Deadline for
Applications: February 27, 2019.
The KZNSA Gallery, in collaboration with ZERO1, US Consulate Durban, and
the US Department of State’s Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, has
announced the American Arts Incubator — South Africa open call for
participants.
American Arts Incubator (AAI) is a creative exchange programme that
utilises community-driven digital and new media art projects to instigate
dialogue, build communities, bolster local economies, and further social
innovation. Each incubator addresses a relevant social or environmental
challenge such as economic equity, youth empowerment, gender equality, and
environmental sustainability.
AAI South Africa consists of a series of art and technology workshops
taught by visiting American artist Ram Devineni focused on addressing youth
empowerment through the creative industries, the development of collaborative
team project prototypes, and an open house to share participant creations with
the public. Participation in the incubator is free of charge. Participant teams
will receive small grant funding to develop their collaborative project
prototypes. The programme will be held at the KZNSA from April 12 to May 6,
2019.
Devineni is the creator of the augmented reality comic book, Priya’s Shakti and Priya’s Mirror, which
received the Tribeca Film Institute New Media Fund from the Ford Foundation and
supported by the World Bank, and showcased at 2016 New York Film Festival. He
was named a “gender equality champion” by UN Women for creating India’s first
female superhero who is a rape survivor. He was named by Fast Company magazine
as one of the most creative people in business in 2017 for his innovative use
of augmented reality to address social issues.
The organisation is looking for participants with:
• An interest in technology, new media, and/or digital art; experience
in the arts is a plus
• An interest in addressing youth empowerment and the creative
industries
• A desire to learn from new perspectives and new tools
• A willingness to work and create in a collaborative environment
• Age 18+ (participants under 18 can apply but must be partnered with
adults on projects)
• Youth, women, and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply
Pop Culture and Interactive Art for Social Change
Participants will learn the process of creating pop-culture artwork such
as comic books, street art, and other formats with added levels of
interactivity using augmented reality. The first part of the workshops will
focus on determining local social challenges that participants would like to
address, and sourcing stories around them using standard documentary methods.
Interview stories will then be used create socially-engaged comic books and
street art, which will then be tied together using augmented reality to create
an interactive experience.
• Workshops: April 13 to 19, 2019
• Project development: April 20 to May 2, 2019
• After the workshops, participants will be divided into teams and
provided small grants to develop project prototypes. [Artist name] will lead
teams through the process of developing a proposal, prototyping, and preparing
to share their work with the public.
• Open house and panel review: May 3 and May 4, 2019
• Teams will share their prototypes with the public in an open house,
and present their creations to a panel who will provide feedback to support
their future sustainability. The open house will be held at KZNSA Gallery, 166
Bulwer Road, Durban.
Submissions will be accepted until February 27, 2019.
To apply, fill in the online application form online at
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf1xLTvKFjL3DdSulGIqtvln6QAvUlptxBalgqxZdTrMOSJ5g/viewform
The KZNSA Gallery is situated at 166 Bulwer Road, Glenwood, in Durban.
More information on 031 277 1705 or cell 082 220 0368 or visit www.kznsa.co.za
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