PART 1:
-Randy Harzenberg
-Tracy Payne
-Steven Hobbs.
SYNOPSIS:
Years after legislation uprooted people in the District Six area of Cape Town, voices of residents are being heard again.
Harzenberg knocks on a door...
Painter Tracy Payne ventures into the branding of teddy bears,
and shows her ‘alter-ego’s’.
Steven Hobbs decides to throw a camera from the top of the
Ponte building in Johannesburg...
PART 2:
-Andrew Putter
-Minette Vari
-Moshekwa Langa
-Steven Cohen
SYNOPSIS:
Andrew Putter asks people to be an artwork in front of the South African flag.
Minette Vari fabricates “Decoy” perfume from the venom of snakes.
Moshekwa Langa is in Amsterdam, mixing maps and art.
Steven Cohen challenges the world of haute couture...
PART 3:
-Peet Pienaar
-Tracy Rose
-Mark Coetzee
-Samsung Mudzunga
-Lisa Brice
SYNOPSIS:
Peet Pienaar states rugby is ‘art’.
He also likes to make “volks-art”, such as ‘boere’ soap mixed with the curly hair of a black person.
Tracy Rose sits in a glasshouse on a television, knitting her hair.
Mark Coetzee’s exhibition has been banned, due to him comparing Apartheid’s use of power with the Christian tradition of suppression.
Samsung Mudzunga makes a humungous drum, which will be his coffin.
Lisa Brice concentrates on the topic of crime in South Africa.
PART 4:
-Randy Harzenberg
-Noria Mabasa
-Kendell Geers
-Freddy Ramabulane
-Strijdom van de Merwe
SYNOPSIS:
Randy Harzenberg takes a bucket of salt on a boat to Robben Eiland, where Mandela was imprisoned.
Noria Mabasa dreams about her artworks.
Kendell Geers is a cultural terrorist.
Freddy Ramabulane makes strange carvings out of wood.
Strijdom van der Merwe creates ‘land-art’, and lets nature take its course.
PART 5:
-Willem Boshoff
-Philip Ricotzo
-Brigit Baker
-Sandile Zulu
-Leora Farber
SYNOPSIS:
Willem Boshoff creates a ‘suffering’ book, and writes ‘Letters to God’.
Venda artist Philip Ricotzo is an offbeat sculptor.
Brigit Baker dives into her own artwork.
Sandile Zulu uses fire as a metaphor, making ‘artomic’ creations.
Leora Farber’s art is a protest against women’s obsession with their bodies.
PART 6:
-Bernie Searle
-Kay Hassan
-CJ Morkel
SYNOPSIS:
Bernie Searle uses spices to express her identity in art.
Kay Hassan makes paper construction artworks.
CJ Morkel’s spray painted creations are not for kids.
PART 7:
-Pat Mautloa
-Isolde Krans
-Hentie van der Merwe
-Marsha Du Toit
-Belinda Blignaut
SYNOPSIS:
Pat Mautloa explores township-art.
Isolde Krans constructs latex animals that biodegrade, and she rides her biodegradable horse on the streets of Cape Town.
Hentie Van der Merwe is wondering whether photography can dehumanize people.
Marsha Du Toit prefers needlework as artwork.
Belinda Blignaut works with rituals, scarification and bondage.
