Author: Breyten Odendaal

The Pandemic Project :: Strijdom van der Merwe – Past Lives

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The second artwork by land artist, Strijdom van der Merwe, titled Past Lives, for the UJ Arts & Culture’s The Pandemic Project, speaks of the earth as a complex layer

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The Pandemic Project :: Strijdom van der Merwe – Paths of Listening

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]UJ Arts & Culture’s featured artist for The Pandemic Project, is land artist Strijdom van der Merwe. His site-specific artwork ‘Paths of Listening’ focuses on an organic minimalist approach enticing

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UJ Arts & Culture respond to the Covid19 crisis with care and creativity

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In March 2020, COVID19 forced galleries to close their doors and theatres to turn off the lights. Overnight events, performances and exhibitions were cancelled, planned work shelved and important revenue

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UJ’s UNFESTIVAL SA announced

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UJ Arts & Culture, a division of the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture (FADA) at the University of Johannesburg, has announced a partnership with Business and Arts South Africa

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UJ Choir launches new album

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UJ Choir proudly launches their 9th album.

At the start of 2020, the University of Johannesburg Choir began readying itself for a full programme of performances, the World Choir Games, an

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The Pandemic Project :: Lothar Böttcher

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Today’s featured artist is South African visual artist Lothar Böttcher, who uses his skills and passion to give glass a voice as a contemporary art medium. Böttcher was also inspired

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The Pandemic Project :: Diane Victor

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Our featured artist today is critically acclaimed visual artist Diane Victor. Victor’s inspiration throughout her creative process was the global response to the COVID-19 pandemic and University of Johannesburg Choir’s

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The Pandemic Project :: Allen Laing

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Allen Laing is one of our ‘The Pandemic’ project featured artists. Laing blends performance, video and traditional woodworking techniques in his practice.

Laing is based in Pretoria where he shares a

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The Pandemic Project :: Ronél De Jager

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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Our first visual artist is none other than painter and sculptor Ronel de Jager.

Shifting between painting, sculpture and installation, Ronel deals with concepts of the fleeting, with environmental concerns, and

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UJ Arts & Culture launches online Playwriting Lab

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UJ Arts & Culture invites aspirant and established playwrights to apply for participation in its online playwriting laboratory.

A division of the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture (FADA) at the

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Diane Victor – Solo Exhibition comes to UJ

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A solo exhibition by renowned South African artist, Diane Victor, entitled FOLLY, FRAILTY AND FEAR will be hosted at the UJ Art Gallery from 1 April to 6 May 2020. Victor uses

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Killer line-up for inaugural UJ Weekend of Stand-up

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Joburg audiences are in for a treat this April, with UJ Arts & Culture’s first-ever UJ Weekend of Stand-up, set to take place at the UJ Arts Centre on the

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UJ Arts & Culture postpones upcoming events

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In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, UJ Arts & Culture, a division of the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture at the University of Johannesburg has announced the postponement of

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International Dance Residency at UJ

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Top Luxembourg choreographer, Hannah Ma, brings her love for South Africa to the University of Johannesburg for a week-long development residency and performance on 21 March at the Con Cowan

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Inequality: A Different Picture

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An exhibition entitled Inequality: A Different Picture, featuring poignant photo essays by three visual artists, will be hosted at the UJ Art Gallery from 26 February to 18 March 2020.

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UJ Arts & Culture is expanding its music programme

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UJ Arts & Culture presents an exciting new urban music offering that aligns with the University of Johannesburg’s vision of shaping African futures within the arts. Producer Grace Meadows is

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UJ Arts & Culture’s 2020 Internship Programme

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Looking for an internship in arts administration or marketing?

UJ Arts & Culture, a division of the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture at the University of Johannesburg, is currently recruiting

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MTN & UJ Emerging Artist Announced

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Conversing the Land curated by Annali Dempsey (UJ) and Katlego Lefine (MTN) opened at the UJ Gallery, Auckland Park Campus, University of Johannesburg, and the winner of the joint MTN

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UJ Choir raises its voice in a celebration

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Join the University of Johannesburg Choir, under the auspices of UJ Arts & Culture, in celebrating the close of a joyful and successful year. On 25 October 2019 at 19:30,

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300 UJ students showcased in the premier of Let the Right One In

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UJ Arts & Culture (a division of the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture) presents the development run of its latest interdisciplinary theatre project Let the Right One In from

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UJ Izimbongi Poetry Festival takes poetry to new heights

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From 23-26 October UJ Arts & Culture (a division of the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture) revels in the power of poetry with the annual IzimbongiPoetry Festival taking place

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MTN’s Conversing the Land at the UJ Art Gallery

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The Gallery of the University of Johannesburg is hosting Conversing the Land, an exhibition of landscapes from the permanent art collections of MTN and the University of Johannesburg, as well

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Conversing the Land

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Landscape is the work of the mind, British historian and writer Simon Schama argues in Landscape and Memory (1995). Landscape exists as a cultural construct, a mirror of our memories

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Moving into Dance presents Enable through Dance no. 4

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Iconic 40 year old, non-profit dance company, Moving into Dance (MID), is once again hosting ‘Enable through Dance 4 on 3 and 4 October 2019, in partnership with the University

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