Lerato Shadi, a young multi-media performance artist based in Johannesburg, takes over the Electric Gallery at the KNZSA for the next few weeks with a video piece titled  Hema (or Six hours of out-breath captured in 792 balloons). Hema is based on a performance staged by Shadi at the offices of the advertising agency Ogilvy in Cape Town. In this performance, she blew six hours worth of breath into 792 balloons, allowing the balloons to fall down a stairwell as she filled each one with her exhalation.

21 July - 08 August

The competition behind this show is far more than a corporate-sponsored art competition. Open to “emerging artists” – or anyone who hasn't been recognised with an award elsewhere – the project includes a three month mentorship with an established artist for for each shortlisted entrant. This year’s pieces, specifically commissioned by Nivea after the finalists were chosen in March, and completed over three months under the mentorship of some of the province’s most experienced and respected artists, explore the theme “Beauty is ...”