Ceramic Installation with Projected Animation Exhibition Details

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBO2HnVmox2A_RzCtk7HyqbQW8FzgzRdpNKhfHhXLyoq_tIcZqjqj3dn2NQeMYW9CaANAonbve70em5fMsyYtIslPtVyWS7-otW3WqQOXtHPv1KbfJsy80tmmfED6qw_GauzdtvR7jqjw/s1600/Dragon_01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBO2HnVmox2A_RzCtk7HyqbQW8FzgzRdpNKhfHhXLyoq_tIcZqjqj3dn2NQeMYW9CaANAonbve70em5fMsyYtIslPtVyWS7-otW3WqQOXtHPv1KbfJsy80tmmfED6qw_GauzdtvR7jqjw/s400/Dragon_01.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Five Clawed Dragon - Ceramic Installation with Projected animation, <br />titled and the ship sails on.<br />Image by Lukasz Pater</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 115%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">PRESS RELEASE</span><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 110%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 110%;">Collaborations/Articulations Exhibition</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 15pt; line-height: 110%;">, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, University of Johannesburg. <o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzbbmZaBzjaq4T_TSVl8Yc9aokTFmf35JnjZHk9XdO6hf3KoP-yg33lMNa3jARyYmBCHVX2W9y3D6ofrmBA_1MJHN7BUS_s9O-k6wdoJmLB0BqIAAkne_HDPE0U6McRX4m7IugmLf1Rlo/s1600/image001.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzbbmZaBzjaq4T_TSVl8Yc9aokTFmf35JnjZHk9XdO6hf3KoP-yg33lMNa3jARyYmBCHVX2W9y3D6ofrmBA_1MJHN7BUS_s9O-k6wdoJmLB0BqIAAkne_HDPE0U6McRX4m7IugmLf1Rlo/s200/image001.jpg" width="196" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 110%; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;">Official Opening Function</span></span></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">Monday, 09 May 2011, </span></span></span></b><b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">18h00 for 18h30,</span></span></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri;">Opening for viewing: Weekdays from 09:00 – 16:00 from 5 to 24 May 2011<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri;">Venue: FADA Gallery, University of Johannesburg Bunting Road Campus, Auckland Park.<o:p></o:p></span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri;">The <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">FADA Collaborations/Articulations Exhibition</i>, curated and initiated by artist and writer Brenden Gray, presents new works and collaborative projects instigated by creative practitioners in the Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture (FADA), University of Johannesburg. The works presented on the show have been generated through an intensive process of dialogue between individual FADA practitioners and their selected collaborators over a period of a year.  Nine exciting, new projects will be presented:   <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10pt;">‘The Underground, the Surface and Edges’: A Hauntology of Johannesburg </span></i></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10pt;">Curators, researchers, artists and arts writers <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Leora Farber</b> and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Anthea Buys</b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10pt;">Unit for Measure III</span></i></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10pt;"> <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10pt;">Art critic <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Mary Corrigall</b>, performance and installation artist <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Bronwyn Lace</b> and installation artist <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Vaughn Sadie<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div><div class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10pt;">Love me as I am <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10pt;">Artists <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Shonisani  Maphangwa, Mphopho Rangoato </b>and filmmaker <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Thenjiwe Nkosi</b></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div><div class="MsoListParagraph" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-add-space: auto;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQcQUZ6giquFnRE81YwnWHk-sT76HgAn96mTb2MZ2aTYTJ7v4cVWJyW-de7pSZ7EOBMzBbFGDBpmQsDtYbo7_K5HfZfGKsGeRFpCZtCdM5eYBmasZ8t0Nzwn8-sd3uu_BexFRu-UK7MbM/s1600/Flower+Duck_01.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="151" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQcQUZ6giquFnRE81YwnWHk-sT76HgAn96mTb2MZ2aTYTJ7v4cVWJyW-de7pSZ7EOBMzBbFGDBpmQsDtYbo7_K5HfZfGKsGeRFpCZtCdM5eYBmasZ8t0Nzwn8-sd3uu_BexFRu-UK7MbM/s400/Flower+Duck_01.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: Calibri;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>The Ship Sails On</b></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: Calibri;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b> </b></span></span><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: Calibri;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b><o:p></o:p></b></span></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>Ceramicist </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>Eugene Hön</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b> working with Lukasz Pater of the </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>UJ Multimedia department</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: large;"><b>)</b></span></span><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy91wYl7mnfM_MI3Nwpn_0bkzc9jZlvXvroFOLRmwP9o14tcbshwFXygGKfngruEq5TWBLHAxTx9pbaF0Hd1CbnCoySH-C7SwEJe-5GR5NoEpNDMCbGTYPBmLJLkbD4mbBD17xVgRcOU8/s1600/Dragon+and+decoy-ducks+.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="325" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy91wYl7mnfM_MI3Nwpn_0bkzc9jZlvXvroFOLRmwP9o14tcbshwFXygGKfngruEq5TWBLHAxTx9pbaF0Hd1CbnCoySH-C7SwEJe-5GR5NoEpNDMCbGTYPBmLJLkbD4mbBD17xVgRcOU8/s400/Dragon+and+decoy-ducks+.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Design development of projected animation.</span></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10pt;">Spring-Cleaning: Death in Varanasi <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10pt;">Performance artist <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Myer Taub</b>, photographer and video artist <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Nadine Hutton</b>, and film-maker and writer <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">John Trengove<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10pt;">Great Dodecahedron Stellation <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10pt;">Sculptor <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Gordon Froud </b>and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Professor Emeritus Jos Lurie<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: .25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10pt;">A Study of the Vulnerable: Gyps coprotheres (Cape Vulture)                                                                          </span></i></b><br /><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10pt;"></span></i></b><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10pt;">Artist <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Rosalind Cleaver </b>and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">The</b> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Ditsong Museum of Natural History, Bird Collection<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10pt;">Secret/Wish <o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: .25in; margin-right: 0in; margin-top: 0in;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10pt;">Artists <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Landi Raubenheimer</b> and <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Paul Cooper<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><o:p></o:p></i></b></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-left: .25in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10pt;">Paper collaborations/articulations with the Phumani Archive Mill </span></i></b><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10pt;">                                                             </span><br /><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10pt;"></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri; font-size: 10pt;">Phumani Archive Mill: Kim Berman, Mandy Coppes, Nkosinathi Ndlandla, Thamsanqa Tshabalala, Dumisani <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Dlamini</b>. artist and writer <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Brenden Gray</b>, painter <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Inge Hyson</b>, author-designer <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Deirdre Pretorius</b> information designer, <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Sidhika Sooklal</b>.   <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri;">As a whole, the 2011 <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Collaborations/Articulations</i> project explores the “articulating potentials of collaboration” and the capacity of cross-disciplinary work to generate new forms of practice and reflection.  The exhibition demonstrates how creative practices can speak to and with other practices in the social world and how collaborative creative practices can generate new knowledge. Visitors can expect to see a variety of manifestations of hybrid works including video, sculpture, installation, performance, paper-based works, drawing and site-specific work.  The exhibition also includes open-ended textual contributions by the featured practitioners that visitors can read in engaging with their respective works.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri;">  <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri;">Please join us for the opening function of the FADA 2011 <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Collaborations/Articulations</i> exhibition at the FADA Gallery, Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture, University of Johannesburg Bunting Road Campus on Monday 9 May 2011 for the opening function programme.  <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u><span lang="EN-US" style="color: #e36c0a; font-family: Calibri;">Opening function programme:<o:p></o:p></span></u></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri;">18h30:  An opening address by artist, educator and researcher David Andrew, Head of the Visual Arts Division, Wits School of the Arts. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri;">18h45:  The launch of Landi Raubenheimer and Paul Cooper’s <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Secret/Wish</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri;">19h00:  The launch of the eagerly awaited edited volume, ‘<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">On Making: Integrating Approaches to Practice-Led Research</i> (edited by Leora Farber)<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri;">19h45: A once-off screening of Anthea Buys and Leora Farber’s curated video programme, ‘<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Underground, the Surface and Edges: a Hauntology of Johannesburg’</i>.  School of Hospitality and Tourism. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: Calibri;">                  <o:p></o:p></span></div></div>

Ceramic Installation with Projected Animation Exhibition Details

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Hon honoured as a Fellow of Ceramics Southern Africa

<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 11px;"></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: small;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjlvycMSh529ygE3y1TFh0ZGILFAlluL8zLbVuMVvf6PqjxnTcPc5lEFKYAZci0VrnYcjXhBsrdrshWY58Y4UrKnRWxhHleOe-P_qLqaze-9B65MSl0kR_XEjszudVBbkTt_jEbY_J/s1600/certificate.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjlvycMSh529ygE3y1TFh0ZGILFAlluL8zLbVuMVvf6PqjxnTcPc5lEFKYAZci0VrnYcjXhBsrdrshWY58Y4UrKnRWxhHleOe-P_qLqaze-9B65MSl0kR_XEjszudVBbkTt_jEbY_J/s400/certificate.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Lucida Grande'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;"><br /></div><div style="font: 16.0px 'Lucida Grande'; margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px;">I<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"> was selected as one of eleven ceramists, the first fellows of Ceramics Southern Africa; we were honoured at the opening of the current Gauteng regional exhibition in Johannesburg. The exhibition opened at Museum Africa last Sunday, during which each recipient received a certificate (image above). </span></div><blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">'The first Fellows have been selected not only for the consistently high quality of their work but also for their commitment to Ceramics Southern Africa over the years' (National Ceramics, Number 93/Spring 2010; page30).</span></blockquote><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">The First Fellows of Ceramics Southern Africa include,<a href="http://johnshirleyceramics.blogspot.com/"> John Shirley</a>, Digby Hoets, Drury Brandt, Jerice Doeg, Dineke den Bakker, Elza Sullivan, Gail de Klerk, Minette Zaaiman, Wendy Goldblatt and Querardien van Vliet. Each fellow had to submit work for the Ultra-furn Regional exhibition; organised by CERAMICS Southern Africa Gauteng Region. I was requested to facilitate the display of the exhibition. For more information about the exhibition see invitation details included below.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9z_pmsAL4IXNgyefc9u0ZZ8WDxVgZ6iwzX5UQwZUEOUsL0bPhCH1lSryT53KbsLMIiTC2GiG2mb8yTLGLv5MMjx4KTA1HxDituhyphenhyphenVEfMhEvO09MBo2wVAlzbb3Lucq8oXWGu2PW0D/s1600/invitation.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9z_pmsAL4IXNgyefc9u0ZZ8WDxVgZ6iwzX5UQwZUEOUsL0bPhCH1lSryT53KbsLMIiTC2GiG2mb8yTLGLv5MMjx4KTA1HxDituhyphenhyphenVEfMhEvO09MBo2wVAlzbb3Lucq8oXWGu2PW0D/s320/invitation.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">Images of my work on display at the exhibition will be posted shortly.</span></span>

Hon honoured as a Fellow of Ceramics Southern Africa

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Rat Installation at the Ceramic Alumni UJ Exhibition.

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlbha7yfUFP9zO-2mtFJGu-m1auBqBB2w5C7JSnmRdzuVXTIhatPGFnhl09W5gzgSY23xjXXSlNniSXqbF-7EHSmXllx-xoaKI9SPsnZtgbK-_vkvJ9N0pRTxvXQ5pQO98baZdOPi6/s1600/Installation+Rats.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="120" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlbha7yfUFP9zO-2mtFJGu-m1auBqBB2w5C7JSnmRdzuVXTIhatPGFnhl09W5gzgSY23xjXXSlNniSXqbF-7EHSmXllx-xoaKI9SPsnZtgbK-_vkvJ9N0pRTxvXQ5pQO98baZdOPi6/s400/Installation+Rats.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Rat Installation ± 90 rats shaped to form a carpet</span></td></tr></tbody></table><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhydkYZ7tMdfO5cSRDdL3TqfPQR5tPs3fGZBnh0EnmFDp-EtqLrG8IhMkJE62f7gZtVNc8thRr5qEMDQqUa3uj8_aC7WvdmUOIbeQa1zEsicjHR49D7NSx6Jt1UIUyfVanG7mM1i1A2/s1600/Insytallation+Rats+Detail.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="103" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhydkYZ7tMdfO5cSRDdL3TqfPQR5tPs3fGZBnh0EnmFDp-EtqLrG8IhMkJE62f7gZtVNc8thRr5qEMDQqUa3uj8_aC7WvdmUOIbeQa1zEsicjHR49D7NSx6Jt1UIUyfVanG7mM1i1A2/s200/Insytallation+Rats+Detail.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Converged in a warlike standoff</td></tr></tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">I have completed the first of my rat installations. The first installation will consist of ± 90 rats grouped together to form a carpet. Their weapon-like tails forming the carpet tassels at each end, whilst their bodies are either in a submissive prayer like stance and or animated to converge in the middle in warlike fashion (stand-off). </span></span><br /><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJLEhvOEIbBEw8iwQ1JYrnuWTwJgsRJZu1dvDLfdENVtxMHkhNRL34XDVT70vT7nhPC9BH8Y2bRgbXdRqiUEYq7Ei2MEWfMTqThVo5yj0tQZOcmIO8JxYNqRteCqPs3Ly-osc7rzZ2/s1600/8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="96" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJLEhvOEIbBEw8iwQ1JYrnuWTwJgsRJZu1dvDLfdENVtxMHkhNRL34XDVT70vT7nhPC9BH8Y2bRgbXdRqiUEYq7Ei2MEWfMTqThVo5yj0tQZOcmIO8JxYNqRteCqPs3Ly-osc7rzZ2/s200/8.jpg" width="200" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Afghan war carpets.</td></tr></tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">The work however will form the backdrop for an animated projection; the chosen images reinforcing the carpet theme. However the battle depicted here (the metaphor), refers to culture wars, based on conflicting cultural values - those values considered traditional and or conservative and those considered progressive and or liberal. At the heart of the battle is our conflicting views on the following issues; abortion, bioethics, drugs, euthanasia, homosexuality, pornography, sex education and sexuality. I have chosen a variety of historically significant textiles, representing various cultural and or religious groupings, to be projected in a personally directed animated sequence, from a projector attached to the ceiling, directly above the rat installation. Tests reveal that the projection should incapsulate the bodies of the rats and reinforce the overriding theme of the ceramic sculptural statement. </span></span><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left; margin-right: 1em; text-align: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOxu41tqfdw4DUwQCt3QHQE5If79G_b1uUZyOfHqC_kcMYchq3HCDXGqf6B0IgXjyYoSFzrCy3M5mgrD8Z_a8mNtKrZGBLs6bLRsPKnztOVG830l9HxxQsz6ZeW3KVfC4tANxIr3md/s1600/7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOxu41tqfdw4DUwQCt3QHQE5If79G_b1uUZyOfHqC_kcMYchq3HCDXGqf6B0IgXjyYoSFzrCy3M5mgrD8Z_a8mNtKrZGBLs6bLRsPKnztOVG830l9HxxQsz6ZeW3KVfC4tANxIr3md/s320/7.jpg" width="237" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><a href="http://englishrussia.com/index.php/2007/02/15/afghani-war-carpets/">Afghani War Carpets <br />as cited at English Russia</a></span></span></td></tr></tbody></table><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">The following blog entry will document and reveal the significance of each of the chosen carpets.  A video is to be made of the installation; to be featured on this blog and other relevant media. The work will form part of the historic <a href="http://ceramicsalumniuj.blogspot.com/"><b>Ceramic Alumni UJ Exhibition, opening this Wednesday 11 August at the FADA Gallery.</b></a></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">This exhibition is to celebrate the end of an era in ceramic education at the University of Johannesburg (1966 -2010). Invitation below.</span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">New second ceramic blog titled, Ceramic Alumni UJ</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">.</span></span></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;">I have started a second blog with the view to begin to publish it's valuable and significant role in the art, design and craft community. Follow the link above; click on the title of the post, or the link provided directly above; promoting the exhibition.</span></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTH9fTcFDNqCPUvacPRx6vDmIUVie1jfWDdRRrGwVaof3CLmgyYJ4iT6KzxfuwjfctR8aZRlnbRwTcDWI6Vp2EoHZW05zkMy-YNLlh2Ta_HnePAu178oFqc2e4xFMyFKMAGuj8TPVT/s1600/Ceramics+Alumni+UJ+Exhibition+(Final)pdf_Page_1.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="362" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTH9fTcFDNqCPUvacPRx6vDmIUVie1jfWDdRRrGwVaof3CLmgyYJ4iT6KzxfuwjfctR8aZRlnbRwTcDWI6Vp2EoHZW05zkMy-YNLlh2Ta_HnePAu178oFqc2e4xFMyFKMAGuj8TPVT/s400/Ceramics+Alumni+UJ+Exhibition+(Final)pdf_Page_1.png" width="400" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #999999;"><br /></span></span>

Rat Installation at the Ceramic Alumni UJ Exhibition.

Rat Installation ± 90 rats shaped to form a carpet Converged in a warlike standoff I have completed the first of my rat installations. The f...

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Ceramic Convergence

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY5QZu7HfcmjBvGHjV1Jcc7Iy-tjksZR-U58IzwEEBIPfkH4yGGds25qGCEdaer9sb2_53DmjLA_fK4bHgC7U2rkz-cI1uLkFe_kFSzq9mMGIucniFfWUCRPSZTOp45iPVKBAFBEtn/s1600-h/invitation.png" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363948594607689634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY5QZu7HfcmjBvGHjV1Jcc7Iy-tjksZR-U58IzwEEBIPfkH4yGGds25qGCEdaer9sb2_53DmjLA_fK4bHgC7U2rkz-cI1uLkFe_kFSzq9mMGIucniFfWUCRPSZTOp45iPVKBAFBEtn/s320/invitation.png" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 226px; height: 320px;" /></a><br /><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Group exhibition invitation.</span></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;color:#993399;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">The Exhibition of my latest work will be at <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;">venue</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6600;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><a href="http://www.objekt.co.za/">objekt</a></span></b></span><a href="http://www.objekt.co.za/"> </a><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;">address</span> 32, 7th avenue Parktown North. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;">Date</span> 6 August 2009 <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;">time</span> 17h30 for 18h00. The other artists include <a href="http://johnshirleyceramics.blogspot.com/">John Shirley</a>, <a href="http://www.hotart.co.za/node/8">Lesley- Ann</a> Hoets and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1"><a href="http://www.africanova.co.za/ceramics_two.html">Gemma</a></span></span><a href="http://www.africanova.co.za/ceramics_two.html"> </a><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2"><a href="http://www.africanova.co.za/ceramics_two.html">Orkin</a></span></span><a href="http://www.africanova.co.za/ceramics_two.html">.</a> </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0v6kSkQK4SSM8kcmaBoeYSBFKkMDVBidyeXDlcOk1_cUb7UvReIctpAJMxrvEGlQ78rHU_RhNfd1bkQ9JjKldmBldDTRftxeOxnK1u1JV7eUjDXBiQaFFjM2t0WEoesbJzpkaHmLt/s1600-h/New+composition.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5363947497679941442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0v6kSkQK4SSM8kcmaBoeYSBFKkMDVBidyeXDlcOk1_cUb7UvReIctpAJMxrvEGlQ78rHU_RhNfd1bkQ9JjKldmBldDTRftxeOxnK1u1JV7eUjDXBiQaFFjM2t0WEoesbJzpkaHmLt/s320/New+composition.jpg" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 166px; height: 166px;" /></a><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;color:#993399;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></span></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">active/passive - action /passion !</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"> </span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">(Title of body of work)</span></span></span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC33CC;">Press release <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">for</span> my work.</span></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Rodents, mice and rats are symbols of the underworld, of destruction, of evil, rarely seen in Renaissance Art. It is a plague animal, a symbol of death, decay and the powers of darkness. These creatures often invade the home and are spotted in amongst the pots, pans, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">crockery</span> and pottery. They were the major vehicle for spreading the disease during the black plaque, however their moment of glory came when they featured prominently on the famous wooden furniture of the 1920's carpenter, Robert Thompson.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">This exhibition features rats in a variety of animated confrontational configurations. We live in a world <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">plagued</span> by hot wars with no front (Umberto Eco; <i>Turning back the clock</i> 2008) - the enemy lurking within (the enemy is amongst us) and around us. Clothed in their respective symbolic floral outfits ( ceramic transfers) and or branding their tattooed insignia (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">sgraffito</span></span>); they will embody the conflicting views of respective groupings in the plaque of intolerance prevalent in our society today. Their tails are shaped as weapons and when coated with gold and platinum are reminiscent of threatening stilettos. All these symbolic gestures turn them, on close observation , into fundamentalist and extremist brats (bullies); ready to spread their anger and frustration, reminiscent of their actions during the black plaque.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><b><span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Tattoos</span> are playing and increasingly significant role in the development of the concepts of my ceramic statements , especially with regard to surface development, complimenting the forms and shapes; becoming the defining factor in <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">determining</span> the inherent meaning of the ceramic piece.</b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:arial;">Like tattoos, with reference to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Thimotheos</span></span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Roussos</span></span>' interpretation (in his essay <i>A man's 'true face', concealing/revealing masculinity's <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Witi</span></span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Ihimaera</span></span></i>), the insignia (decoration) on the ceramic sculptures draws the gaze of the viewer, <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">exercises</span> the power of fascination and lowers certain defences. The eye isolates and follows the decorative patterns of the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">design before</span> seduction subsides and the symbolism provokes the viewer to respond and engage the underlining meaning.</span></div><div><br /></div></div></div>

Ceramic Convergence

Group exhibition invitation. The Exhibition of my latest work will be at venue objekt address 32, 7th avenue Parktown North. Date 6 Aug...

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