The Dead Revolutionaries Club, in association with Claudia Shneider and the Afrika Cultural Centre presents:

Esikhaleni - Spatial Practice

Amos Letsoalo - Beverly Price - Claudia Shneider - Dinkies Sithole - Johan Thom - Kemang wa Lehulere - Lonwabo Kilani - Nicoleen Naidoo - Senzo Nhlapo - Sharlene Khan - Thabang Lehobye

The exhibition Esikhaleni – Spatial Practices uses the concept of ‘space’ as its springboard for creative and artistic expression and intervention. Using the expansive space available at the Afrika Cultural Centre (ACC), a historic site of struggle, teaching and interdisciplinary arts collaborations, a group of artists have been challenged to engage creatively with the warehouse-like space at the ACC. The exhibition interrogates the privileging of spaces within the city and the inner city in particular. Why does one area receive funding while others remain in obscurity? How do physical spaces catalyze the making of artworks? Why are spaces deployed for which purpose in the city? These are some of the issues that are evoked in the curatorial process of selection of artists and in the planning for this exhibition.

Galleries and art collectives from around South Africa have also been invited to showcase some of the artists that they work with, also in an attempt to engage with the ACC. These include Blank Projects (Cape Town), Outlet (Pretoria), Spaza Art Gallery (Johannesburg) and Worldart Gallery (Cape Town/Johannesburg).

PROGRAMME OF EVENTS:

Exhibition opening: Friday, 14 March, 6pm,

Performance night: Saturday, 15 March, 6 pm

Exhibition closes: Sunday, 16^th March, 5pm

Venue: Afrika Cultural Centre, Henry Nxumalo Street, Newtown (behind Museum Africa)