Tuesday, November 13, 2018

South Africa: Holding onto ubuntu

by Anne-Britt Rage

This project was shown at the Art museum in Drammen, Norway during Kunst rett Vest





The performance "South Africa: Holding onto ubuntu" addresses 

solidarity with the anti-apartheid struggle, the experience of 

corruption and the experience of a traumatized country.




It tells about the work of Revolution for Sale, about the liberation 

hero Chris Hani, who was killed right outside his home at the 

beginning of a free South Africa.




It tells the story of a white woman who had just given birth, who 

is caught in corruption and threatened to be deprived of her 

child. It is a story from a white woman's perspective about her 

encounter with Western South Africa and about her love to this 

country.


The artist strives to move freely between a micro and macro 
perspective. She reflects on the white woman's possibilities to
manouvre, role as victim and personal tragedy. This all within
reference to a post-apartheid South Africa and with references
to the colonial era.

Rage's performance lies in the intersection between critical
whiteness theory, personal narrative and academic analysis
with empasis on colonialism and the present South Africa.

Anne-Britt Rage uses video and sound to build a background
for her story. She performs in Norwegian and English.





The performance is based on the artist's experience through her stay in Cape Town and her studies at the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, from January 2009 to November 2011.



Length: 40 minutes

Anne-Britt Rage is a socially-engaged political scientist and concept artist with background from the research institute PRIO, Stellenbosch University of South Africa and the State Art Norwegian National Academy of Arts. She has worked many years abroad in Germany (Berlin), Spain (Barcelona), France (Marseille), Russia (St. Petersburg / Kronstadt) and South Africa (Cape Town / Stellenbosch) where she has initiated projects with the main emphasis on migration, xenophobia and feminism.

Contact: ragerock@hotmail.com

Tuesday, November 9, 2010

Afterthoughts after the radio-interview at the Pan African Space Station


















Prof. Hugh MacMillan in conversation with Itumeleng Makgetla after their interview discussing Chris Hani in exile. Please visit http://www.panafricanspacestation.org.za/?s=Itumeleng for access to the interview on the Pan African Space Station web page.

Revolution for Sale at the Pan African Space Station

Prof. Hugh McMillan is based at the University of Oxford in the UK where he is currently compiling a book about the liberation struggle in exile. McMillan lived and worked in Zambia and Lesotho in the 1970s where he had the opportunity to interact with the MK cadres. Revolution for Sale invited him to exchange knowledge on the subject of Chris Hani pertaining to the struggle era. The inverview was anchored by Itumeleng Makgetla.

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View http://www.panafricanspacestation.org.za/?s=Itumeleng for the podcast of their interview!

The interview is one hour long and provides insight into the young life of Chris Hani in exile and his relationship with other young leaders of the time. The interview ends with some speculations on how South Africa would have been had Hani survived and what kind of implications is given through the possible release of Clive David Lewis from prison.

The music was played by DJ Andrew Williams from Canada with courtesy of Mr. Jimmy Dludlu.

For inquiries concerning this project please don't hesitate to contact us. 

This project was funded by the Office for Contemporary Art, Norway. Pictures are courtesy of Angela Ramirez. On the decks was Prof. Anthony Sloan.


Amandla!

Saturday, May 15, 2010

Who murdered Chris Hani?

Welcome to the open FORUM

Who murdered Chris Hani?

Itumeleng Makgetla in conversation with Evelyn Groenink

21 May, at 17 for 17.30
Greatmore Studios Gallery
Greatmore Street 47-49
7925 Woodstock, Cape Town

organized by Revolution for Sale.

The FORUM features Evelyn Groenink, an investigative journalist, based in Johannesburg, who has devoted 7 years of her life to investigate the murder of Chris Hani, Dulcie September and Anton Lubowski. Her book "Dulcie September: Murder in Paris" was first published in Dutch by a European publisher. It was supposed to come out at Jacana Media, a South African publisher, but they decided not to publish it because of numerous threats that were posed against them. Maggie Davey, the Jacana Media publisher, will also attend the FORUM and will be available for questions after the talk.

Itumeleng Makgetla is a political scientist and historian educated at Stellenbosch University. He is part of the Chris Hani - Revolution for Sale film team that organizes the FORUM.

Greatmore Studios have been the home for Revolution for Sale for the last year, and will house the open FORUM!

The FORUM has been kindly sponsored by OCA - Office for Contemporary Art, Norway.

For more information, please contact Anna Rage at 0715750480

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

Wednesday, December 2, 2009

The Luggage is still labeled: Blackness in South African Art

Welcome to the screening and discussion of the documentary by Voyile Voyiya and Julie McGee,
Friday 27/11/2009 @ 19:00pm

Cape Town interventions



Pan African Space Station



Check www.panafricanspacestation.org.za for their great work, and check out Itumeleng in conversation with Prof. Anthony Sloan about Pan Africanism!

If you want the CD on the subject, please contact Itumeleng8(AT)hotmail.com!

Tuesday, September 22, 2009

The Chris Hani murder was a dramatic and sensitive matter which angered the working class and poor of South Africa. This passing of a hero had implications and consequences that no one in South African academics and media find worthy of vigorous debate. A leader of the masses and a champion of the struggle was eliminated for the benefit of the few. Only some know the truth and process behind the death of this revolutionary figure.

South Africa: Holding onto ubuntu

by Anne-Britt Rage This project was shown at the Art museum in Drammen, Norway during Kunst rett Vest The performance "South ...