Fwd: [thingist] (Re)Locating Contemporary African Art Practice

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From: Stacy Hardy <[email protected]>
Date: Nov 3, 2005 3:01 AM
Subject: [thingist] (Re)Locating Contemporary African Art Practice
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Artists, writers, theorists, digital networkers, DJs and urban planners
from the think tanks, media networks and streets of Cape Town,
Johannesburg, Enugu, Cairo, Luanda, Vienna, Oslo and San Diego: a
multiplicity of nations and disciplines converge at SESSIONS eKAPA 2005,
an international art meeting held at the Cape Town International
Convention Centre, Cape Town, South Africa on 4-6 December 2005.

The theme of the meeting is "Mzantsi: (Re)Locating Contemporary African
Art Practice" and the conversations question the location and production
of contemporary cultural practices in Africa, exploring specifically the
interface between local art practice and global art circuits.

Speakers already confirmed include artist, curator and writer Gavin
Jantjes, theorist Achille Mbembe, writer and curator Olu Oguibe, cultural
provocateur Kendell Geers, Triennal de Luanda's Fernando Alvim & Cardoso
Albano, Documenta 12's Ruth Noack and word bomber Lesego Rampolokeng.

African forums for emerging voices get a platform when Ntone Edjabe
(chimurenga), Thomas Gesthuizen (africanhiphop.com), Krydz Ikwuemesi (Pan
African Circle of Artists), Koyo Kouoh (African Association for
Contemporary Culture) and Marcus Neustetter (UNESCO DigiArts) discuss new
circuits for networking the continent.

The programme also features site specific minialaboratories that explore
the interface between urban space, local art practice and global circuits:
there are coffeebeans routes Mustafa Maluka's virtual Pan Africa, Mimi
Cherono Ng'ok's street art tour, Claire Tancons' experiments with
carnival. Ugochukwu-Smooth Nzewi explores centre and periphery, from Enugu
to Langa, Gabi Ngcobo and Khwezi Gule re-map the city, and the minilabs
converge in a Lookout Hill Lawaai.

Seats for SESSIONS eKAPA 2005 are limited. For programme and further
details, visit www.capeafrica.org. Travel packages including accommodation
are available. For more information on travelling to SESSIONS eKAPA and to
register, contact the conference secretariat, Kashief Gamieldien, at
[email protected] or +27 (0) 21 697 0180. Early registration is
discounted, but closes on 4 November.