The Bag Factory presents: Rites of Fealty/ Rites of Passage
A one-night exhibition of performance art
Date: 18h00, Tuesday, 29 July 2008
Venue: Bag Factory Gallery, 10 Mahlatini Street, Fordsburg, Johannesburg
The Bag Factory’s About Art program presents ‘Rites of Fealty/ Rites of Passage’, a one-night exhibition of new performance artworks by a group of emerging South African artists. The exhibition follows an intensive 10-day workshop in performance art presented by Johan Thom. The workshop was structured as a non-hierarchal laboratory, with each of the artists selected for participation already having established a visible presence in the South African cultural sphere. Artists like Ismail Farouk, Anthea Moys, Kemang wa Luhere and Murray Turpin all share in a multi-disciplinary approach to artistic expression, freely mixing elements of fields as far as urban geography, digital sound sampling, video, public performance, dance and theatre into their oeuvres.
New works have been commissioned by each of the participating artists.
Artists include:
Bronwyn Lace, Nadine Hutton, Anthea Moys, Mlu Zondi, Ntando Cele, Rat Western, Ismail Farouk, Murray Turpin, Kemang wa Luhere, Dinkies, Sithole, Johan Thom
The theme ‘Rites of fealty/ Rites of passage’ stresses the transformative capacity of art where the artwork is envisioned as a rite of passage through which both artist and viewer may plot alternatives to existing modes of relating to our familiar surroundings, ordinary social interactions, physical gestures and use of language. In this way art may act as a gateway that embodies the possibility for personal and societal change through direct action and physical participation.
The workshop and exhibition is made possible by:
The Ford Foundation
The Bag Factory
Special thanks to the Nirox Foundation
The exhibition is curated by:
Johan Thom
Bronwyn Lace
Contact details:
info@bagfactoryart.org.za (email)
+27 (0)11 834 9181 (tel)
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