Exhibition
Ikhono LaseNatali
August 31 – November 7, 2019

25 young artists from Durban interpret Sir Professor Zanele Muholi's 'Somnyama Ngonyama'.

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'Ikhono Lasenatali' is a project initiated by Sir Professor Zanele Muholi.

Twenty five young artists from Kwazulu Natal are commissioned by Muholi to reinterpret an image from the 'Somnyama Ngonyama' series in each artist’s medium of choice.

The project is curated by Dr. Bajabulile La Dhlamini Sidzumo and Thobeka Bhengu and is the second instance of the initiative. The first iteration opened in KZN this May 2019.

In addition to the exhibition, the project entails a wide-reaching exchange with schools in the Western Cape and aims to challenge youth to consider the tenets of inclusivity, creativity and collectivism.

With works by Nhlanhla Chonco, Mduduzi Dzanibe, Thalente Khomo, Lindokuhle Khumalo, Bongani Luthuli, Sthenjwa Luthuli, Morgan Mahape, Nkosikhona Majola, Mpilo Makhanya, Andile Maphumulo, Mthobisi Maphumulo, Buhle Wonder Mbambo, Mondli Mbhele, Ncumisa Mcitwa, Khulekani Mkhize, Nhlakanipho Mkhize, Mlamuli Mkhwanazi, Sphephelo Mnguni, Thembi Mthembu, Londiwe Mtshali, Nomusa Mtshali, Lungisani Ndlovu, Major Ndlovu, Lindani Nyandeni, and Zwelinjani Radebe.

Event
Informal Interface
October 12, 2019 | 11–1pm

An informal conversation with Artists-in-Residence Kathryn Smith and Alana Blignaut

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What do faces mean to you? How do we think about our physical versus our virtual selves? How does surveillance culture allow us to rethink the portrait? How does forensic art engage questions of personhood?

Join us for an informal conversation about the face as a technology of identity and identification, and the ethics of the facial image.

Exhibition
Christian Nerf: Archive as Terrarium: Part 3
October 10 – October 12, 2019

An exhibition by Artist-in-Residence Christian Nerf

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Christian Nerf spends his time back in Cape Town unpacking an archive that spans more than twenty years. This review of his experimental practise is part of his PhD research. He calls on collaborators and activates historic works including 'Polite Force' and 'Teaching Teachers'.

"What threads, what bookends, what rules have been at work: what accommodates the freedom to play? It's easy to forget that to 'play by one's own rules', one has to first go to the effort to grasp those rules that are already in play" (Christian Nerf. 2019).

Nerf is a PhD candidate at Liverpool John Moores University.

Residency

Christian Nerf

September 1 – October 7, 2019

Christian Nerf takes up residency at A4 Arts Foundation in September.

Exhibition

Crossing Night: Regional Identities x Global Context

October 25, 2019 – January 5, 2020

A group exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD)

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Crossing Night is an exhibition series organised by A4 with partner institutions elsewhere in the world. The project focuses on artistic practices from the Southern African region.

This second iteration of the project, subtitled Regional Identities x Global Context, is produced in collaboration with Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD) and will highlight states of flux and liminality in urban landscapes in Southern Africa.