Cape Africa launches 'Trans Cape' and announces its curators
'Trans Cape' is the name given to the proposed bi annual art 'manifestation' set to take place in Cape Town for the first time this year, opening on September 23. It will run for four weeks, filling the city with the work of approximately 70 contemporary artists from across Africa and the Diaspora. This has finally emerged after last year's controversial SESSIONS eKapa during which Norwegian-resident South African Gavin Jantjes was nominated as director of the event.
Internationally acclaimed curator and artist Gavin Jantjes will be working alongside newly nominated curators Gabi Ngcobo from the South National Gallery and Khwezi Gule from the Johannesburg Art Gallery. The exhibition is conceived as a journey that uses public spaces and locates new site-specific spaces along a route that links the Cape Town city centre to Khayelithsa, Muizenberg and Stellenbosch.
Moving Trans Cape's audience along this route is an essential part of the curatorial concept. Alongside the traditional public transport system (buses, trains, and taxis), Trans Cape will use vehicles transformed into art projects to transport viewers between locations. Through these journeys TRANS CAPE will create meeting points for cross cultural exchange and multidisciplinary art experiences that include music events, performances, interventions and film screenings.
The curatorial team will select artists and artworks for the exhibition based on an intensive research process and not by open submissions. They are however open to receiving information about artists they do not know and artists are invited to visit the CAPE website at www.capeafrica.org or to phone +27 21 488 3064 for further information.
