Arrest The Art
June 28, 2007
While Robert Sloon was having his cash taken off him at the National Gallery, I was voluntarily giving mine away to the barman at the Kwa Mlamli shebeen in Gugs, which had been turned into a temporary gallery for the day. There was another group show by the ‘Gugulective’, which included video (good), painting (very good), interactive painting (got a bit sentimental), and performance, which was the main focus of the show.
Most of the performance was live and of the musical kind, and it was spirited and fun. But I’m afraid I have a strange neural dysfunction which makes me resistant to the charms of dub poetry, which there was quite a lot of too. I liked the performance by Unathi Sigenu and Kemang Wa Lehulere who sat in the bar sending sms messages. Mine said “Arrest the art”, which I liked. Though they should probably have sent it to Robert Sloon instead.
This piece written by Lizza
