(Pic
by John Hogg)
The Virtual National Arts Festival
programme is slowly starting to emerge – it has been cocooned away as the
Curatorial Committee got to grips with reimagining what this festival could
become. Now, just short of 30 days before ‘lift-off’, the organisers are
leaning in to its complexities.
The Festival’s website is readying itself
to become a virtual stage: all events will be accessed through the website
portal – both curated work and un-selected ‘fringe’ events. The Curated
Programme is a schedule of events that will be released each day from June 25 to
July 5, 2020.
These daily programmes will consist of
pre-recorded performances (theatre, music, dance), films, live broadcasts,
visual art ‘walkabouts’, workshops, and more. These programmes have been
carefully curated around a theme and the preamble to each day’s programme will
provide the framework for that day’s offerings.
“The Virtual Fringe (vFringe) is a
pay-per-view platform where anything goes! Well, almost. We will be carefully
monitoring submissions to make sure they’re in line with universally accepted
online presentation standards. But, that said, similarly to the Fringe in
Makhanda, this is where you will find artists experimenting with their creative
instincts – bending the rules to fit this new world. Here you’ll find comedy,
performance art, cabaret, magic (of course) and lots more. Tickets will be
priced from R25 and we hope you’ll support all our artists as they, together
with you, explore this new digital space,” says the Curatorial Committee.
Read more about how it will all fit
together on website:
VISUAL
ART
Deadline
for T-shirt designs: May 31 2020.
Online exhibitions open infinite
possibilities
While there are many changes ahead as the
National Arts Festival moves into the digital realm, visual art remains a
constant on the programme. A wide-ranging and eclectic collection of works from
South Africa and beyond will be available to view and explore online between 25
June and 5 July.
Using a variety of technologies, the
curated programme of the Virtual National Arts Festival includes 2020 Standard
Bank Young Artist for Visual Art Blessing Ngobeni; Pitika Ntuli’s solo
exhibition Azibuyele Emasisweni (Return
to the Source), which features works sculpted in bone; and Phumulani
Ntuli’s Frequencies of a
Birthmark_Episode 1, a Creative Digital Arts exhibition that explores clan
name lineage and histories in a virtual reality architectural walkthrough. This
is just a taste of the selection of works soon to be announced.
There will also be a vibrant visual art
element on the vFringe this year, with artists invited to exhibit their work
online on a new-look, multifunctional National Arts Festival website that is
currently under wraps.
YOUR CHANCE TO WIN R5,000!
Win a R5,000 cash prize and an all-access
pass to #VNAF2020 with your design for the Festival souvenir T-shirt.
Deadline extended to midnight May 31, 2020
Sign-up here to get the details.
https://nationalartsfestival.us8.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=a3973d5e66e55803d545b5dcf&id=53ddfa6300
ARTIST
ZONE
Opportunities for artists
THE FRINGE IN 2020: Artists wishing to take
part in the vFringe, a new digital platform created especially for artists to showcase
their work as part of the Virtual National Arts Festival as well as earn an
income online, should visit the Artist Zone on the NAF website for more
information.
VISUAL ART ON THE vFRINGE: Visual artists
who would like to exhibit their work on the new-look National Arts Festival
website as part of the online vFringe galleries should get in touch as soon as
possible. Find out the details and fill in the online form here:
MARKETING YOUR WORK ONLINE: You can make
the work but then comes the marketing! To help you figure out how to get more
clicks on your online show, we’ve assembled a squad of extraordinary marketers
and strategists to give you the best advice for marketing online. Join National
Arts Festival Communications Manager Sascha Polkey as she hosts a discussion on
the best approaches to promote your work online. TODAY Friday May 29 at 14h00.
Register here https://zoom.us/webinar/register/4815893657492/WN_PRyB9tINT4ihGL3GjfilBw?utm_source=National+Arts+Festival&utm_campaign=9c92cc52ed-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_3_5_2018_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d2398227f0-9c92cc52ed-259175121
VIRTUAL GREEN: Crafters, creators and
resellers can pitch their digital stalls on our website walls. Find out more
and apply to be part of it by filling in the online form here. We'll be hosting
a webinar about participating in the online market next Friday June 5 at 14h00.
Register here
(To link direct to the NAF site click on
the large banner that runs across the top of this blog or visit
https://www.nationalartsfestival.co.za or visit Facebook:
www.facebook.com/nationalartsfestival; Twitter: @artsfestival or Instagram:
nationalartsfestival)
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