More cultural events for September

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A Mass for the Universe: The New Covenant  This promises to be a very special event … 110 choristors, (comprising the internationally award winning University of Johannebsurg Choir and University alumni); a mass specially composed by Antoni Shocken to celebrate Renette Bouwer’s 25 years as conductor of the University of Johannesburg Choir; a narration of […]

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Alert: management of visitor expectations to the exhibition “Seeing the Invisible” at the Walter Sisulu Gardens

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I wrote the post (August 10th) which included info on Seeing the Invisible before visiting the exhibition. A friend and I decided on a spontaneous visit yesterday, Thursday – initially a blustery August day which settled into a beautifully warm late winter day. While it is well worth a visit be prepared for some challenges:  […]

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Deconstructing Siemon Allen’s Stamp V on show at JCAF until early November

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Siemon Allen’s Stamps V 2010 All four of the Otherscapes installations at JCAF are intriguing and through-provoking.  But for me the initial visual impact of Seimon Allen’s Stamps V 2010 was the most powerful. From afar this installation reads as some huge, abstract, gridded colour-field painting. As one goes closer the miniature images, comprising over […]

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Musings on the sway of social media

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Urban renewal  My last blog was about the vision and commitment of artists, cultural activists and entrepreneurs who, against all odds, initiate, develop and sustain small pockets of creativity and inner-city upliftment. These energizing, exciting and inspiring initiatives could and should serve as fine examples for policy makers in local government. Berating Johannesburg’s 21stCentury policy […]

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