Monday 20 August 2007

Re/action: an Evening of Performance.

In conjunction with his solo exhibition at the Bag Factory, Johan Thom ran a two weekend workshop on performance art with 11 arts practitioners. The workshop consisted of a brief introduction to some seminal performance art works in the history of the medium and a series of practical exercises which culminated in an impromptu day of performance at Johannesburg Art Gallery where the participants each presented a spontaneous performative interaction inspired by works on the Africa Remix show.

As a final presentation and to close Thom’s exhibition, The Theory of Flight the workshop participants proffered an evening of new and original performance pieces entitled RE/Action on the 8th August 2007. The workshop participants were Shane De Lange, Candice Hirson, Bronwyn Lace, Malvin Mokhonya, Anthea Moys, Rob Peers, Anthea Pokroy, Mishkaar Roberts, Debbie Rogers, Lerato Shadi and Rat Western.








Anthea Moys conducting her Aerobics Class

















Bronwyn Lace Justified Detachment
















Rat Western Department of Bureaucracy