Goethe-Institut South Africa: Programme October - December 2015

OCT NOV DEC 2015

1995 2015

Goethe-Institut SOUTH AFRICA

programme

OVERVIEW When

What & Where

01/10/2015— 26/10/2015

THE CRADLE GOETHE on MAIN

STARTING 02/10/2015

While You Weren’t Looking CINEMA NOUVEAU AND STER-KINEKOR MAPONYA MALL

08/10/2015

LITERARY CROSSROADS: LANGUAGE AND IDENTITY IN POETICAL WRITING Goethe-Institut

08/10/2015

METROPOLIS THE SHEDS

14/10/2015

ALMANYA: WELCOME TO GERMANY GOETHE-INSTITUT

24/10/2015

EUROPEAN DAY OF LANGUAGES ALLIANCE FRANCAISE, PRETORIA

28/10/2015— AFRICAN FUTURES 01/11/2015 VARIOUS VENUES IN JOHANNESBURG

12/11/2015 KRISTALLNACHT (NOVEMBERPOGROM)

COMMEMORATION

GOETHE-INSTITUT 18/11/2015

GOETHE! (YOUNG GOETHE IN LOVE) GOETHE-INSTITUT

18/11/2015— 21/11/2015

VISIONARY ARCHIVE EXCHANGE – FROM JOHANNESBURG TO KHARTOUM And BACK THE BIOSCOPE

21/11/2015

OPEN DAY GOETHE-INSTITUT

24/11/2015— 29/01/2016

African Modernism —

Architecture of Independence GOETHE-INSTITUT

26/11/2015— 29/11/2015

ROACH GOETHE on MAIN Admission to all events is free of charge, unless otherwise stated JOIN US FOR GERMAN LANGUAGE COURSES OUR FOURTH TERM STARTS ON 03 OCTOBER

ENROLLMENT ANYTIME

EXHIBITION

THE CRADLE

OPENING 01/10/2015 19H30. RUNS UNTIL 26/10/2015 GOETHEONMAIN, 245 MAIN STREET, MABONENG PRECINCT

Image © Dean Hutton/2point8.co.za

The Cradle portrays a series of constructed realities through presenting multidisciplinary installation, incorporating sculpture, prints, performance, photographs and video relating to the artists’ experiences performing at the Cradle of Humankind and at other locations within the South African landscape. The project will be presented by Dean Hutton, Alberta Whittle and Anna Christina Lorenzen.

From the artists’ statement: “Presenting a series of staged scenarios, un-choreographed yet rooted in our collective consciousness of certain societal rituals and art history, The Cradle poses questions relating our relationship with nature and civilisation as depicted within science fiction, mythology, magic and anthropology. Referring to the potential clash when man-made and natural worlds collide, we will investigate utopian beliefs and practices with an impending sense of the apocalypse.”

This exhibition contains nudity.

FILM SCREENING

While You Weren’t Looking

CINEMA CIRCUIT BEGINS 02/10/2015 CINEMA NOUVEAU AND STER-KINEKOR MAPONYA MALL SAFTA winner Catherine Stewart‘s screen début delivers an unusual story, stellar performances and a great local music track.

A contemporary story of old love, new love and betrayal, WYWL is allSouth African production that has already won awards on the international festival circuit. Mack seeks his lost love, but Joe has moved on. Are Dez and Terri really the perfect couple? Their rebellious daughter Asanda pursues Shado to the townships, only to be confronted with a different reality. Funded by the National Lotteries Commission, DTI, Other Foundation and with the participation of the Goethe-Institut.

Tickets available at www.sterkinekor.com

LITERATURE

LITERARY CROSSROADS

08/10/2015 19H00 GOETHE-INSTITUT, 119 JAN SMUTS AVENUE, PARKWOOD

Images courtesy Nii Parkes and Guy Helminger

Topic: Language and identity in poetical writing Guests: Nii Parkes (Ghana/GB), Charl Pierre Naudé (South Africa) and Guy Helminger (Luxemburg) All three writers are polyglot and shift between languages in their works.

What does this mean for the lyrical identity of the poets and how each language might trigger different ideas and topics?

(In collaboration with Poetry Africa in Durban 2015)

FILM SCREENING

METROPOLIS

08/10/2015 18H30 THE SHEDS, 1 FOX STREET, JOHANNESBURG

Image © Metropolis

In 2010 a fully restored version of the 1927 cinema classic “Metropolis” was released. A gigantic and visionary fresco of the silent era, Metropolis is the culmination of the German expressionist movement and also a pinnacle of silent film. French-based musical duo ACTUEL REMIX presents a screening

of the full original version, with a live electronic music soundtrack. The universe of the film, with its mechanics of triumphant modernity and automation crushing humanity, offers exciting openings when linked to the machines used by the duo (computers, software, samplers, etc).

The length of the restored version (2h33) is also a fascinating playground for electronic music which can really be used to its fullest within a longer time frame. Without forgetting their illustrious predecessors (including Jeff Mills in 2001 and Art Zoyd in 2002) it is clear that the resolutely ‘electro’ music of ACTUEL REMIX shows this cinematic masterpiece in a different light.

FILM NIGHT

ALMANYA: WELCOME TO GERMANY

14/10/2015 18H30 GOETHE-INSTITUT, 119 JAN SMUTS AVENUE, PARKWOOD Almanya: Welcome to Germany (German: Almanya – Willkommen in Deutschland) (Almanya is Turkish for Germany) is a 2011 German comedy film directed by Yasemin Şamdereli. The film premiered at the 61st Berlin International Film Festival and won the 2011 Deutscher Filmpreis in the categories Best Script and Best Film. The tragic comedy dramatizes the question of identity and belonging for former Turkish guest workers in Germany and their descendants. ©Wikipedia.

English Subtitles. Refreshments will be provided.

Please RSVP to bso@johannesburg.goethe.org by 12/10/2015

FESTIVAL

EUROPEAN DAY OF LANGUAGES

24/10/2015 10H00 – 15H00 ALLIANCE FRANCAISE, 99 RIVIER ST, PRETORIA The European Day of Languages 2015 is an opportunity to experience to experience the linguistic and cultural diversity of Europe without having to pack or sit on a 12-hour flight. This day has been celebrated worldwide since 2001 as the Council of Europe’s initiative to promote linguistic diversity. South Africa has 11 official languages and most South Africans know the importance of being able to speak a neighbour’s language. The Goethe-Institut, in close partnership with other European language and culture organisations in Johannesburg, has planned a funfilled programme for this year’s Day of European Languages celebration!

Whether you are interested in studying or working abroad, enjoy travelling or would simply like to widen your horizon you are guaranteed to enjoy this experience. There will be music by local and European artists, a language learning area with free trial lessons, a market that will offer mouthwatering culinary delights and loads of information from the participating countries.

FESTIVAL

AFRICAN FUTURES

28/10/2015 - 01/11/2015 VARIOUS VENUES IN JOHANNESBURG

Image Jonx Pillemer © Goethe-Institut

“If you want to have any idea of the world that is coming, the world ahead of us, look at Africa!”, says Afropolitan author and critic Achille Mbembe.

From Lagos to Nairobi to Johannesburg, the continent is giving answers to global questions of the future.

What might various African futures look like? How do artists and academics imagine this future? And what forms and narratives of science fiction are currently being developed in Africa? The Goethe-Institut’s African Futures festival will address these and other questions with a wide range of events throughout Johannesburg, as well as at partner festivals in Lagos and Nairobi. The more than 50 international guests invited to African Futures will be exploring visions of the future and following potential narratives and artistic expression in literature, fine arts, performance, music, film and various digital formats.

In a second stage in 2016, the most interesting outcomes of these artistic positions and discourse elements will form part of an interdisciplinary festival at SAVVY Contemporary in Berlin.

OPENING PANEL NARRATIVES IN SCIENCE FICTION LITERATURES 28/10/2015 18H30 – 21H00 GOETHE-INSTITUT Nnedi Okorafor: Who fears death? The Book of Phoenix Lauren Beukes: Zoo City, Slipping Leif Randt: Planet Magnon Followed by a panel discussion moderated by Binyavanga Wainaina

EXHIBITION NEW DIMENSIONS: VIRTUAL REALITY EXHIBITION 29/10/2015 UNTIL 31/10/2015 OPENING HOURS: 10H00 - 17H00 GOETHE-INSTITUT Experience a variety of Virtual Reality projects while the VR space is still in an expansive, experimental stage and interrogate what VR for an African Future might look like. Discover this exciting new medium and new languages of expression, storytelling and audience experience.

Curators: Ingrid Kopp (USA), Steven Markovitz (SA)

PANEL AFRICA’S SPECULATIVE FUTURES AND NEW IMAGINARIES 29/10/2015 10H00 - 13H00 GOETHE-INSTITUT Jean-Pierre Bekolo (Cameroon), Sherif Adel (Egypt), Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum (Botswana/South Africa), Faustin Linyekula (DRC), followed by a panel discussion moderated by Sean O’Toole

WALKABOUT They came from outer space 29/10/2015 15H00 exhibition runs until 11/11/2015 GOETHE-INSTITUT Curator: Raimi Gbadamosi The exhibition deals with questions regarding conceptions of Africa and the Future. According to Gbadamosi: “The idea of science and technology sits uncomfortably alongside general perceptions of Africa as ‘a place out of time’”.

FILM SCREENINGS 29/10/2015 THE BIOSCOPE, MABONENG 17H00 LES SAIGNANTES — Jean-Pierre Bekelo Followed by Q&A with the director 20H00 AFRONAUTS — Frances Bodomo Crumbs — Miguel Llanso Followed by Q&A with the directors; Moderated by Steven Markovitz Tickets: www.thebioscope.co.za

Crumbs Still © Miguel Llanso

PANEL TECHNOLOGY : MEANS OR CURSE OF THE FUTURE? 30/10/2015 10H00 - 13H00 GOETHE-INSTITUT Raimi Gbadamosi (Nigeria/UK/SA), Tegan Bristow (SA), Jonathan Dotse (Ghana), Wanuri Kahiu (Kenya) via Skype, followed by a panel discussion moderated by Arthur Goldstuck

© Jonathan Dotse

LECTURE PERFORMANCE AFROGALACTICA: THE DEEP SPACE SCROLLS 30/10/2015 16H00 GOETHE-INSTITUT

by Kapwani Kiwanga Kiwanga borrows from Science Fiction and History, playing an anthropologist living in the United States of Africa in the year 2100.

DISCUSSION CIRCUMATLANTIC CONFERENCE : THE FUTURE OF THE AFRICAN DIASPORA 30/10/2015 19H00 GOETHE-INSTITUT Johannesburg: Kodwo Eshun (Ghana/UK), Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung (Cameroon/Germany), Moderator: Rike Sitas SÃo Paulo: Viny Rodrigues, Leda Martins Moderator: Daniel Lima new York: Speaker: Wangechi Mutu Moderator: Adrienne Edwards

FILM SCREENINGS 30/10/2015 19H00 – 21H30 THE BIOSCOPE, MABONENG 19H00 HOMECOMING — Jim Chuchu Pumzi — Wanuri Kahiu 20H00 THE FUTURE SOUND OF MZANSI — Lebogang Rasethaba Tickets: www.thebioscope.co.za

Lebogang Rasethaba and Spoek Mathambo © Justice Mukheli

PANEL KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION: WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? 31/10/2015 10H00 – 13H00 GOETHE-INSTITUT Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi (USA/SA), Keziah Jones (Nigeria), Ntone Edjabe (Cameroon/SA) via Skype, Achille Mbembe (Cameroon/SA), followed by a panel discussion moderated by Molemo Moiloa

EXHIBITION OPENING/WALKABOUT SEE AFRICA 31/10/2015 16H30 1354 MNCUBE DRIVE, DUBE 1852, SOWETO Thenjiwe Niki Nkosi and Zanele Mashumi A pop-up gallery in Dube will be the space where Zanele Mashumi and Thenjiwe Nkosi explore what it means to share and create new trajectories by financing and promoting young artists portraying the continent, and their own identity.

AFRICAN FUTURES MUSIC CONCERT & PARTY Keziah Jones (Nigeria) JUST A BAND (Kenya) SPOEK MATHAMBO (SA) Gato Preto (Ghana/Portugal/Germany) 31/10/2015 21H00 – LATE ALEXANDER THEATRE, BRAAMFONTEIN Tickets: ZAR 120 on www.quicket.co.za

Image courtesy Spoek Mathambo

KRISTALLNACHT (NOVEMBERPOGROM) COMMEMORATION

LECTURE BY EDWARD SERROTTA

12/11/2015 18H30 for 19H00 – 21H00 GOETHE-INSTITUT, 119 JAN SMUTS AVENUE, PARKWOOD The world of Central and Eastern European Jewry is no more. Since the Second World War, and the decades of Communist rule that followed, nearly all observant Jews fled the region. Yet since 1989, there has been a modest but spirited rebirth in these communities.

Centropa, a Vienna-based Jewish historical institute, has sought out the oldest living Jews in 15 Image courtesy Centropa Website Central and eastern European countries, and asked them to tell stories about the entire century — as they lived it. Instead of relying on video images, they digitized 22,000 old photographs and asked their 1,200 interviewees to tell about their lives through their pictures.

Come and spend an evening with Centropa’s director, Edward Serotta, as he shares with us multimedia films and speaks of how Jewish stories are now being used in educational programs throughout Europe and the United States.

FILM NIGHT

GOETHE! (YOUNG GOETHE IN LOVE)

18/11/2015 18H30 GOETHE-INSTITUT, 119 JAN SMUTS AVENUE, PARKWOOD Young Goethe in Love (originally titled Goethe!) is a 2010 German historical drama film directed by Philipp Stölzl and starring Alexander Fehling, Miriam Stein, and Moritz Bleibtreu. It is a fictionalized version of the early years of the poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe and the events forming the basis of his novel The Sorrows of Young Werther. After aspiring poet Johann Wolfgang von Goethe fails his law exams, he is sent to a sleepy provincial court to reform. Instead, he falls for Lotte, a young woman who is promised to another man. ©IMDb & Wikipedia English Subtitles. Refreshments will be provided.

Please RSVP to bso@johannesburg.goethe.org by 16/11/2015

FILM SCREENINGS

VISIONARY ARCHIVE EXCHANGE – FROM JOHANNESBURG TO KHARTOUM AND BACK 18/11/2015 – 21/11/2015 THE BIOSCOPE, MABONENG, JOHANNESBURG Visionary Archive Exchange is a collaborative trans-local experiment in which phases and facets of African cinema are being researched in five localities - Cairo, Khartoum, Johannesburg, Bissau and Berlin. South African and Sudanese participants now present aspects of their work in Khartoum and Johannesburg. In October, Darryl Els (programme director of The Bioscope in Johannesburg) will present his work on the B-Scheme, a state film subsidy which saw hundreds of films being produced for black South African audiences between 1973 and 1990. The recent restoration and re-circulation of these films have raised important questions around the relationship between cinema and heritage in South Africa. The B-Scheme project seeks to reconsider these films through their intersecting relationships with other pop-cultural mediums as well as audience reception and the cultural memories of cinema-going during that time. In November, films from the collaborative “Studio Gad” project will be screened. This private Khartoum-based archive of films by Sudanese director Gadalla Gubara, who passed away in 2008, documents 60 years of Sudanese history, stretching from independence to the Islamic revolution. An additional selection of Sudanese films will be screened in cooperation with the Sudan Film Factory.

Tickets: www.thebioscope.co.za

OPEN DAY

GOETHE-INSTITUT OPEN DAY

21/11/2015 12H00 – 16H00 GOETHE-INSTITUT, 119 JAN SMUTS AVENUE, PARKWOOD The Goethe-Institut invites one and all to a fun-filled open day which will showcase the German language, culture, cuisine, and music. Our library staff will be available to show you around the modern, multilingual holdings that includes books, CDs, DVDs and audio books. The library also has a wide array of exciting services © Goethe-Institut that you can enquire about.

The open day is a good opportunity to register with the library to take advantage of all that it has to offer. The German language department at the Goethe-Institut will host a series of short language courses for free.

After a German language crash course, students are able to have a basic conversation in German and flirt comfortably in the language. There is a 20% discount on language course registrations that day – the perfect

early Christmas present. The open day is also a wonderful opportunity to enjoy delicious German eats in our courtyard whilst moving to some old time German favourites and of course the latest hits. So whether you are an avid reader or someone who is interested in the German culture, make sure you join us at our Open Day where there is something for everyone!

Oh and remember to bring your dancing shoes, it is a party after all!

EXHIBITION

African Modernism Architecture of Independence

OPENING 24/11/2015 18H30. RUNS UNTIL 29/01/2016 GOETHE-INSTITUT, 119 JAN SMUTS AVENUE, PARKWOOD When most countries in Central and Sub-Saharan Africa gained their independence in the late 1950s and 1960s, experimental and futuristic architecture became a principal means by which the young nations expressed their national identities. At the same time, this architecture also shows the difficulties, contradictions Image © Iwan Baan and dilemmas that the countries experienced in their independence process: in most cases, the architects were not local, but came from countries such as Poland, Yugoslavia, the Scandinavian nations, Israel, or even from the former colonial powers. The exhibition, researched and curated by architect and author Manuel Herz, looks at these questions as it documents more than 80 buildings in Ghana, Senegal, Côte d’Ivoire, Kenya, and Zambia. It is accompanied by the 700page publication African Modernism - Architecture of Independence.

PERFORMANCE

ROACH

26/11/2015 – 28/11/2015 20H00 & 29/11/2015 19H30 GOETHEONMAIN, 245 MAIN STREET, MABONENG PRECINCT Combining their comedy, improvisation and physical theatre skills, Toni Morkel and Claudine Ullman present Roach. Roach is a devised, site-specific work that explores the dark, underground world of insects. This quirky work reveals the metaphors that exist between humans and their six-legged friends. Through the use of light and shadow and a maddening soundscape make this experimental work comes to life. Charlotte and Ethel Roach, both on the verge of an existential crisis, decide to leave the swarm in search of a better life beyond the kitchen sink. Having lived their whole lives in a crack in the wall in the City Centre, they long to escape the mundanities of their toaster trawling and kettle gazing existences. They are forced to rebuild their relationship in order to help each other fulfil their destinies. It’s a story of survival, reconciliation and realisation told in an irreverent, humorous and satirical way.

FOR YOUR INFORMATION DISCUSSION

LITERARY CROSSROADS: LITERATURE IN SOUTH AFRICA

18/10/2015 11H00 – 12H00 FRANKFURTER BUCHMESSE; Forum International Dialogue

Image © Masimba Sasa

Literature in South Africa has changed in the last 25 years since the end of apartheid. Authors Niq Mhlongo and Rachel Zadok discuss new topics and forms of literature in South Africa, the future of the book, the role of mobile access for reading, and the reception of South African literature abroad.

The discussion, which is organised by the Goethe-Institut, will be held with translator Gunther Geltinger and moderated by Indra Wussow.

ARTS OUTREACH

ELIK NIV RESIDENCY

24/10/2015 15H00 NEW RURAL DANCE CENTRE, EMAKHAZENI, MPUMALANGA

Image courtesy Elik Niv

On 24 October 2015, the Forgotten Angle Theatre Collaborative (FATC) will officially open their New Rural Dance Centre in Emakhazeni, Mpumalanga. The opening will showcase outcomes of Berlin based Elik Niv’s residency at the FATC, which is supported by the Goethe-Institut.

Elik Niv’s residency involves workshops with local communities from the Emakhazeni area, as well as collaborations with fellow artists from South Africa and Switzerland. It deals with different physical disciplines, from dance and theatre to martial arts, and within those focuses on improvisation, floor work and partnering.

FATC’s 2015 Rural Mpumalanga

Arts Project is made possible through the generous support of the National Arts Council Flagship Program and Rand Merchant Bank, the Arts & Culture Trust and Nedbank Arts Affinity, Gooderson Leisure’s Kloppenheim Country Estate, Buz Publicity, Emakhazeni Arts and Culture Forum and Business and Arts South Africa.

For more information, contact PJ Sabbagha on 082 560 9687 or pj@forgottenangle.co.za

EXHIBITION

PEREGRINATE

02/11/2015 MEDINA GALLERY, BAMAKO

Photo © Thabiso Sekgala

Traversing Soweto streets, backyards in Nairobi, dusty Jordanian alleys, Peregrinate invites viewers to consider the intimate politics of home and belonging, as well as the possibilities inherent in dislocation, or a lack of anchoring, and the routes one takes to find a way. Sub-titled ‘field notes on time travel and space’, the exhibition examines notions of spatial politics, the economics of time and travel, and the kinds of access granted to travellers. The travels of three different wanderers are juxtaposed as temporal sculptures to chronicle the personal experience of journeying within the home, neighbourhood and country, as well as the act of departing for distant places.

Peregrinate features the work of three photographers: South Africans Thabiso Sekgala and Musa Nxumalo, and Kenyan Mimi Cherono Ng’ok.

The exhibition explores the concept of photography as a common method of investigation, discovery and representation – an act of wandering undertaken by the photographer as traveller and explorer. Jointly curated by the featured photographers, this exhibition is the final stage for the three participants as part of the Goethe-Institut portfolio workshop, the Photographers Master Class.

PHOTOGRAPHY EDUCATION

CENTRES OF LEARNING FOR PHOTOGRAPHY IN AFRICA

NOVEMBER 2015 BAMAKO BIENNALE Centres of Learning for Photography in Africa (CLPA) is a project, initiated by the Goethe-Institut in partnership with the Market Photo Workshop and training centres in Egypt, Ethiopia, Nigeria and Sudan.

CLPA aims to strengthen African photography by creating a network of individuals and institutions involved in photography training, which will facilitate access to resources, including teaching methods, course material, curriculum, online content etc.

During the inaugural week of Uche Okpa-Iroha (Nigeria) © Ala Kheir the Bamako Encounters - African Biennale of Photography’s 10th edition, CLPA will host a public forum for practitioners to discuss the state and the future of photography training on the continent. The event, which will gather professionals from Africa and beyond, will allow interested individuals and institutions to connect with colleagues and CLPA to further expand the network.

Admission is free of charge.

Arts Education

AFRICAN ARTS INSTITUTE NETWORKING EVENT CAPE TOWN

31/11/2015 & 01/12/2015 The African Arts Institute (AFAI) and the Goethe-Institut South Africa are inviting high-profile African arts education experts of formal and nonformal tertiary institutions to an exclusive action-oriented networking event. The main aim is to develop a concrete way forward to improve the current state of arts education in Africa, through identifying key areas of concern and collaboration. The meeting will not only share new research on informal arts education in Africa, but also build on existing work such as the “Another Road Map for Arts Education” Africa Cluster, and the NEPAD Arts Education Conference recommendations.

Admission by registration only.

Website URL: http://www.afai.org.za/projects-2/ public-debate-seminars/africanartseducation/

ARTS EDUCATION

ARTUCATION PROGRAMME

ONGOING Artucation is an arts education programme that takes place every Wednesday. It involves a group of grade 10 and 11 learners who use curated spaces as a starting point to initiate dialogues which comment on learners’ social, political and personal environment. These curated spaces allow them to talk about the exhibition, unpacking and translating themes in their own interpretation. Discussions are continued in the classroom. The Artucation programme, therefore, starts to become an “art class outside of class” and a youth platform for expressive intervention in arts education.

This term we will look at the performance Roach by Claudine Ullman and at the exhibition The Cradle by Dean Hutton.

ONLINE MUSIC PLATFORM

MUSIC IN AFRICA

As part of a vision to support the African music sector through knowledge exchange, the pan-African initiative Music In Africa (www.musicinafrica. net) continues to engage in offline activities across the continent, such as a recent collaboration in Malawi with the Wired For Sound initiative to provide free professional recording facilities for musicians in disadvantaged areas. Music In Africa will have its Annual General Meeting running concurrently with the Arterial Network Creative Economy Conference and Le Kolatier Festival in Cameroon from 8 to 10 October 2015. Music In Africa will once again partner with the leading music conference in French-speaking Africa SIMA, which is scheduled to take place in Benin in November 2015.

Front cover detail: Jonx Pillemer © Goethe-Institut Design: www.prinsdesign.co.za

Image courtesy Music in Africa

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