VISI MAGAZINE – you beauty…
There’s something to be said for original, unique and eclectic taste…. A rare thing these days where so much design and style is taken from other people and replicated by the ‘borings’ of our world who are yet to define their own style. We’d like to give a huge Represent BIG UP to VISI MAGAZINE… If you haven’t got your hands on this month…s collector’s edition -do it! If you like to be inspired by great South African style and design, spend that R39 on this amazing magazine. It features the superb design skils of Peet Pienaar, the godfather of Graphic Design in SA… He has given the magazine a SPRING look, filling the pages with gorgeous spring blossoms…. A sweet Japanese twist to a South African cover. GET INSPIRED with GREAT TASTE and original thinking. The website is also a pleasure to interact with… enjoy the VISI TV AD, download some gorgeous wallpaper for your desktop as well as beautifully designed greeting cards. Go and get...
Review: Metamorphoses at UJ
Thanks to Heather for her review of Metamorphoses: A valiant effort on a great script. Firstly I must say that this is a great concept – students from disciplines other than drama, following a passion for theatre and putting together a refreshing production. (Although there was a certain amount of poignancy – an Accounting Student taking the role of Midas!) Once that is understood, it overloo…ks most flaws. The biggest flaw, which detracted from the story for me, was the big splash pool in the middle of the stage. I understand that this seems to be an element that travels with the play and is meant almost be a character within itself. However, it felt too big for the UJ Art’s Centre Stage, limiting the actor’s movement around it and in some cases impeding it – one poor fellow kept slipping in the spilt water. The rest of the set design was pleasing to the eye and though it was somewhat dark, it did highlight the use of the sky platform very well. The costume design was slightly jarring with anachronistic jumps between slinky nightdresses and Gladiator outfits. I would have liked to have seen a more interesting theme in these. No doubt though, the G-string worn so well by Jac Grobbler as Eros will be very popular! Some promising performances were revealed, most notably Motlatji Ditodi, Lesego Motaung, Beverley Mokoena and Danya Chait. Though members of the cast take on various roles, the challenging myth of Myrrha and Cinyras was particularly well played. (Lesego and Beverley). There was no mistaking the passion of the company in the other performers and I’m sure as the play goes on, the performances will become slicker and more polished. A great effort by Alby Michaels in the direction of this play – it must have been quite a challenge directing students in such an ambitious script, but how delightful that they were allowed to have fun with it and to cut their teeth on something so refreshing. If you love Mythology, I encourage you to watch these well put-together vignettes, from the tale of Midas through the love of Orpheus and Eurydice to the tragedy of Phaeton. It is a wonderful script, and though, not all stories end happily, they do remind us, as Mary Zimmerman the writer and original director of Metamophoses wrote: “Good Stories never die. They have so much to teach us” Metamorphoses was performed from the 3 – 12 August at UJ Arts Centre ************************************************************** UJ Arts Center brings you METAMORPHOSES, Directed by Alby Michaels, Written and originally directed by Mary Zimmerman, Based on the Myths of Ovid....
YFMs FIRST LADY PABI MOLOI
Young but experienced and on an upward move, this lady is a force to be reckoned with. At the age of just 22 Pabi has achieved more than others do in their whole careers! She began her journey in the industry at the tender age of 3 with several TV commercials and print ads. (It’s difficult to resist such a CUTE face!) She then moved to present KTV on Mnet for several years. She made her nationa…l TV debut on SABC 3’s Play TV and also presented several shows for SABC slots. She has recently stepped into the shoes of DJ Fresh, taking over the breakfast slot on YFM and is rocking it only the way she can! Her career in radio started on Highveld Stereo by winning a competition that was ran in Gauteng. where she was chosen from thousands of entrants. She then moved to Metro FM to do the morning weekend slot. As if that’s not enough, she also sings and has featured on several artists CD including Skwatta Kamps Slikours Ventilation album. “But wait, if you call now, we will include the fact that she also acts” on several SABC shows doing small appearances from time to time! She is currently shooting a TV show for SABC (watch that space!). THE CHAT Date of birth: P.M – 18th of January 1984 Siblings: P.M – One brother – TOO CUTE FOR WORDS! High school attended: P.M – Sacred Heart College and The National School of the Arts (STD 6) Worst subjects at school: P.M – Mathematics and PT! Any sporting talents? P.M – Got a red card in my first soccer game. I wasn’t aggressive, the other team just played crap. So, No! What are your greates achivements? PM – Managing to keep it together and passing mathematics and PT Your best possession? P.M – My mind What are the challenges of being so young in this industry in your position? P.M – I find that people expect me to be fully rounded and grown up and centered and in actuality, I’m a kid sometimes. I’m still figuring myself out. Where do you go for solitude from your hectic life? P.M – I’m very fond of the solitude of my room. I like to lie in bed with glossy mags, novels, good wine and dvds. I also take really long bubble baths. I’m a scent fanatic so if things are really bad, I go perfume hunting. On the scale of 1 – 10 how cool do you rate you are? P.M – Who Knows?!?! Some days I’m and 9, some days I’m a 2. What do...
TURNTABELLES -Ladies on the decks!
The French Institute of South Africa (IFAS), Pro-Helvetia Arts Council, Istituto Italiano di Cultura di Pretoria are proud to present the thrilling electronic music event TURNTAB’ELLES! Women are on top and behind the decks on the 8th of August at Capitol Music Cafe (JHB) from 9PM and on the 11th of August at RONGChrome (CPT) from 9PM. On the bill the major and unforgettable Elisa Do Brasil (France/Brasil), the upper skilled Manon and Dj Girl from Switzerland, the brilliant Letizia Renzini straight from Italy and last but not least homegrown incredible talents Bexs on Decks, Miss Red and SoulSista. Drum’n bass, house, electro, soul funk will blast the whole night long! You DO NOT WANNA MISS THIS! Contact: Peggy on (011) 836 0561 (JHB) or (021) 425 4701 (CPT) Damage: Capitol R70, Cape Town R50 and R100 For VIP...
SITHENGI awarding 15 bursaries to young talent! Hurry!
15 talented and up-and-coming film makers from OUT OF TOWN have the chance to get to the Sithengi film festival in Cape Town on a bursary… 1000 Euros which is about R8300. If you’re from a rural area, a small town or an area where film-making is under-developed, get your application in – details and rules below. Students and buding film makers in Namibia, Angola, and Mozambique and other count…ries within the Sub-Saharan area are also invited to apply! Bursary Programme to bring Budding African Talent to Sithengi 2006 A new bursary programme, funded by the Goethe-Institut, Germany’s Cultural Institutes abroad, will help budding film professionals from all over Africa enter the Sithengi Market mix this year. The Goethe-Institut with its branches in Sub-Saharan Africa, will offer fifteen bursaries of 1000 euros each to students across the continent wanting to attend the 2006 Sithengi Talent Campus. A number of bursaries will also be allocated to Francophone and Lusophone states in Sub-Saharan Africa. The bursary will cover individual travel expenses as well as accommodation, and might allow for an additional per diem where necessary. The bursary programme will augment Sithengi’s Pan-African outreach and facilitate a cultural dialogue amongst African film professionals. It will also pave the way for new entrants in the industry to learn from players experienced in a broad range of film disciplines. Nikolai Petersen, Head of Programmes at the Johannesburg Goethe-Institut said: “With this programme, the Goethe-Institut in Sub-Saharan Africa intend to strengthen the existing strategic partnership between Sithengi Film Festival and the Berlin Film Festival (Berlinale)”. The bursaries come on the back of a growing realisation that the Sithengi Talent Campus, modelled on its Berlinale precursor, has been instrumental in helping a core of young filmmakers acquire a spectrum of practical skills for making and selling movies. The Sithengi Talent Campus was a huge success last year and the then co-ordinator, Jacqueline van Meygaarden, said the feedback from students was uniformly good. “Most students said they learnt so much in this short time.” A series of master classes that deal with many elements of craft – from scripting, through production and editing to distribution – got two-thumbs-up from students. Thembisa Cochrane from the Eastern Cape said that she had developed a “more nuanced and realistic view of the world I am approaching.” She had also learned “new approaches to financing, filming, directing, writing, screening…” Spokaz Nogaya said “the classes made me realise that SA filmmakers need to start producing to satisfy the local market before aiming for the international market.” For many of the newcomers, the Campus also gave encouragement to artists to get out there...
Are you counting down the days to SA’s Survivor?
It’s MARVELLOUS of M-NET to be BLOGGING the filming of Survivor! You can read all about the “Makings of” before the show even breaks on TV from their Survivor BLOG “Mixed Blessings” wriiten with lots of soul and a big spoonful of wit from journo Greg Bowes… and DJ… and Boy about Jozi town. W…e were recently invited to a creative awards event in deep Braamies…. We arrive eagerly in the deserted carpark with a young man unpacking his boot… one Greg Bowes if we recognised him correctly, who thankfully informed us that we were about 2 hours too EARLY….That was surely a first for us. Anyway, its well worth a read and a laugh, read about Greg and the Making of SA SURVIVOR by clicking right here. From the Makers: “Greg has been strategically placed amongst the spiders and foliage to report back on those interesting day-to-day things that the camera often misses. Read all about Greg’s island adventure and what it’s like to be a writer in the jungle in the middle of Survivor… “ A taste…from Greg: “Under grey skies we headed out to the quaint, colourful and devoutly religious island of San Miguel, where Survivor SA sets off – with a real bang, believe me. As proceedings were about to kick off – and as if on cue from the great director high in the sky – the heavens opened& This was just the first of a few surprising and unscripted developments during a frenetic day. But while it’s going to make for magnetic and undoubtedly magic viewing, I have to admit that my eyeline was attracted by other sights: most notably the incredibly cute redheaded Swedish make-up girl& Now that’s what I call entertainment&” Greg Pic from the Mixed Blessings blog. ***************************************************** Do you have a friend that has suddenly become ‘unavailable’ for a month? Are they great at outdoors? Do they need a million bucks (don’t we all.) If you answered YES to all three of the above questions, they could be one of the 14 lucky or not so lucky Survivor Panama contestants. They flew out last night for a month – the show airs in September – this is going to be a tough one to keep under wraps. But we love the thought that September aka Spring is not that far away…. Here’s the scoop: Survivor South Africa has captured the imagination of the country, with over 18 000 people submitting entry forms in the hope of getting a shot at the R1 000 000 prize up for grabs. Only 14 contestants made the grade, after taxing biokinetical and psychological...
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