Japan Calling. Arty Southern Africans take note.
Representah’s all know how obsessed we are with Japan… we tell you again, what ever you do, get there. Anyway, one of our favourite creative arts Japanese magazines, SHIFT, has asked us to share some of their current ‘Call to Entries’ for a bunch of Japanese-based competitions including digital film, art, t-shirt design and calender design. They really really want Southern Africans to represent, offering up prizes worth R200k (never mind the air tickets to get to go to Japan!) so make sure you get amongst and check out the deadlines. Read all about it below: – UT GRAND PRIX 2009 – AMUSE ARTJAM 2008 – 12TH JAPAN MEDIA ARTS FESTIVAL – DOTMOV FESTIVAL 2008 – SHIFT 2009 CALENDAR COMPETITIONUT GRAND PRIX 2009 UNIQLO’s annual T-shirt design competition since 2004, the 5th “UT Grand Prix” will call for entries from July 15th. UNIQLO has actively developed its global expansion as a casual wear brand from Japan, opening flagship stores in New York, London, Paris, Hong Kong, Korea and China, and also shown the global promotion campaigns that world people can participate such as UNIQLOCK and UT LOOP! Based on the concept of “T-shirt Design Olympics”, UT Grand Prix calls for T-shirt designs from young & upcoming creators from all over the world. Works will be chosen from more than 10,000 submissions in the first and second phases of judgment, & these will be shown on the web. In the final stage, 20 designs will be selected by presiding guest judges, & these designs will then be sold as UT (UNIQLO T-shirt) at UNIQLO stores. Cash & other prizes will be also presented to the winner(s). The Grand Prix (top) prize is 3 million JPY (or equivalent in local currency at current rates). Submission Period: July 15th – September 21st, 2008. More info here. AMUSE ARTJAM 2008 AMUSE ARTJAM, a new art competition by a Japanese agency for all-round entertainment “AMUSE”, will open calling for entries from August 1st. This is a competition that has counted more than 5000 submissions and total 70000 visitors in the past 6 events, gathering attentions as a gateway for young artists to success. This year as a new project, they will open a new gallery for contemporary art called “ArtJamContemporary” in the art complex building “NADiff A/P/A/R/T” in Ebisu, Tokyo. The participants of ARTJAM will be mainly featured in the gallery and sent to the world. Anyone can participate in this competition regardless of genders, nations, ages, educations, professionals or amateurs, and genres. However, the competition winners need to participate in the award ceremony, which will be held in The Museum Of Kyoto on...
Watch this: Miss Teen USA South Carolina
Eish this bokkie’s got our future on her mind. Be scared, very scared. Watch the YouTube video of Miss USA South Carolina stumbling through a very difficult question. Need we say more? Click here or watch below: [youtube]lj3iNxZ8Dww[/youtube]...
Represent Ayeye! Calling all strippers
Die groot krokodil and all other conservatives of our gagged past must be spinning in their graves as freedom of speech and the right to choose how you live your life spreads as far as a reality stripping show on TV and on M-Net nogal. Tannies country-wide (and lots of others) will be horrified. Ingeniously, STRIPTEASE, will feature SA’s very own “wannabe Hugh Hefner”, Lolly Jackson, who alone will attract hordes of viewers wanting a close-up of this notorious player. The show kicks off in September but auditions start next week. Ayeye!Positioned as “sensual” yet “classy” we do wonder what the trajectory of this show will be in a country where women’s rights and sexual violence and abuse is always top of mind. We wait and see. New local reality show for M-Net’s actionX – Stripdance your way to the top Reality show fever is running high on DStv. Come August, M-Net will bring you Idols, Survivor SA: Malaysia and Big Brother Africa. Now M-Net’s actionX, channel 6 on DStv, also gets its own local reality show. Get ready for Stripteaze, a late-night, sensual yet classy reality show in which South Africa’s best male and female strippers will strut their stuff to get your vote. Stripteaze is actionX’s very first locally-produced programme and will be on air from 1 September on Saturdays at 23:00. “It’s a giant leap forward for actionX to produce local content and we trust that Stripteaze will attract a lot of viewers to our channel,” says Tracey Nissenbaum, actionX’s Head of Programming. “Up to now actionX has brimmed with action-packed, fast-paced international shows and movies geared at an “older” audience. Our first local reality show, Stripteaze, fits perfectly into this mix.” Auditions for Stripteaze will start soon. The competition is open to anybody between 18 and 35 years of age and includes amateur and professional dancers. Stripteaze performances are theme based, and the performers will only strip down to their g-strings. Auditions will take place at Teazers branches across South Africa. Forty girls and twenty guys will be chosen from the audition phases to compete in the first round of the competition. Each week, viewers at home will then vote for their favourite performers via SMS. The male and female performers with the most votes will then advance to the next round, after which they will compete for a place in the finals. The winners will receive prizes to the value of R300 000. The winning Male Dancer will ride home on a Ducati motorcycle, while the best Female Dancer will get her booty into a brand new sporty1.4 VW Golf. The viewers at home are the judges and only they will decide...
Represent Ayeye! Chris Brown Rihanna and Khanyi
Bit of goss’ for a Wednesday. It’s spreading like wildfire through the US cyberspace, radio stations and broken telephone – Chris Brown and Khanyi Mbau aka “SA’s Paris Hilton” had a tiff and tustle at a recent TV show launch in SA and he may have a crush on her. It appears Khanyi’s reputation proceeds her all the way to foreign shores – just check out all the US blog entries and celebrity sites – particularly as the story grows. To complicate the issue, Rihanna is supposedly seeing her Umbrella co-star Chris and is naturally unhappy about the Khanyi stories. Watch the Umbrella remix video here. We think it’s inevitable that more and more people discover the appeal of Africa, Khanyi is just part of the manic crossover as Africa creeps into foreign worlds and reveals our extremely desirable side. Mark our words it’s just going to get bigger as more and more people venture forth to explore. It’s just a pity that some of our people insist on being dodgy and mis-representing. Check out this blog entry from “A Hot Mess” : Reports from South Africa say Chris Brown tried to scoop “Khanyisile Mbau“, apparently a hot 21-year old actress, while he was visiting the country. “I tried to pull away but his grip was just too tight,” Mbau reportedly said. “When Malcolm [X, my manager] pulled me away Chris asked if I was sure I did not want to come with him.” Chris Brown denied the story to City Press though and said “They are fooling you, man. There is no such thing. I only know Malcolm X, the hero.” Well, it sounds like either this chick is the Paris Hilton of South Africa or “The R&B Tupac” needs some macking lessons. See the story develop at Love From Laya blog featuring some pics of the accussed. We watch with interest. ...
AxeJet plane ready for take off
Axejet has redeemed themselves here at Represent with a fabulous response and healthy debate around the campaign. Big Ups. Now we wish we were on the plane! The line up for Ibiza is well-balanced to cater for a range of music tastes and represents the Best of Breed of local DJ’s as the first passengers. We hope you’ve all entered and hold thumbs that you get to join in the bash. We look forward to the rollout. AxeJet, the risqué new airline by Axe deodorant, has been cleared for take-off to the party capital of the world – Ibiza, Spain. The airline, in partnership with 5FM, Metro FM and The Sunday Times takes to the sky on Satruday 18 August. Well-known 5FM DJs: DJ Fresh and Roger Goode as well as Metro FM’s Thomas and DJ Fistaz and DJ Tira are confirmed as the first passengers. The AxeJet aircraft is currently being prepared for take-off at OR Tambo International Airport and is scheduled to make its first flight to the sunny shores of Ibiza for a week of sun, music and parties. The Boeing 727 will have the first ever Mile High Class with all the AxeJet luxury trimmings – as seen on television. Targeted at young men, AxeJet will combine male fantasy with air travel to provide luxuries as yet unheard of in the local market. Apart from sexy cabin attendants, cheekily dubbed “mostesses”, the service will also include racy in-flight entertainment with a variety of options like pillow fighting, spanking and mud wrestling. Tickets for the maiden flight are already reserved for a host of well-known South Africans and a handful of lucky Axe competition winners. Axe users will be required to purchase a can of Axe and SMS their unique barcode to 33975 to stand the chance to join the Mile High Class this August. A limited number of tickets will be available for sale through selected travel agent partners. More details will be made available in the Sunday Times, on 5FM and Metro FM and at www.axejet.co.za. Whereas AxeJet was executed purely as a marketing campaign in overseas markets like Germany, Australia and New Zealand, the South African venture will aim to make this fantasy airline a reality with trips to exotic locations. Axe Brand Manager, Shren Moodley says: “Ibiza was the obvious choice for our first destination, and who better to fly our top house DJs to the island than AxeJet? We know our DJs can shake up the party over there, just like we know AxeJet can seriously shake up the airline industry. Our new service is about making every guy’s fantasy a...
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