised and the bitchiness soars. Heidi Klum is the presenter and the judges are all well respected (Nina Garcia) and entertaining (Michael Kors) fashionistas. Drawn essentially to the creative integrity and challenge at the heart of this wonderful show, we were even more delighted to hear the flat...
Red Eye: Transform! Call for Artists
It’s not always about JOZI on the happenings for REPRESENT. So if you are one of our beloved Durbanites and you are somewhat creative, pay attention. Red Eye invites all visual artists, designers, video artists, performers, installation artists and any other creative persons to attend an artists briefing on Monday 28th August at 5:30pm at the Durban Art Gallery, 2nd Floor, Smith Street, D…urban. On this day, all the artists will be briefed on this year’s theme – Red Eye Transform. Red Eye Transform is taking place on Friday the 29th September 2006, as part of the Celebrate Durban initiative. It will kick off in the Durban Art Gallery from 6pm to 8pm and then move into Smith Street from 8pm until we are asked to leave! Red eye invites proposals for works inside the gallery and there is an exciting opportunity for large-scale works to be created for exhibition in Smith Street. For more information contact Francesca on: Tel: (031) 3112268 or E-mail:turnerl@durban.gov.za or fverga@gmail.com *************************************************** “Concealed by elaborate cast iron gates…”Sounds like this month’s Red Eye in Durban is yet again in an interesting venue… This one’s called Access Denied. Don’t take it literally – it refers to the venue that you will be exploring in your hardhats… sounds fascinating! What we would like to know is when will we have a Red Eye in Jozi???? Red Eye: Access Denied 26 May 2006 Taking its name from the undisclosed space that this month’s Red Eye will occupy, Access Denied, presents Red eye goers with the opportunity to explore the depths of the city. Concealed by elaborate cast-iron gates, previously restricted niches are to be opened to public view. Artists will utilise the architecture, together with video installation, atmospheric lighting, dance performance and fashion installations. Contributing artists include Tessa Comrie, Carlos Francisco, Roger Miller, Vaughn Sadie, Mark Meyer, Everett Durarte, Mlu Zondi and Ntando Cele and collaboration by Caroline van Wyk, Ben Haskins, Marcel Duvenage and Justin Lagesse. Featured performances are Siwela Sonke, Fantastic Flying Fish, Amajita, Umkhumbane Blues and King Zorro. Red Eye: Access Denied will start in the Durban Art Gallery at 6pm, and with the necessary permissions and hardhats provided, exploration of the restricted space will be granted. For more information contact Liana or Francesca on (031) 3112268 or email ************************************************************ April 2005 As we all know, Ethekwini aka Deben is the stomping ground of many a talented muso, dancer and artist – Make sure to check out the scene at the next RED EYE – “Rouge” – being held in the city centre – We love the name! Friday the 1st of April 2005...
Four SA films at Toronto Film Festival
Hold thumbs for four South African stories being showcased this week at the Toronto Film Festival in Canada. Those of you that read our interview with John Barker will know that his film ‘Bunnychow’ is one of them (good luck Johnny, our brother from another mother), two of the other films are also directed by young film makers – Ga…thering the Scattered Cousins by Akin Omotoso (he’s surely an SA boy by now? His film is a short of 13 mins) and Moekgo and the Stickfighter by Teboho Mahlatsi (short film of 19 mins). The fourth film is ‘Catch a Fire’, a South African story directed by Australian director Philip Noyce featuring Bonnie Henna and Tim Robbins. A friend of ours thought he bumped into Tim Robbins a while ago while stumbling his way out of the mens loo during a blurry night out … he was never sure if it was for real or simply an apparition due to all the tequila’s he’d been wolfing down. Andrew, clearly it was no imposter… Now we know why he was here! For anyone wanting a bit of clarity on what a BUNNYCHOW is, check out this awesome (although a little neglected) website called QUARTERBUNNY. It’s a site dedicated to finding the best BunnyChow in Durban – we love it! Damn we miss Durban and can’t wait to sink our teeth into a bit of your laid-back lifestyle in summer. Bring on Christmas holidays and all. Anyway back to film. (Never blog when you’re hungry). GOOD LUCK and CONGRATULATIONS to everyone involved. We hope that the blood sweat and tears you all put into these films bring you fruitful rewards and recognition. Big Ups from Represent and know that we are behind you all every step of the way! Here’s a synopsis on each film: BunnyChow Director: John Barker Country: South Africa Year: 2006 Language: English Time: 90 minutes Film Types: BW/35mm Truth and Reconciliation is over. The South Africa of today is all about sex and hanging out. Or hook-ups and ganja. Or maybe just sex. For those who have never been drinking in Johannesburg, a “bunny chow” is a huge mishmash of a sandwich, perfect for the end of the night. It is also a metaphor for South Africa’s cultural mýlange – and slang for a tasty sexual act. All these meanings come into play in Bunny Chow. Executive Producer: Jeremy Nathan, Joel Phiri Producer: John Barker, Kagiso Lediga Screenplay: David Kibuuka, Salah Sabiti, Joey Rasdien, John Barker Cinematographer: Zeno Petersen Editor: Sakkie Berg Production Designer: Kezia Eales, Christal Rees-Gibbs Sound: Lorenz Romeez, S’Bu Nyema Music: Joel Assaizky Principal...
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