In 2012, Infecting The City saw the return of Jay Pather as the curator of the public art festival. The focus of the festival was on “making public space public”, where each artwork was commissioned to engage fully with Cape Town and to draw, involve or reflect the city’s public in their collectively-owned spaces.
The 2012 festival introduced South Africans to a multi-disciplinary range of public artworks from highly considered international and local artists, some of whom brought exceptional works back to South Africa after critical acclaim from other parts of the world. The programme showcased 32 works that included installations, dance, poetry, music, performance and visual art.