NETWORKING TOUR 2014 Johannesburg // South Africa
The European - South African Studio
NETWORKING TOUR 2014
The European - South African Studio Johannesburg // South Africa // 10. - 20.2.2014
Contacts and networks between artists, gallery owners and curators is a rare and precious treasure.
The Networking Tours of the International Summer Academy of Fine Arts and Media Venice are specially designed to build up these contacts.
In 2011 we arranged a tour to New York. 2014 we arrange one to Johannes- burg/South Africa. The program is, to meet the most prominent artists of South Africa, have studio visits, as well as to communicate with them on the basis of our own work. Therefore a special studio is prepared for us to ex- press our own reflections on Johannesburg and South Africa as a piece of art work of ourselves. This means that there will be studio visits from February 10th to 15th and studio work from February 16th to 18th. The final event will be the exhibition of the own art works and a plenary discussion together with most prominent gallery owners of South Africa.
The accommodation as well as the studio will be at the Maboneng precinct, a newly developed area for art and business: www.mabonengprecinct.com
Preliminary Program
Monday, February 10th 2014 4.00 - 6.00pm: Before 1.00pm: Arrival and check in David Goldblatt 01.00 - 2.00pm: Santu Mofokeng Lunch at “Canteen” / Arts on Main. 8.00 - 10.00pm: 4.00 - 6.00pm: Dinner at the market theatre restaurant. Visit to “Miagi Centre” in Soweto, director Robert Brooks. Wednesday, February 12th 2014 8.00 - 10.00pm: 9.00am - 1.00pm: Dinner at the “House of Baobab” at “The Living of an Artist in Johannesburg” Maboneng. continued:
Moshekwa Langa Tuesday, February 11th 2014 and visit to Alexandra 9.00am - 1.00pm: 4.00 - 6.00pm: Studio visits: artists living in Johannes- Visit to two of the most famous galleries. burg. See their work in their ateliers; talk with them on their experiences with gal- Goodman Gallery, talk with director leries, curators, colleagues, collectors, Liza Essers the media on “The Living of an Artist in Gallery AOP (Art On Paper)
Johannesburg” 8.00 - 10.00pm: Dinner at a Jazz Club in Down Town. Gallery MOMO: Rodney Place and Monna Mokoena
William Kentridge studio
Thursday, February 13th 2014 Saturday, February 15th 2014 until Tuesday, February 18th 2014 9.00am - 1.00pm: “The Living of an Artist in Johannesburg” Studio work, individual art work elabora- continued: tion on the basis of Johannesburg im- pressions. Bag Factory Sam Malenghetwa, David Coloane
Marcus Neustetter Wednesday, February 19th 2014 4.00 - 6.00pm: 9.00am - 1.00pm: Visit to the Apartheid Museum Preparation of the exhibition of the partic- 8.00 - 10.00pm: ipant works. Dinner at Trovelle Hotel 6.00pm: Opening of the exhibition. The exhibition will be open until February Friday, February 14th 2014 28th 9.00am - 1.00pm: 7.00 - 8.00pm: Wits Art School Plenary discussion with South African artists and gallery owners. Amatuli: Explorers Collectors Trad- ers 8.00 - 10.00pm: Dinner at Arts on Main restaurant.
Saturday, February 15th 2014 Thursday, February 20th 2014 9.00am - 2.00pm: 9.00am - 12.00am: Beginning of the studio work. Check out and departure.
The price for this tour from Monday, February 10th until Thursday, February 20th is €1.100.- and €1.400.- (double bed room/single bed room). This amount includes hotel - accommodation, Maboneng Precinct, studio rent, organiza- tion of the tour and the meetings, preparation and editing of a catalogue and the plenary discussion at the final exhibition, transports and transfers. Not included is the flight to and from Johannesburg, meals and consummation, as well as individual art material for studio work.
Reservation per mail to [email protected]
Contact information International Summer Academy of Fine Arts and Media l Venice Marc Aurel Straße 10 l 1010 Vienna l Austria Wolf Werdigier l Director mobile: +43 (0)676 566 8600 Diana Millet | Organization +43 (0)660 488 40 18
tel: +43 (0)1 535 45 84 fax: +43 (0)1 535 74 38
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Co-organizer Walter Stach www.wstach.at