This event hopes to invigorate the Arts at the University of Pretoria. Too long have the various Arts on campus been kept separate in a cultural apartheid. With the advent of the CULTure of (IN)difference event, we hope to create a space in which the Arts can meet across the cuts that divide them. Our dream is to allow artists, musicians, thespians, poets, scholars, and others to engage with and learn from one another.
The nature of the event is in the hands of the participants. We imagine an eclectic coming together of all the Arts in an explosion of creativity and a synergy of ideas.
The event is scheduled for 30th September and 1st October 2011 in the Visual Arts building on Main Campus. We welcome participants and attendance from all disciplines.
Are the Arts simply governed by a trendy elite; a “Cult of In?” Or are the Arts in South Africa meant to articulate political understandings in our “Culture of Difference?” Are South Africans “indifferent” to the Arts for any particular reason, if they are at all?
These and other questions were the motivation behind the title. However, we welcome all interpretations of the event since the organisers were few, and the participants will be many. This is a postgraduate initiative; we aim to give postgraduate students who touch on the arts a space in which to express themselves. However, this by no means excludes everybody else.
Come one, come all to the “CULTure of (IN)difference” event.
Why should I participate?
If you are involved in the Arts, you are bound to have felt that people (especially in Pretoria) do not give the Arts the credit they deserve. If you have ever felt this, then you should participate because it is such problems (and others like it) that we hope to address.
If you are tired of being isolated in your artistic space, then you have an opportunity to break free of the apartheid which keeps you so.
If you find yourself becoming an elitist snob, or a lone wolf amongst lambs, then perhaps it is time to be exposed to novel perspectives.
If you crave to share your ideas with others beyond the select few who consistently surround you.
If you are willing to risk exposing yourself through your work to an audience that is keen to bear witness to it, then this event is perfect for you.
If you are a postgrad looking at a career in academics, you should want to familiarise yourself with presenting your ideas.
If you are a postgrad looking for an opportunity to publish, a special issue of Image and Text will publish selected papers.
If curiosity killed the cat, do not worry – it has eight lives left. Your curiosity about this event is enough for you to contribute to it.
You do not need a lot of time. If you want to exhibit a work – exhibit a work in progress, or an old one. If you want to perform some music – you can improvise on the spot if you don’t feel like learning an entire new Suite. If you’re presenting a paper, it need not revolutionise your field. It can be a working paper which you add to after discussing it with your peers.
Opportunities like this do not come often. Do not let fear or laziness steal moments of glory from your life.
The event is free (many thanks to the Faculty of Humanities and its departments for funding!)
Who can participate?
The event is geared for postgraduates (4th year and above). However, if undergraduates are part of productions involving postgrads, they are welcome. Also, if the quality of an undergraduate’s work is high enough, she or he may be accepted.
The only condition is: you have to be a student at TUKS to participate.
Other than that, papers/artworks/music/performances/poetry/anything artistic, is welcome.
Although all the information tends to be in English, that is only due to a limitation on the part of the organiser. All South African languages are welcome. Even other languages are welcome should the work be relevant to the South African context and the event theme.
When must I submit my ideas?
The deadline for submission is 18th August 2011. Please send an abstract of 150-300 words to mark.kourie@up.ac.za
What and who is on the programme?
We want the event to be a combination of performance, art exhibition, and scholarly papers. So there will be music, drama, art and theory on the programme.
We also hope to have the top scholars in the Arts at TUKS take part in a round table discussion based on the theme of the event.
There is a chance that we will get reputable people in the Arts as Keynotes.
Watch this space, as a full programme will be posted as soon as possible.
What is the CULTure of (IN)difference?
This event hopes to invigorate the Arts at the University of Pretoria. Too long have the various Arts on campus been kept separate in a cultural apartheid. With the advent of the CULTure of (IN)difference event, we hope to create a space in which the Arts can meet across the cuts that divide them. Our dream is to allow artists, musicians, thespians, poets, scholars, and others to engage with and learn from one another.
The nature of the event is in the hands of the participants. We imagine an eclectic coming together of all the Arts in an explosion of creativity and a synergy of ideas.
The event is scheduled for 30th September and 1st October 2011 in the Visual Arts building on Main Campus. We welcome participants and attendance from all disciplines.
Are the Arts simply governed by a trendy elite; a “Cult of In?” Or are the Arts in South Africa meant to articulate political understandings in our “Culture of Difference?” Are South Africans “indifferent” to the Arts for any particular reason, if they are at all?
These and other questions were the motivation behind the title. However, we welcome all interpretations of the event since the organisers were few, and the participants will be many. This is a postgraduate initiative; we aim to give postgraduate students who touch on the arts a space in which to express themselves. However, this by no means excludes everybody else.
Come one, come all to the “CULTure of (IN)difference” event.Why should I participate?
If you are involved in the Arts, you are bound to have felt that people (especially in Pretoria) do not give the Arts the credit they deserve. If you have ever felt this, then you should participate because it is such problems (and others like it) that we hope to address.
If you are tired of being isolated in your artistic space, then you have an opportunity to break free of the apartheid which keeps you so.
If you find yourself becoming an elitist snob, or a lone wolf amongst lambs, then perhaps it is time to be exposed to novel perspectives.
If you crave to share your ideas with others beyond the select few who consistently surround you.
If you are willing to risk exposing yourself through your work to an audience that is keen to bear witness to it, then this event is perfect for you.
If you are a postgrad looking at a career in academics, you should want to familiarise yourself with presenting your ideas.
If you are a postgrad looking for an opportunity to publish, a special issue of Image and Text will publish selected papers.
If curiosity killed the cat, do not worry – it has eight lives left. Your curiosity about this event is enough for you to contribute to it.
You do not need a lot of time. If you want to exhibit a work – exhibit a work in progress, or an old one. If you want to perform some music – you can improvise on the spot if you don’t feel like learning an entire new Suite. If you’re presenting a paper, it need not revolutionise your field. It can be a working paper which you add to after discussing it with your peers.
Opportunities like this do not come often. Do not let fear or laziness steal moments of glory from your life.
The event is free (many thanks to the Faculty of Humanities and its departments for funding!)Who can participate?
The event is geared for postgraduates (4th year and above). However, if undergraduates are part of productions involving postgrads, they are welcome. Also, if the quality of an undergraduate’s work is high enough, she or he may be accepted.
The only condition is: you have to be a student at TUKS to participate.
Other than that, papers/artworks/music/performances/poetry/anything artistic, is welcome.
Although all the information tends to be in English, that is only due to a limitation on the part of the organiser. All South African languages are welcome. Even other languages are welcome should the work be relevant to the South African context and the event theme.When must I submit my ideas?
The deadline for submission is 18th August 2011. Please send an abstract of 150-300 words to mark.kourie@up.ac.za
What and who is on the programme?
We want the event to be a combination of performance, art exhibition, and scholarly papers. So there will be music, drama, art and theory on the programme.
We also hope to have the top scholars in the Arts at TUKS take part in a round table discussion based on the theme of the event.
There is a chance that we will get reputable people in the Arts as Keynotes.
Watch this space, as a full programme will be posted as soon as possible.Click here for more info on the event