Interface2012-14 is a dala project in partnership with the Goethe Institut South Africa, which engages with 7 international and 1 South African established artists to set up a process to develop a conceptual methodology, comprising of dialogues and long term objectives to explore alternative possibilities of planning for the future city of Durban and South Africa. Emerging out of dala’s CityWalk initiative, this is an unprecedented architectural / artistic intervention in Durban’s urban setting. This project forms part of an innovative process and is strategically positioned as a creative tool aimed at conscientising civil society and creatively engaging the urban. These initiatives are focused on an effort to unearth equitable socio-spatial solutions. Whilst developing alternative bottom-up ways of better understanding public spaces, Interface2012-14 will comprise of a diverse platform of presentations:
1) venue : artSPACE durban #Project Space
Project Space opening - 28th July – 7th August
Opening address by: Peter McKenzie
Exhibition
interface2012-14 exhibition opening – 2nd August 16:30 -18:00
Content : Artist process – video projections and text
Artists / Architects list:
Bulgaria
Daria Tchapanova visual artist http://dat-art.net
Project title: Everything Must Shine For Me – story of a young boy, Bradlee Werdemam .
Brazil
Joacelio Batista (Film maker) http://vimeo.com/joaceliobatista in collaboration with Wayne Reiddar – South Africa (new media sound)
Project title: Counter _ Thureaut: one way
France
i) Quatorze (Romain Minod + Nancy Ottaviano) architects – Paris http://quatorze14.org
ii) 14 students ENS Architecture Paris-Belleville - ARCHITECTURE URBANISME RECHERCHE
iii) Accompanying lecturers: Beatrice Mariolle http://www.bresmariolle.fr and Virginie Picon-Lefebvre – Paris
iv) Ex Nihilo Dance Companie – Marseilles http://www.exnihilodanse.com
Germany
Raumlabor (architects) – Berlin http://raumlabor.net
Project title: Rush Hour – Acknowledging Everyday Practices: an observation of the informal pedestrian corridor between Umkhumbaan and Warwick Junction
Reunion Island
Annie Decupper (photographer) – Tampon http://www.imagedecupper.fr/AfduSud.html
Project title: l’espace creole : urban agriculture as a political tool for social cohesion in the ‘cite’
South Africa
Faith47 (visual artist) – http://www.faith47.com
“ People as infrastructure” Abdoul Maliq Simone. With this quote as a point of departure Faith47 explore the representation of a people place on three major support columns to the freeway.
