Africa Centre

The Africa Centre

Based in South Africa, the Africa Centre is both a physical entity and an ongoing philosophical process. In time it will emerge as a multi-sited, multiple-usage space where the visual, intellectual and performance cultures of Africa, South and North are celebrated, studied and brought to life for diverse audiences in innovative ways.

This site documents our current projects, approach to arts and cultural practice, arts and cultural events in Africa, links to other organizations, and a forum for discussion. [+]

Spier Arts Festivals

The Spier Arts Festivals comprise three vibrant festivals – poetry, performance and music - which happen from February through to October 2008. These Festivals happen in a spectrum of venues from Cape Town to Stellenbosch. [+]

The Pan African Space Station
1 – 4 October 2008

The Pan African Space Station (PASS) is a four-day a music intervention from October 1-4 across greater Cape Town. The festival is presented by the Africa Centre with the support of Spier, and it is curated by Ntone Edjabe and Neo Muyanga. The event is an opportunity for Capetonians and visitors to engage up-close with the rich and complex web of creative expression which binds Africans across the globe.

PASS plays host to genre-busting music outfits from global Africa dedicated to exploring new musical territory. In the main, the festival seeks to profile local and international acts which may not yet have reached household-name status in South Africa, but which are nonetheless at the very top of their game. [+]

Spier Contemporary

After a successful run at the Spier Estate the full exhibition has been installed at the Johannesburg Art Gallery (JAG). The show has been adapted for its new setting at JAG and interesting new dialogues have been created between the works raising different questions and opening further readings of the work.

JAG is open Tuesday to Sunday from 10:00 till 17:00.

ENTRANCE IS FREE
Read more about Spier Contemporary and 2007 Winners [+]

Southbank

The Africa Centre currently does not own or operate any permanent infrastructure but operates its programmes in a wide variety of places. Ultimately, the Africa Centre will construct a core infrastructure within and supported by a residential community, which will be known as the Southbank. [+]

NewsFlash

Xeno – Love – Here

TAC benefit concert for crisis relief work with foreign nationals who have been displaced. Date: Friday 6th June Time: 20:00 – 22:00 Venue: St Georges Cathedral, Cape Town Tickets: R50 at the door Line up: Tina Schouw, Natascha Roth, James Schofield, Denis Moses, Ernestine Deane, Gavin Minter and Brian De Goede.

MAGNET THEATRE

The Magnet Theater is putting on 3 performances of EVERY YEAR, EVERYDAY I AM WALKING, a powerful piece of physical theatre about refugees in Africa. ALL PROCEEDS WILL GO TO THE TAC FUND SUPPORTING THE REFUGEES. DATES: 3, 4 & 5 JUNE 2008 TIME: 20h00 WHERE: ARENA THEATRE, HIDDINGH HALL, UCT'S ORANGE STREET CAMPUS, CAPE TOWN PRICE: R100 AGE SUITABILITY: Ages 13 and up BOOKINGS AND MORE INFORMATION: Call the Magnet Theatre office: 021 4807173 or lESOKO on 082 6957540

STOP XENEPHOBIA!

The Western Cape Civil Society Coalition is holding a rally to speak out against the xenephobia that is ravaging our communities across the country and to address the humanitarian crisis this is creating. VENUE: St George’s Cathedral, Wale Street Cape Town DATE: 27 May 2008 TIME: 12h00 – 14h00 Please attend and spread the word

Get to JAG!

Make sure you don’t miss Spier Contemporary at JAG. The show closes on 31 May 2008 so you have just one week left to see the exhibition in Johannesburg before it moves to the Durban Art Gallery.

SPIER CONTEMPORARY PERFORMANCE PROGRAMME

A week of visual art performed live From 14 to 18 May 2008 the Spier Contemporary presents an enthralling programme of live performance art pieces throughout the city of Johannesburg. Click here for the full programme [+]

Beam Gallery

The Africa Centre has established a gallery on the Spier Estate to enable fresh talent and new ideas to be incubated and nurtured, where the barriers between art, craft and design can be broken and where debates can be stirred to move the dialogue on African art in new directions. [+]