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Students at various Joburg tertiary institutions are
exhibiting their work in the CIT: Y Festival, which includes a show at Museum
Africa.
PHOTOGRAPHS, sculptures, paintings and videos that depict
the treacherous, yet fascinating city of Johannesburg, and educe mirth and
emotion, are the focus of an exhibition at Museum Africa, in Newtown, Joburg's
cultural heart.
Different Destintations by Moffat Nkosi
Described by Steven Sack as an "an array of
thought-provoking, innovative and cutting-edge" art pieces, the exhibition is
part of the month-long CIT: Y Festival, which ends on Saturday, 31 October. Sack
is the City's director of arts, culture and heritage.
"The wildly inventive works on display are sure to
challenge, provoke and edify the observer," reads a press statement from Total
Exposure, the event's publicists.
More than 50 artworks are on display, created by
students of photography, visual arts and other art forms at some of Joburg's
leading higher education institutions. The South African School of Motion
Picture Medium and Live Performance (Afda), Damelin, Moving Into Dance
Mophatong, the University of Johannesburg and the University of the Witwatersrand's
School of Arts are among those represented at the
exhibition.
The exhibition is engineered to give exposure to the
work of these aspiring artists. "The initiative aims to reward excellence
across a range of creative disciplines and to provide students in the visual
and performing arts with further motivation to make their mark," the statement
reads.
CIT: Y is endorsed by the City's directorate of arts,
culture and heritage, and is sponsored by the MTN South Africa Foundation and
Arts Alive.
Sack says Joburg is renowned for pulsing with "extraordinary"
creative talent and energy. He urges members of the public to visit Museum
Africa to check out the array of artwork "from the city's hot young artists of
tomorrow".
From Raspberry Threesome by Amber-Jade Geldenhuys
"The City of Joburg
recognises that there are a number of excellent schools that teach specialised
aspects of the creative arts and the creative industries. The CIT: Y Festival
is both an opportunity to celebrate the schools, the teachers and the students
and to promote Joburg as a destination for creative education and training."
The CIT: Y exhibition is on at Museum Africa and entrance
if free. For more information about the festival, visit its website.
Museum Africa is at 121 Bree Street, Newtown.
To book a tour, telephone 011 833 5624 or fax 011 833 5636; alternatively send
an email to
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Entrance is free, and the museum is open from Tuesdays to Sundays from 9am to
5pm. It is closed on Mondays, Good Friday, Christmas Day and Day of Goodwill.
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