[artinfo] Cape Africa Platform - Call for Cape 09 proposals

[Andreas Broeckmann]

Date: Tue, 25 Nov 2008 
From: <info at capeafrica.org>
 
CALL FOR PROPOSALS FOR CAPE 09

The CAPE AFRICA PLATFORM (CAPE) is a groundbreaking cultural project 
located in Cape Town, South Africa. CAPE aims to culturally connect 
Cape Town, South Africa, Africa and the Diaspora by creating a 
contemporary African art event - rooted in the local but global in 
impact.

CAPE is seeking multiple proposals from artists for CAPE 09, its 
second biennale exhibition of contemporary African Culture, to take 
place from 2 May till 19 June 2009. Please download our 1-minute 
video if you are interested.

CAPE 09 is about life today: the people, the connections and networks 
they make up - from creatively understanding new media, to analyzing 
how questions of colonialism have been deeply transformed by 
networked society.

CAPE 09 seeks to explore networks that accentuate the contemporary 
characteristics of Africa and provide a stage for communications 
between communities and citizens activities.

The narrative of the event is initiated from the city of Cape Town 
itself. The city as a network requires a re-imagining of how we move 
and engage with each other. Artists are therefore asked to propose 
public interactions rather than exhibitions, and to intervene or 
present their works in a series of pre-selected networked spaces that 
represent the every day that is our common ground: venues and sites, 
both public and private, along the axis Church Square (CAPE's 
office/gallery space) - Metrorail Station, through Parliament and 
Plein Street. Potential satellite exhibition sites are Lookout Hill, 
Khayelitsha and the CAPE's Arts Awareness Programme areas Nyanga, 
Manenberg and Klapmuts.

For its second biennale CAPE has been working with a team of five 
young curators. In addition to their proposals CAPE is currently 
seeking proposals for small and medium-sized interactions through 
this call.

CAPE aims at a local audience, particularly addressing Cape Town's youth.

Proposals for CAPE 09 may pre-empt (larger or follow-up) events for 
CAPE 2010 (May - July 2010).

Proposals must include artists' biographies, venue/site description 
(in case this forms part of the proposal) and detailed logistic and 
budgetary information.

Deadline for proposals: 30 October 2008

Proposals may be posted to PO Box 15806, Vlaeberg 8018 or be 
hand-delivered to 8 Spin Street, Cape Town 8000.

For more information call 27-21-461 2325 or write to info {AT} capeafrica.org

CAPE reserves the right to select or refuse any submission, even not 
to select any.

http://capeafrica.org/