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CHRIS THURMAN | Exhibition questions beauty in environmental grief (opens the original)
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Two decades ago, artist Ruth Sacks hired a plane to skywrite the words DON’T PANIC high above Table Bay. As the first word drifted apart, the message morphed into a contrary instruction, or perhaps a warning: PANIC. As we walk through After Panic, her new exhibition at the Origins Centre in Johannesburg, she quips: “All the people who were stoned in Cape Town that day still haven’t forgiven me!” Sacks is earnest, however, in her reflections on the stunt. Her practice since then has moved from th
CHRIS THURMAN | Beyond the mask: identity, justice and the cost of playing a role (opens the original)
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Two shows opening at the Market Theatre in Johannesburg this week invite audiences to reflect on the discrepancy between performance — whether on a stage, in a court of law or even in private life — and the reality experienced when accomplished performers step out of their roles. Downstairs in the Mannie Manim auditorium, Mr Duiker Sang the Blues (based on a short story by Dyonzo Kwinika) tells the story of a jazz musician whose success comes at the cost of his mental health and, ultimately, his
CHRIS THURMAN | Philipstown wire cars put imagination in the driver’s seat (opens the original)
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This weekend sees the 16th annual staging of the Philipstown WireCar Grand Prix. It might not be the biggest event in the global four-wheel racing calendar, but it is certainly the most creative — and, for that matter, the most environmentally friendly. Dozens of local kids will line up to guide their handmade and hand-driven machines around a challenging course. Success in this sport requires a carefully designed vehicle, speedy legs and deft navigation of the uneven terrain. You may not have h
CHRIS THURMAN | A European journey through Coetzee’s strange, borderless world (opens the original)
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Spring has sprung, and September brings a clutch of annual South African arts events. FNB Art Joburg, the continent’s longest-running art fair, takes place at the Sandton Convention Centre this weekend, while in Cape Town the Homecoming Centre in District Six hosts the much-loved Open Book Festival. The Cape Town Photography Festival is already under way and will continue for most of the month. The Jomba! Contemporary Dance Experience has likewise been on the go in Durban and will extend into a
CHRIS THURMAN | AI clown poster misses the point of a festival celebrating art (opens the original)
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The Feast of the Clowns is an annual event organised by the Tshwane Leadership Foundation. It’s billed as “a community-based festival, a celebration of the city, its diversity and God’s presence” that provides “an awareness-raising platform for various social justice issues” and incorporates “a peaceful, playful protest”. All this was enough to confuse a dull-witted large language model when it was asked to spit out an advert for an item on the festival programme taking place this week at the Un
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