Live Art Festival ushers in spring
The University of Cape Town’s Institute for Creative Arts (ICA) will present their Live Art Festival (LAF) from Wednesday September 4 to Saturday September 7 at UCT Hiddingh Campus in Gardens.
The annual festival has allowed audiences to take part in live art experiences since 2012 and created access to works by artists who are pushing the boundaries of form, flouting aesthetic conventions, engaging controversy, confronting audiences, and experimenting with perceptions.
For the 2024 festival, Professor Jay Pather, the director of the ICA and curator, has focused the programming on a “South-South axis” with emphasis on creating conversations and relationships that galvanise the emergence of a new geo-cultural programme of collaboration, exchange and networking.
Programme highlights include:
Discussions, talks and lectures: Prominent arts academics, producers and curators will be part of these events including Andre Lepecki, Antonio Araujo, donna Kukama, N’gone Fall, nora chipaumire, Marlon Barrios Solanoarole, Carole Umulinga Karemera, Dr Bernard Akoi-Jackson, Quito Tembe and Maria Jose Cifuentes who come from Brazil, Columbia, Chile, Nigeria, Rwanda, Mozambique, Rwanda, Ghana and South Africa. These events are intended to be the start of collaborations that will invigorate the power and creativity shared between countries of the south.
Performances: Leading the performances will be artist, activist and performance artist, Jelili Atiku. Through his often confrontational performances, he engages audiences about politics, climate change, and social justice. Nelisiwe Xaba, a South African choreographer and performer will be performing vRot, using mold and decay as a metaphor for the levels of corruption in South Africa, and the impact this has had on the country.
For the full programme, visit https://humanities.uct.ac.za/ica/projects/ica-live-art-festival.
Tickets for the Live Arts Festival 2024 cost from R20 through Quicket.
