Let’s get punky!
We can’t remember her name so if you know her please let us know who she is… But this styling young lady was hanging out with none other than Tumi and the Volume at a rehearsal a little while back… Wicked hair sisi…. you go girl. Make that...
BE AT ATLAS STUDIOS EVERY SECOND WED NIGHT
In 2004 John Barker and friends kicked off an underground movie club with the aim of exposing local and non-mainstream movies to those looking for something different. They were cool evenings held at 44 Stanley where debate and drinking were on the menu after each session… if I can remember correctly. We got to check kiff flieks like elolipop, DogTown and Z boys and up-and-coming work from the film school including Soldiers of the Rock, while lounging around on borrowed couches. The boys kick off 2005 with a change in venue to the trend-setting Atlas Studios, in Milpark, where weather dependent, the films will be screened in the open-air or inside the venue like a normal fliek. But there’s nothing normal about John and friends – they are extraodinary guys with a zealous passion to push the film industry… you will be entertained! Make sure to watch this space for updates on when the films will be shown. ‘Apple Park films’ aka John and friends kicked off the screenings on the 16th February – if u missed that make sure you book out every second Wed from the 16th onwards. What’s it about? Johannesburg has a large television and film industry and yet there is no independent cinema in the city. We feel that our fledgling yet promising film industry needs a space where film makers and connoisseurs of film can get together to share ideas and network in a relaxed environment. Atlas studios on a Wednesday night is the perfect location. Our aim is to create a venue where South African independent film makers can showcase their films and get constructive feed back from a knowledgeable audience. We will screen international independent films but our main focus is developing the local industry and eventually the Wednesday night movie club will have a distinct local feel. We encourage all young and young at heart, South African film makers to send your Short films, animation, stop motion, documentary and features to the address below. Ultimately we want to create our own Johannesburg independent film festival. Depending on the amount of projects we receive this year this festival could be a reality in 2006. We invite you to join us on Wednesday nights at Atlas Studios and look forward to your support. John Barker barkerj@mweb.co.za. Ziggy Hofmeyr...
SABC CHANDELIER
Anyone that has had the pleasure of working in the SABC buildings will tell you that it is a strange place. I was given a tour a while back of the bomb-proof underground levels in radio park – damn… it’s like stepping back in time! Do not be scared of the mullet styled gargoyles skulking around in the shadows – some of them have worked there for over 20 years – they don’t bite! The SABC was established in 1936 with the first radio service being launched – the English Service – very pooh pooh hockey sticks my dear – I can just imagine the accents. It was originally called ‘the A Program’ and I can even remember my Gogo referring to it as that! My best place within the SABC is the foyer near the K1 auditorium – you know the one I mean – BLING BLING all over again – check out this amazing Chandelier. (UNFORTUNATELY OUR IMAGE DISAPPEARED – Photo credit:...
KAAPENTRY – ball and claw your way there
In an inspiring match-making of ancient and modern, hot young furniture designer Gregor Jenkin and well-known antique dealer Deon Viljoen combine their expertise in creating exciting hybrid furniture design… For those amongst us interested in either antique furniture or modern design, go and check out how the two get married at this exhibition. GOODMAN GALLERY 3 – 10 De…c 163 Jan Smuts Avenue, Parkwood, Johannesburg, Gauteng Rolled steel and cast aluminium meet ball-and-claw – in simple terms the approach to the collaborative exhibition of furniture by designer Gregor Jenkin and antique dealer Deon Viljoen. The exhibition is on at the Goodman Gallery in Parkwood, Johannesburg from 3rd – 10th December 2005. The pieces created for the exhibition marry the yellowwood/stinkwood Cape-Dutch tradition and early twentieth-century ball-and-claw aesthetic with contemporary applications of profile-cut steel, cast aluminium and ceramic. Modern materials and technology are either incorporated into eighteenth- and nineteenth-century pieces or reflect or mimic iconic domestic forms and decorative elements in unexpected new combinations and contexts. The exhibition will feature approximately 15-20 new and hybridized pieces of furniture, as well as lamps, ceramics and textile design. Through an exploration of tradition and renewal Jenkin and Viljoen hope their domestic objects will tease, intrigue and challenge without laboring the search for a “South African identity”. Gregor Jenkin has held several successful exhibitions during the last two years and was chosen as Elle Decoration’s Emerging Designer of the Year (2005). He cuts, casts, dissects and moulds familiar forms and objects with an engineering-like precision without undermining the integrity of material, however unexpected its new context might be. Deon Viljoen, the Cape-based dealer in 17th and 18th century furniture made at the Cape of Good Hope and at European trading posts in South and Southeast Asia, became interested in Gregor’s ‘Van die Stel’ project (2004) in which the designer creatively re-figured the ubiquitous Cape Regency turned leg in stinkwood and yellowwood tables into a stylish profile-cut steel table. For further information please contact us on (Tel) 011 788 1113, (Fax) 011 788 9887, GOODMAN GALLERY Email Gallery hours: Tuesday – Friday 9h30 to 17h30; Saturday 9h30 to 16h00....
Your chance to let 5fm know what you really want!
For once you get to choose what you hear on 5fm – that will be a unique experience. It’s their birthday and they’re saying SCREW THE PLAYLIST – We’re saying does it only have to be on the 13th of October? Maybe this is a sneaky ploy to find out what their listeners really want??? Whatever it is, make the most of it! There are prizes to be won.CL… ICK HERE FOR 5FM How about everyone sends in requests for good local music ONLY – some ideas of bands that we don’t hear enough of on 5’ve: Brikz, Kwani Experience, Cassette, T’zozo en Professor, KB, Airship Orange, MXO, Fokofpolisiecar, Fuzigish, Kabelo and many many more hot and happening Spring bands???? OH ja, and you can also win prizes: For a long, long time, 5FM has stuck to our formula. We’ve researched and refined, we’ve consulted and complied. We’ve delivered the tunes we know YOU like, but we’ve always decided which ones to play. This year, just for one day – our birthday on the 13th of October – we’re trying something new. We’re saying… SCREW the Playlist! On October 13th 5fm and Nashua Mobile give you the chance to Screw the Playlist. Keep listening for details. And with Nashua Mobile win one of 13 Motorola V3 RAZR with the choice of Network Starter Pack on either Cell C, MTN or Vodacom. Each prize is valued at R2000, on the Network Starter Pack of your choice. We’re gagging the Programme Manager We’re switching off the computer For one day only- October 13th- what we play is up to you 13 songs an hour for 13 hours – its all up to you! Make your choice – sms happy birthday to 33345 We don’t care what it is – if it gets votes, we’ll play it. It’s our birthday – so Screw the Playlist! No one else gives you that much choice, because they don’t care as much as we do Screw the Playlist – because it’s our birthday – and we’re dong this because we can. If you send in your vote to 33345, you could win a one of 13 Motorola V3 RAZR. So get voting and...
We love the Ludacris video shot in Durban – siyabonga Luda
Wow wow wow. If you haven’t seen Luda’s latest music video Pimping All Over the World, do something to make sure you see it soon. It’s a pity that it takes an international artist to show off our rocking country and the exploitation in the video may be a little hard to swallow but it’s certainly put Durbs on the map and challenged the common perceptions of Africa – and hey we can deal wi… th it…. We particularly loved his ZULU that he spoke at the beginning – nice one mfowethu! The video takes the cheesy, cliched side of tourism and glams it up into a sexy, awesome tongue-in-cheek showcase for all those ignoramuses that still think Aaaaafricah is a backward hopeless continent. For the feminists out there and those easily offended you may battle with the typical hip hop portrayal of women as booty – well the song is pretty honest, it’s about “pimping all over the world”… and the fact is – there’s half-naked Zulu men in it too 🙂 Here’s some background on the gorgeous South African models used in the video from sohh.com: Desiree Phillips, a South African police officer, Mathapelo Maimane, a personal assistant and project manager from Johannesburg and Zulu Prince Maqhawe Biyela were all handpicked by Luda to take on leading roles in the “Pimping All Over the World” video. All three said they were shocked after learning of their new gig. This video marks The Red Light District’s third release and is slated to premiere on MTV in May. For the shoot, Luda stayed in Durban for three days and shot scenes on its beachfront, the Lion Park near Pietermaritzburg, the Zimbali Lodge and the Sibaya Casino on the KwaZulu-Natal North Coast. Desiree Phillips, 26, has never modeled, but was selected while on duty during the shoot at the beachfront. Have a look on the web for views on the video all from over the place, here’s a little enlightening quote from a blogger on SOHH – interesting logic: I felt a little ashamed that I didn’t realize there are beautiful women on that continent before. But hey, can you blame me for my ignorance? Every time I see African women on TV they’re either scrawny and topless with a basket on their head, or are starving and have flies buzzing around their face.So, props to Luda and his team for making a quantum leap in the way Black women are portrayed in the media. What do you think? Damned if you do Damned if you...
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