Archive: Issue No. Isaac Makeleni indicates a street sign of the kind planned for Guguletu In an independent pre-festival initiative last weekend, Tarryn Healy co-ordinated a subway project under the title "Stink". Heritage Day in Cape Town is being celebrated through the theme of "One City, Many Cultures" and the chosen projects all reflect this idea.
The signs will be placed along routes leading to major tourist sites around Cape Town, and has received support from Cape Tourism. The signs will be erected by September 20 and a launch in the form of a guided tour will take place.
Mural Project Andrew Putter, a founding member of the group, has been working with students from the Michaelis art school, the Community Arts Project and other city mural initiatives. Together they have been exploring historical texts and images and by Art Night, chosen sites will include illuminated boards on the central concourse of the Cape Town Station, a wall on De Waal Drive, several Cape Talk bus shelters and posterboards along the city's main routes.
The interventions will all go up in time for Art Night and remain on view during Heritage Day. Obviously the element of surprise is of the essence here and so details of the project are under wraps. Keep your eyes peeled. Many tie up with October's Month of Photography initiative too. Here is a selection of the events. It is a 90's fairytale set in contemporary Cape Town, and tells the story of a meter maid who lives on Voortrekker Road and falls in love with the Green Point lighthouse keeper.
Skerp Draaie will open on September 23 and will run until September 30, at Buitengracht Street, Cape Town next to the Lipschitz Gallery A preview of the work in progress will be held on Friday 17 from 4.
