JOURNEY OF DISCOVERY BRINGS ART TO LIFE
THE highly anticipated international ICA Live Art Festival programme reveals an impressive line-up of some of Africa’s most influential artists from the continent as well as from around the world.
Cutting edge visual art and challenging performances of dance, music and literature combine to form a dynamic and provocative theatrical journey across the Mother City, unique to the ICA Live Aart Festival.
Presented by the Institute for Creative Arts (ICA), the exclusive ICA Live Aart programme showcases a rare selection of public, collaborative and often transgressive per-formative artworks, offered free to the people of Cape Town.
The stellar programme features 33 artists from 12 countries for 34 one-night-only performances and projects alongside a series of insightful workshops and panel discussions. With a focus on generating dialogue and discussion, audiences are now offered space and time between performances allowing them to interact with artists and explore each performance individually.
The Live Art Festival programme includes 9 world premières, 6 South African premières, 5 open forums and 3 workshops over 10 days.
Project manager and co-curator James MacDonald: “The free and public nature of the ICA Live Art Festival is vested in a commitment to the value of contemporary live art as a means of facilitating encounters that encourage people to think and feel about a range of important issues in new and different ways.”
ICA director and associate professor at the University of Cape Town, Jay Pather: “All performances occur once only. There are no repeats, there is no second chance! “There are several artists of international standing such as Samson Kambalu, Panaibra Canda and Nora Chipaumire that may not have hit our radar in South Africa especially with live art platforms being so rare. “We encourage audiences to look beyond and discover the rich mix of award-winning, internationally acclaimed artists as well as familiar artist names.”
Access to some performances is limited and booking is essential.
For the full schedule or to book your free ticket to any performance, visit www.ica.uct.ac.za or call 021 650 7156.