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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 […]
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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, […]
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An online and physical radio project that creates a dialogue between South African and French cultural practitioners. Listen here Taking place at L’Ososphere, an electronic arts festival in Strasbourg, the radio project will consist of a 24-hour music playlist on Keleketla! Library and Radio En Construction websites. Radio En Construction vibre au son des Nuits […]
Read more56 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 […]
Read moreOn 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. […]
Read moreSTOKVEL # 2 ⎪ 17 & 18 July 2009 ⎪ point blank gallery ⎪ Drill Hall ⎪ Jozi PROGRAMME FRIDAY 17 JULY 9pm ⎪ SCREENING Zumbi Somos No’s, courtesy of Frente 3 de Fevereiro, an anti-racist direct action and research collective in Sao Paulo, Brazil 11pm ⎪SKYPE Keynote presentation to the Allied Media Conference, Detroit […]
Read moreUS: did you know that we have a facebook group page? YOU: no US: well we’ve got news for you! we do! we have a Keleletla Library facebook group page! click here and join the group
Read moreday 3 heads share thoughts about the zine making weekend nice one… thanks to Sbu for such quotable statement!
Read moreIssue 4 of SWART magazine is to be launched in style this coming Saturday: HOSTED BY QUAZ featuring Last Dayz Fam Pink Above Above the Glass Sake of Skil (S.O.S) and many more Open Mic with exhibition by: Wesley Pepper, Dash, Vallentine, Skipa and Hlubi +++ FREE STUFF When you purchase the magazine you get: […]
Read morema man 4matt giving a shout to the D. this video gives a sense of the kind of atmosphere of theFanPalProject at the keleketla!library. this was on day 2. anyway, enjoy! music credits: Lammi playing The Official by Jaylib, Stones Throw Records
Read moreAfter giving a talk at the Ginsberg Center’s Arts of Citizenship Breakfast, Robin Grice approached me to propose a zine making workshop at the Center for Afroamerican and African Studies library. Of course I said yes! Robin and I have been talking about doing a reading session and we thought this would be the perfect […]
Read moreSaturday 25, October 2oo8 AMC media lab, 555, Detroit The space The workshop took place at the Allied Media Conference/Detroit Summer lab at the 555 Galleries/Studios on Grand Avenue, Detroit. 555 is an exciting multi-use space housing studios for visual artists, a multi-media magazine publisher [like SWART!] apparel designer, video artists, as well as galleries. […]
Read moremy ppl, i can across this amazing text. it is a well needed during this period of cashlessness…also, it emphasizes what we have been doing all along…enjoy an excerpt by Lisa Anne Auerbach “Don’t Do It Yourself” is our new battle cry. D.D.I.Y. means working with friends, hiring a professional, consuming wisely and conscientiously, and […]
Read moregreetings! welcome to the official theFanPalProject blog. this is one of the ongoing outcomes of the three day zine making workshop that took place on the weekend of the 22nd August, 08. the venue being the historic Drill Hall, the arts, culture and heritage site, right opposite the notorious taxi rank on Noord [by the way, […]
Read moreKeleketla! is a Pedi word which is a response to the beginning of a story, something that you say back to the storyteller’s ‘once upon a time’. It has no direct English translation, but represents a form of acknowledgement and a consent that ‘I am here, willing to listen to your story with active participation’. […]
Read moreTheFanPalConcept The project aims to, over a period of 3 days, gather Johannesburg [Jozi] movements to design and produce covers of their ideal fanzines while exploring the role of grassroots movements in social activism and economic development. Further, the project aims to link participating grassroots, mostly hip-hop inspired movements with keleketla!library project, Joubert Park, Johannesburg […]
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Keleketla Media Arts Project 