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14 December 2011
Question: Public art or public nuisance?
When it comes to art in public places – and questions of what it is, who it’s by, who it’s for and what it’s meant to do – there have been a few memorable incidents in Cape Town this year. The mistaken identity of an Artscape zebra, a Sea
14 December 2011
Public art or public nuisance? What’s the public opinion?
When the graffiti bylaw was still up for debate, an online petition against it was drawn up and signed by the likes of Ricky Lee Gordon, Sydelle Willow Smith, Nadine Botha, Andreas Spath, Kyla
14 December 2011
Public eye on public art
When it comes to art in public places – and questions of what it is, who it’s by and what it is meant to do – there have been a few memorable incidents in Cape Town this year.
14 December 2011
Kaapse Klopse: Filling the streets with sound
Kids play football in the narrow street, teenagers hang around in groups on the corner, and from a door of the brightly painted Marion Institute in Zonnebloem spill the sounds of men singing.
8 November 2011
What World Design Capital 2014 isn’t
Cape Town has just been named World Design Capital in 2014 – topping two other shortlisted contenders, Dublin and Bilbao, and over 50 other cities who took part in the bid – and there’s been much celebration in the Mother City. There’s also been a lot of debate about what this means, and how Cape Town should proceed.
8 November 2011
Opening up the city through stories
Where many literary festivals are about retreating from the city to the countryside, Open Book Cape Town is one fest that firmly embraces the cityscape. Taking place from 21 to 25 September 2011, this five-day
8 November 2011
A man, a mountain and Cape Town’s musical inspiration
What’s the connection between an artist in KwaZulu-Natal; the musical idiom at the heart of jazz standards by Abdullah Ibrahim, Robbie Jansen and Basil “Mannenberg” Coetzee; and a 3D landmass at the heart of Cape Town?
26 October 2011
Cape Town’s on top of the world: Video
Cape Town’s feeling on top of the world after being named World Design Capital 2014. Want to catch the fever? Watch this video – screened at the International Design Alliance (IDA) Congress in Taipei during an electrifying
4 October 2011
Showcasing Innovation: Meet the Makers Design Studio Tours
Creative Cape Town, in partnership with Cape Town Design Network and VISI
4 October 2011
The 2011 (Creative) week that was in 9 days of fantastic events
Creative Week is just that, a week of creativity. That week was 9 days long in 2011 to fit in all our friends.
