SOWETO ART WEEK 2016: WHAT YOU CAN LOOK FORWARD TO
- Sep 13, 2016
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Wednesday 21 September
Opening Night
This will be an evening including opening addresses by the likes of Nomsa Mazwai (Soweto Theatre
General Manager), Pat Mautloa (World-renowned visual artist) and Rolihlahla Mhlanga (Eyethu
Gallery Manager). Creative Director Mbali Radebe will lead an artist walkabout and introduce
Mduduzi Twala.
Thursday 22 September
Trackside Creative
A hip hop and live music platform hosted by Trackside Creative. Programming will include DropXVI, a
hip hop movement showcasing the various elements of hip hop through film. An evening of cyphers
and live musical performances by some of the local hip hop industry’s finest.
Friday 23 September
Soweto Art Week presents: “40th Anniversary Commemoration of June 1976 Student Uprising in
film” and Poetry Night.
An exclusive screening of “The People vs The Rainbow Nation” directed by Lebogang Rasethaba and
commissioned by MTV.
“The People vs The Rainbow Nation goes behind the headlines and the news footage to investigate
what has driven this post-Apartheid generation to mobilise mass action campaigns #rhodesmustfall
and #feesmustfall, asking why South African youth believe the struggle is far from over, more than 20
years after South Africa’s first democratic elections.
Dillon Khan, Head of MTV, Africa, says, “The People vs the Rainbow Nation follows the contrasting
lives of students of different ethnicities from four different South African universities in Cape Town,
Johannesburg, Stellenbosch and Pretoria, asking if equal rights have meant equality, and whether the
promise of the Rainbow Nation is still alive and kicking, or if the dream is tarnished beyond repair.”
While race dominates the conversation, the documentary raises complex questions about education,
economic Apartheid, white privilege, colonialism, sexism, governance, patriarchy and classism as
viewed by young people in today’s South Africa.”- Arcade Content.
The evening will also include poetry by some of the best wordsmiths from Soweto, as well as a
walkabout featuring the work of Nathi Buthelezi.
Saturday 24 September
Panel Talks
Soweto Art Week Panel Talks will be hosted at Eyethu Gallery. Featuring an array of speakers, such
as Rudo Musekiwa (Founder of Sibahle) and Charles Nkosi (of Funda Centre), Panel Talks will
explore and engage various schools of thought in terms of “African identity in the dynamic creative
economy”.
Numerous topics of discussion will seek to link the changing industry and how artists are navigating
through these changes – while creating or maintaining their African identity.
Sunday 25 September
Seven Colour Sundays
Ending Soweto Art Week with a bang, is Seven Colour Sundays.
An exciting, eclectic food market offering a wide selection of delectable dishes, from gourmet
burgers, to oven-baked pizza, desserts, shisanayama as well as the traditional kasi-style “seven
colours”, Seven Colour Sundays will be held at the Soweto Theatre in Jabulani.
Support local art by buying from the Pop-up Soweto Art and Craft Fair market on the day.
Entrance is free!
Facebook: Soweto Art Week Official
Twitter: @soweto_artweek
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