Keleketla Media Arts Project

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Thath’i Cover Okestra Vol. 5

Generously we offer you a sneak preview to another edition of Keleketla! Library orasonic memory project, Thath’i Cover Okestra, Vol. 5: 17 July to 12 September 1977. Lebo Mathosa is born. Steve Biko is assassinated. This one is titled ‘Sab’shaya’. The story of how it was composed will follow, its beautiful, it traverses continents. […]

Books, Education, food, History, k!share, Networks, new writing, oral sensitive, Performance, Print, publishing, Shop

Lephephe Print Gatherings 3: Wonke Wonke

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Education

Participate at Lephephe 2!

Lephephe is a quaterly experiment in the distribution of printed material. It is inspired by similar intiatives such as Ba re e ne re Literature Festival, Rutanang Book Fair, Abantu Book Festival, Tjo!Storyfest and the Jozi Book Fair. It aims to foster and nurture the age-old appreciation of cultural production and specifically art, literature, food […]

Books, Education, food, History, k!share, Networks, new writing, oral sensitive, Performance, Print, publishing, Shop

Welcome to Lephephe Print Gatherings 1

…so we keep printing

Education, History, oral sensitive, Performance, publishing, the streets, You

The Free School for Art and other Necessary Fings: MAROPENG with Masello Motana and Nape Motana

Keleketla! Library is proud to publish the recording of this transformative chapter of Donna Kukama’s *The Free School for Art and Other Necessary ‘Fings. Recorded at the event on 17 September 2017. This time the Free School for Art and Other Necessary ‘Fings invites you to MAROPENG, a talk on the role of language in […]

Audio, Dance, Education, History, k!memory, kasi, new writing, oral sensitive, publishing, Social Tools, the streets, You

NOU DIE LAS: A Kwaitopedia of Afrikaans terms and phrases ko kasi*

Nou Die Las is the beginning of a long term project initiated by Keleketla! Library as part of the Aardklop Festival in 2017. It celebrates the depth and the innovative energy the township contributed to the development of Afrikaans. South Africa’s history of oppression has understandably led to an antagonistic attitude towards Afrikaans. This singular […]

Education, History, k!migration, Networks, Research, You

Intertwining Hi/Stories Arts Education festival

Keleketla! Library, as part of the Another Roadmap School is represented by Rangoato Hlasane at the Intertwining Hi/Stories Festival in Vienna from 2 to 7 October 2017! There is so much more, and especially if you happen to be in Vienna check this this website for details.

Audio, Dance, Education, Johannesburg, k!experiments, k!share, Music, Performance, publishing, Residencies

2017: A glimpse into independent music

Soweto Sounds: 2017 Music Project with UK-based Coldcut Keleketla! Library and In Place of War (UK) together with the British Council Connect ZA are bringing Coldcut, UK’s most irrepressible musical mavericks and founders of the label Ninja Tune to South Africa. Keleketla! and Mushroom Hour Half Hour are staging a recording studio at Trackside Creative, Soweto to incubate Coldcut composition workshops with local musicians. It’s a […]

Books, Education, k!experiments, k!share, new writing, Print, publishing, Social Tools, visual art

CCTV Publication (2012)

CCTV is a survey-type publication of current practitioners and practices in SA and elsewhere, and only comes out on occasion of a specific event/project. Its aesthetic is influenced by the Medu Newsletters (1979-1984), beautiful silkscreen covers with loose A4 sheets of contributions. This issue launched as a ticket (R50) to a group event titled CIRCUS, […]

Audio, Dance, k!experiments, Music, Performance

k! discography

In this unrehearsed untitled offering we enter a past present future portal. In this free download for the weekend of 20 – 22 May 2016 you find the Thath’i Cover Okestra that makes new super nostalgic African futuristic spiritual chant non-genre. Freestyle: that improvised offspring to ungovernable mammal called Kwaito and its family tree, […]

Education

k!words Conversation Map

The library this week is making available for download ‘k! tools’in a form of e-publications_’k!words Conversation Map’ was illustrated by Francis Burger during her residency at Keleketla. Follow the link below to own one. F Burger & Keleketla!, 2013, K!words conversation map-2

activism, Books, Education, History, Independent Funding, k!action, k!share, Networks, new writing, Print, publishing

k!tools: Stokvel & Opening Up

This publication is a result of a visit to South Africa by Director of Centre for Contemporary Art (CCA), Glasgow, Francis McKee, at the invitation of curators Francesca Verga and Amy Watson, following a research residency in Glasgow in April 2014, as part of the British Council Connect ZA exchange programme. In March 2015 McKee […]

activism, Education, History, k!action, k!memory, Networks, Performance, Residencies, the streets

New Freedom Songs Ensemble

An audio visual reflections cut by Kyle Ferguson. Gwen Ansell visited one of the rehearsals and spoke politics with choir members for the Mail & Guardian: More here

Audio, Education, History, k!memory

Thath’i Cover Okestra Vol. 4

We call it the Thath’i Cover Okestra, an evolving pan-African Okestra that investigates the meaning and importance of Kwaito (South African electronic dance genre) music’s legacy for a new generation. Through this collaborative exploration, what emerges is a new super nostalgic African futuristic spiritual chant non-genre. Reading to what the beautiful people said, on Facebook […]

k!action, k!experiments, k!migration, k!questions, k!share, k!xenophobia

k!archives

‘Untitled’, a physical theatre piece choreographed by Nyaniso Dzedze and produced with members of the Keleketla! After School Programme in 2012: Nqobile Khumalo, Talia Ndlovu, Wesley Hlongwane, Neo Ncube, Grace Kasuza, Langalibalele Mathuthu, Cinderella Khoza, Simphiwe Shange and Emma Ramashala. 23 June 2012, Keleketla! Library, The Drill Hall, Johannesburg. Photographer unknown.

Books, Education, History, k!experiments, Performance, publishing

Join Keleketla!

Keleketla! Library seeks an energetic, innovative and self-organised individual to fill the position of: Digital Archive Intern. Image Courtesy of Safe City Map Workshop (2010) Nature and Duration of Contract – Fixed Term Contract 1 May – 31 November 2014 – 2.5 days per week – Selection Process – Stipend – R4600 pm – […]

activism, Dance, Education, History, k!action, k!experiments, k!migration, k!questions, k!xenophobia, Untitled

We Are One/Teen Talk DVD

‘if people’s education be treason’ Finally we got to see the cover of ‘We Are One/Teen Talk’ DVD. An outcome of an inter-generational, collaborative, process based and multi-layered art project between Keleketla! Library and Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières The image was designed by K!ASP members led by Wits School of Arts students mentored […]

Education, History, k!experiments, k!share, Networks, Research, Residencies, the streets

Kgagatlou Secondary School

For those who don’t know, ‘Keleketla’ is a Pedi word used as a response and is evident in how we named past collaborative projects like ‘Nonwane‘ & ‘Skaftien‘. The origins of the term locates us in Limpopo where the 2nd collaborative school is based. Ga-Mphahlele in a small village called Sefalaolo. Our first visit to […]

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Keleketla & Henrike On The Move

Amid existing tensions in the inner city of Johannesburg over space, competition and ideas; Keleketla! Library bids farewell to yet another year of cultural production being 5 years at the Drill Hall and Henrike says goodbye to 5 great years in Johannesburg. After 5 years in operation, Keleketla! Library has been accepted at Freedom Community […]

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Licensed Historians

‘Licensed Historians’ is a Keleketla! After School Programme platform for public engagement with work produced with Freedom Community College and Keleketla! Library members. The event takes the form of a screening, a lecture, discussions and performances. Freedom Community College Library committee will be introducing a ‘digital identities’ project within the school, launching with a blog. […]

Audio, Books, Print, Residencies, visual art

Fuzzy Slipperz

This is one in a series of posters by Joburg based designer, Fuzzy Slipperz. Slipperz used Keleketla’s multifaceted practice as a point of departure, strecthing his vocabulary to greater heights. We are in love. We will be printing a limited edition portfolio on beautiful paper. You will be informed of the price per poster or […]

Networks, Residencies, visual art

Iara Freiberg intervention at K!

Brazilian artist Iara Freiberg found some time during her residency at the Bag Factory to create a beautiful intervention at the Keleketla staircase. See more images (courtesy of the artist) on Facebook. About the artist: Iara Freiberg is a Brazilian/Argentinian artist, born in São Paulo (1977), currently based in the same city. Received a degree […]

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In our catalogue

For this month, the Berlin-based Contemporary And (C&) magazine features Keleketla! Library catalogue, with a focus on the Medu Art Ensemble newsletters courtesy of Judy Seidman. See the magazine and the Keleketla feature here

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Join Keleketla! Library

Keleketla! Library seeks an energetic, innovative and self-organised individual to fill the position of: Arts Administration internship. Nature and Duration of Contract Fixed Term Contract 1 April – 31 October 2013 2.5 days per week Selection Process Please send a CV and brief letter of motivation to: malosem@keleketla.org Deadline Friday 20 March 2013. The candidate […]

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Welcome to call-response.org

Head over to our brand-new sister website – http://www.call-response.org – for the full project programme. The website has a blog that documents and reflects on the project as it unfolds. We hope you enjoy it, and share with those who should know!

Books, Performance, publishing, recycle, Residencies

Keleketla! Library turns 5!

Keleketla! Library welcomes 2013 with a rich programme, as this year marks our 5 years of practice! In partnership with the Goethe-Institut South Africa, Keleketla is provided with a rare luxury to reflect through discussions, a concert, library interventions, workshops as well as a revision of SKAFTIEN amongst other happenings. Together with the City of […]

activism, Audio, Books, Dance, Education, History, Performance, Print, publishing, Research, Social Tools, visual art

56 Years: A book launch

56 Years to the Treason Trial: Dialogue as a method for learning The launch of an educational supplement With: Lynn Carneson, author of A Homage to Hope and Red in the Rainbow And Judy Seidman, artist, cultural activist and former member of the Medu Arts Ensemble Keleketla! Library, The Drill Hall 8 December 2012 10 […]

activism, Dance, Education, History, k!action, Performance

100 Metre Radius Concert

100 Metre Radius is a networking and professional development project that invites artists and organised groups from Johannesburg and beyond to imagine ways to utilise the Drill Hall, a historic site located in Joubert Park, as a cultural and social infrastructure. Since Keleketla! Library’s programmatic take over from the Joubert Park Project over four years […]

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Listen to joburg.radio

A collaborative fleeting radio project between Radio en Construction (FR) and Keleketla! Library (SA)
14 – 22 September 2012

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We Are One!

Concluding the Solidarity for Survival Exhibition, Keleketla! Media Arts Project is holding a March on Saturday, 23 June 2012 from Constitution Hill to the Drill Hall. ‘Solidarity For Survival’ is a campaign exhibition that was launched in 2011 at the Constitution Hill, Johannesburg by MSF South Africa. The goal of the campaign/exhibition was to contribute […]

Audio, Education, publishing, Research, Residencies

When the Moment Comes

When The Moment Comes is an experimental audio play created by Abu Mafuya with Audio & Music youth from our After School Programme. Zenzele ‘Dj Zakes’ Ndaba and his group of youth collaborated, contributing theme music and effects. Said Abu about the play, “When The Moment Comes is an individual, fictional recast of the […]

academia, Film, Independent Funding, Music, Networks, Performance, Social Tools, the streets, visual art

Vandal Lie Izm, 24 Februray 2011, point blank gallery

On February 24, 2011, Joburg-based street artist, designer and illustrator Natalie Propa hosted Vandal Lie Izm, a super soulful street art exhibition that challenged conventions of the mainstream visual arts practices. The venue was the point blank gallery, the Drill Hall Precinct, Joubert Park. Kyle Ferguson shot and cut this here piece with great detail. […]

academia, Books, Film, Johannesburg, new writing, Performance, publishing, Research, Residencies, the streets, visual art

Nonwane: passages, tempos and spectacular ways of dying

Nonwane takes as its point of departure a suicide scene from the late Phaswane Mpe’s 2001 novel, Welcome to Our Hillbrow. The book deals with issues of xenophobia, suicide, sex, HIV and love. The suicide scene was initially planned to be re-enacted through the release of tons of coarse and fine salt from the 20th […]

Independent Funding, Networks, Residencies

of books and residencies

From the beginning of January to February 24, Keleketla! implemented an important ‘art’ residency with Pittsburg-born artist Kevin Clancy. Kevin worked tirelessly at the Keleketla! project space, building a portable unit with the mobility to manoeuvre around the inner-city and schools. The majority of the plans for the residency fell off the table due to […]

Education, Johannesburg, Music, Performance, Print, Research

Review and Updates

Keleketla! Library is implementing an exciting 2-year project funded by the National Lottery Distribution Trust Fund (NLDTF) with the support of the Joubert Park Project and the Curriculum Development Project Trust. The project engages with the South African Treason Trials that started at the Drill Hall in December 1956. Drill Hall Arts, Culture & Heritage […]

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2010 in review

The stats helper monkeys at WordPress.com mulled over how this blog did in 2010, and here’s a high level summary of its overall blog health: The Blog-Health-o-Meter™ reads This blog is doing awesome!. Crunchy numbers A Boeing 747-400 passenger jet can hold 416 passengers. This blog was viewed about 4,200 times in 2010. That’s about […]

Books, Education, Film, Johannesburg, Performance

Never Steal a Wizards Car

Keleketla! Media Arts Project and the Wits School of the Arts (Division – Film and Television) implemented a film workshop with the inner city kids around Joubert Park from the 14th June – 14th July. The kids had to embrace the cold city sidewalks to attend a series of visual storytelling, writing/adapting stories for film […]

Education, Research

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