Infecting The City

Infecting the City is a public art festival held annually in the central business district of Cape Town. For a week each year, Infecting the City typically hosts three types of artworks: collaborative works, commissioned works, and audience interventions. These works are collectively presented free to the public in the communal spaces City. Since inception in 2008 it has been experienced by more than 50,000 people, has included 814 local and international artists, and has showcased 81 different productions.It continues under the auspices of Jay Pather of the Institute of Creative Arts at UCT.