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

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wordsssssss

June 27, 2007

politically minded…
abducted by sketches
whilst you hear screams
ignoring the dreams?

With every drop,
history is writing a recipe book
of every earthly pain to the true story of what was.

Real is real regardless, relentless.

“Slaves of Capital punishment, in the shadows of coloniser’s white ancestry living standards, in shades of rand’s tail, heads shine high in Cape surburbs, what’s this freedom means to me in slums?”

im sick of this game trying to figure who’s who and why they to blame. Everything is either a scam or a shame. Thrz so much greed, Sirens in da nyt fight da plyt, powder means power at the kings tower, prayers shower. pistols press, she is out her dress. this is the song i will never sing, coz her screams still rings>>>

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This Time It’s More Than a Riot…

June 26, 2007


Kemang wa Lehulere. Meeting the invisible man. Video still. 2007


Kemang wa Lehulere. Arrest the Art!! Paint on wood. 2007


Kemang wa Lehulere. Don’t steal. Government doesn’t like competition. Paint on wall. 2007


Dathini Mzayiya installing his work.


Unathi Sigenu. Bus Stop. Mixed media installation. 2007


Unathi Sigenu and Themba Tsotsi. Untitled. Mixed media installation. 2007


The Gugulective presented a rapid follow-up to its April 2007 X-Cape multi-arts event, “Akuchanywa” on Saturday, 23 June. Again hosted by one of Cape Town’s newest patrons of the arts, Kwa-Mlami in the heart of Gugulethu, “Akuchanywa Apha” saw the ambitious artists collective bring another vibrant, even more diverse spread of artists, writers, poets, dancers, instumentalists and turntablists to bear on the venerable South African institution of the shebeen.


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