Exhibition Hypersampling Identities 2015

The Visual Identities in Art and Design Research Centre (VIAD), in association with Life-style and Trend Analyst, Nicola Cooper, VIAD Post-Doctoral Fellow Daniela Goeller, and the FADA Gallery, presents:

HYPERSAMPLING IDENTITIES, JOZI STYLE

An exhibition of photographs, videos, garments, films, archival materials and installations focusing on emergent and established performances of fashion(able) and fashion(ed) identities by South African subcultural groups the Swenkas, Pantsulas, Isikothane and Sbhujwas; design collectives DearRibane113, Khumbula, the Sartists, theSmarteez; as well as cultural practitioners and photographers: Anthony Billa, Tyrone Bradley, Andile Buka,Christian Courrèges, Don Dada, Harness Hamese, TJ Lemon, Mack Magagane, Justin McGee, Macdee, Jamal Nxedlana, Dr Pachanga, Chris Saunders, Jürgen Schadeberg, Alexia Webster and Simon & Mary. These vibrant, dynamic, youth-orientated forms of production currently taking place in the urban Afropolitan environs of Jozi express a range of ever-emergent and ever-changing transnational, transhistorical, transcultural, Afro-urban and Afrofuturist black masculine identities.

Also including work by UK-based design duo, Art Comes First (Sam Lambert & Shaka Maidoh).

Images courtesy of Baileys African History Archive (BAHA); content support from the Warren Siebrits Collection; and City Outfitters.

  

WITH OPENING NIGHT PERFORMANCES BY THE SWENKAS, SOULISTIC FUSION TRIO AND INTELLECTUALS PANTSULA

Opening reception: Monday 21 September from 18h00

FADA Gallery, Bunting Rd. Campus, University of Johannesburg

Exhibition duration: 21 September – 6 October 2015

PUBLIC PROGRAMME

Public Lecture | Dr Christine Checinska

Wednesday 30 September 2015, 18h00 for 18h30, FADA Gallery

FADAFILM Premiere | BLACK DANDY 

Thursday 1 October 2015 at 19:00, FADA Auditorium

Dlala Mapantsula Festival 2015

Dlala Mapantsula Festival 2014

Workshop in Johannesburg

For the last time this year - join us on Sunday for our second workshop at Studio Studio  - we'll be back on 2 February 2014!!!

Workshop in Johannesburg

Join us on Sunday at StudioStudio, 308 Fox Street, Maboneng Precinct, Jeppestown for the first isiPantsula dance workshop. Enjoy dancing on the rooftops of Johannesburg!

Workshop in Paris - Pantsula meets House!

What is Pantsula-dance?

Pantsula-dance is described as a flat footed African tap-and-glide style of dance. The Zulu word “pantsula” means to “waddle like a duck" or alternatively "to walk with protruded buttocks,” which is a characteristic of the dance.

IsiPantsula-culture represented the rebellious youths in the townships and it consists of a certain fashion that goes with the dance, a certain music, a language and a lifestyle. IsiPantsula is the most important youth culture in South Africa over the past 50 years and it shaped the identity of several generations. It is mainly expressed through specific dance-steps and dress-codes. Since access to technical equipment and performance facilities was extremely limited, the competitive spirit of Pantsula was almost entirely revealed in the streets – who could dress the flashiest and who could perform the most creative dance steps.