EU DELEGATION TO SOUTH AFRICA SUPPORTS THE ARTS & CULTURE TRUST (ACT) WARRIOR WALL PROJECT
Johannesburg: The Arts & Culture Trust (ACT) recently embarked on an initiative to realise the Arts & Culture Warrior Wall project, a two-phase Arts & Culture legacy initiative over two months, having started in September “Heritage month” and ending later this month (October).
The Arts & Culture Warrior Wall project is a public arts initiative that honours artistic legends in South Africa – Miriam Makeba (Music), Sylvia “Magogo” Glasser (Dance), Don Materra (Literature), David Koloane (Visual Art) and Dr John Kani (Theatre) – as well as highlights and celebrates the work of four young writers, five photographers and two mural artists making waves and shaping the future with their work.
ACT CEO, Marcus Desando said: “The European Union’s Delegation to South Africa has made many elements of this initiative possible. Their enthusiasm and engagement bear testimony not only to making this cultural heritage rich project a reality but more broadly of a commitment to cultural cooperation.”
EU Ambassador Dr Riina Kionka said: “Culture greatly influences our identity. In the EU this has been widely recognised and is, for example, the basis of a thriving cultural tourism industry. South Africa is no less unique and has so much to offer. I can only encourage the Arts and Culture Trust in its efforts to contribute meaningfully to the development of a stronger cultural sector in South Africa … from the nurturing of promising talent to the development of cultural industries.”
Desando concludes: “‘It is a privilege for the Trust to have shared this space with the EU Delegation in our efforts to provide a platform to grow and develop the Arts & Culture Warrior Wall project. It not only benefits the participants in the creative space but also equips them for possible future business opportunities that we believe will lead to further growth. As future entrepreneurs these young and dynamic creatives will create employment in the cultural sector.”
The Maboneng mural will be unveiled on 28 October 2021 by the European Union’s Ambassador to South Africa, Her Excellency, Dr Riina Kionka, at a ceremony hosted by ACT CEO Marcus Desando and thereafter on display at 299 Fox Street, Maboneng, Johannesburg.
For further information please email: jessicad@act.og.za visit the Trust’s website, www.act.org.za or follow us on Twitter and Facebook. #ACTWarriorWall #actalumni ENDS
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PARTICIPANTS: ARTS & CULTURE TRUST WARRIOR WALL
Market Photo Workshop Students: Simphiwe Thabede, Zegugu Ngemntu, Remofiloe Sebobe, Bongiwe Phakathi and Tsepiso Mahooe under the mentorship of Thato Mogotsi, Buyaphi Mdledle and Rolihlahla Mhlanga.
Writers: Siphumelele Gumede and Tsholofelo Seleke (phase 1) and Ntshadi Mofokeng and Thobi Maphanga (phase 2) under the mentorship of Tammy Ballantyne Webber from The Ar(t)chive NPC.
Mural Artists: Nathaniel Sheppard III and Minenkulu Ngoyi from Danger Gevaar Ingozi Studio under visual art mentor, Loyisa Old John.
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About The Arts and Culture Trust. The ACT is South Africa’s premier independent development and arts funding organisation. The primary aim of ACT is to increase the capacity for arts and culture initiatives to create sustainable futures, through development and investment in innovative, sustainable projects that make a meaningful contribution to society. Through structured development programmes ACT provides support to all expressions of arts and culture, including literature, music, visual art, theatre and dance, and the support extends to festivals, community arts initiatives, arts management, arts education and arts administration. For more information please visit the Trust’s website. Follow ACT on Twitter or like the ACT’s Facebook page.
About the Delegation of the European Union to South Africa
Since the establishment of the European Union Delegation in the country after the first democratic elections in 1994, the EU and South Africa saw rapidly expanded cooperation. The relations were strengthened in 2007 with the establishment of the EU-South Africa Strategic Partnership, a forward-looking platform that facilitates wide-ranging cooperation between our two parties. A range of dialogues between the EU and South Africa allow to share experiences in areas of common interest, or where challenges have to be faced. Areas covered by these dialogues include education, health, energy, the environment, macro-economic policies, human rights, peace and security including maritime security. The partnership is broad and comprehensive and covers political, trade and development interests, as well as cultural relations. Except for consular tasks, the Delegation in Pretoria functions like an embassy; it is a diplomatic mission representing the European Union to South Africa together with the 27 Member States of the European Union.
About The Ar(t)chive NPC The Ar(t)chive NPC is an independent South African Contemporary Dance and Physical Performance archive currently based at WITS University’s School of Arts. The Ar(t)chive NPC houses a range of video, photographic, journalistic materials focussed on South African contemporary dance history and heritage and has served under and postgraduates from South Africa, America, India, The United Kingdom and Europe. Read more on The Ar(t)chive NPC here: www.theartchive.co.za
About the Market Photo Workshop For over 30 years, the Market Photo Workshop has played a pivotal role in the training of South Africa’s photographers, ensuring that visual literacy reaches neglected and marginalized parts of our society. World-renowned photographer David Goldblatt contributed vastly to the establishment of Market Photo Workshop in 1988 – 1999. Since then, the Photo Workshop has been an agent of change and representation, informing photographers, visual artists, educators, students and broader communities of trends, issues, and debates in photography and visual culture.
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About Danger Gevaar Ingozi (DGI) Danger Gevaar Ingozi is a fully black-owned, artist-owned-and-operated, mixed-media fine art production facility, with a particular focus on relief printing. We are located in Johannesburg, South Africa. Our primary function as a studio is to provide artists with an independent, financially and socially accessible studio space. We endeavour to reduce the barriers to entry for artists, in order that they can access the necessary tools to create artistic work and, simply speaking, to earn a living. DGI is a space in which artists of varying degrees of proficiency (seasoned printers or novices and students) can apply their practice – where practitioners from a myriad of backgrounds can engage with each other through dialogue and contestation. Collaboration and contestation form a significant part of our collective practice. These are core aspects of our studio, a space in which the enduring nature of print media is influential, and thoroughly considered. DGI Studio represents the preservation of printing mediums that are deeply rooted in cultural, and socio-political histories of South Africa, and internationally, as a means of widely disseminating information, where freedom of speech was not guaranteed. ingozisudio.com