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Art Contemporary Curator: Bongani: Young Curator meets with Casco Land Project

Art Contemporary Curator: Bongani: Young Curator meets with Casco Land Project

Young Curator meets with Casco Land Project

Young Curator

Today I had an interesting meeting with the group called Casco Land. According to them, Casco Land Project is aimed as an opportunity to rethink how the site/ public space might interact with the complex social, cultural and economic fabric of different cities in South Africa. They have worked with Cape Town and Jo'burg and now based in Durban. My interest as a Curator especially on this group is sparked by their objectives of revamping ignored public spaces into engaging interactional, functional and public friendly spaces. My aim as a young Curator is to take contemporary art to the people. I am interested on contemporary projects that are aiming on increasing artisting public awareness. As I am presently involved with Cape Africa Platform, forming partnerships with Casco Land Projects will assist me in understanding public spaces as created architectural landscapes. These concrete jungles serve a particular function to the society.

In South Africa people's social and economical movements are still confirned by these Apartheid architectural landscapes which were previously designed to discourage large public gatherings, public interactions and that were also designed to segragate and discreminate. Our new challenge in a new South Africa involves restructuring these public spaces. I will meet with this dynamic group to brainstorm and share ideas every Friday at 14h00 at Warwick Triangle, Durban, South Africa.

Article by Bongani Mkhonza

( Cape Young Curator and Da Artist)

Cape Africa Experience

I would like to take this moment and share with you my Cape Africa Experience.
When I arrived in Cape, for me it was a soothing feeling, Cape is seemed so relaxed yet there is so much going on. I find it a bit dramatic that the sun set are around eight in the evening. People are so warm it must be the warm weather effect, like they say: people from warm weathers are warm and people from cold weathers are cold.
I joined a group of three other colligues that I am asigned with to put together a Cape 09 Exhibition. We started brainstorming crazy ideas so to say, then we came up with a single voice: Cape 09 should be taken to people; it should be most exciting contemporary exhibition ever curated. I would like to thank the Cape Managers for giving us young curators such a great opportunity to curate Cape 09.
To be continued....
Bongani Mkhonza (Young Cape Africa Curator)