Public Art
Infecting the City Festival Cape Town
• Public Art not new
• Interconnectedness amongst people
• Art out of galleries and theatres
• Audience development
• Re-imagining of the city
• Extraordinary in the ordinary
Some basic principles
• Open call for visual and all performing arts • Matching performance to sites • No set theme • New and restaged works • High Quality Production values • Free of charge • Continuous programmes over a week • Afternoon and evening • Performances follow each other: Routes mapping
the city with art
Invigorating the city
Cape Town Philharmonic Orchestra
Jazzart Dance Theatre
Diana Page Company
UCT Opera
Cape Town City Ballet
Jacki Job
Justin Krawitz
Flash Mob Choir
Cape Town Youth Orchestra
Lean Coetzer
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Victorine Muller
Erin Bosenberg
Installations
Social Relevance
Land
The Callings– Nicole Sarmiento, Memory Biwa, and Tazneem Wentzel
Gloria Mbhele
SKIN AND SURFACE: Abdul Rashid Olanyi
SKIN AND SURFACE: Abdul Rashid Olanyi
SKIN AND SURFACE: Abdul Rashid Olanyi
Land
• SELLO PESA AND VAUGHN SADIE
teka munyika (Tsonga for give and take)
Land
JULIA RAYNHAM
PHYLUM AND PHOENIX
Land
• NICOLA HANEKOM
LOT
Land
• MANDLA MBOTHWE
UVUKO! Resurrection
• Athi Patra Ruga: Illulwane
Public Participation
Leonard Shapiro
Isgak Stemmert
Jacques Coetzee
Public Policy Conference
Playfulness and Innovation
PLAY: Lean Coetzer
PLAY: Leila Anderson and Stan Wannett
Owning the city
Value in a nutshell
• New Audiences
• Interaction – formal/informal
• Awareness of city as lived space
• Invigorating the Architecture
• Appreciation of art
• Sense of History, belonging
• Sharing Communal experiences
Challenges
• Wider Access
• Transportation
• Public Art Policy
• Maintaining Quality
• Funding
