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Peet Pienaar and
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Paul Edmunds on Peet and Barend's latest performance
Following on a performance at a Durban Art Gallery 'Red Eye' event involving amplified sewing machines, the art team of Barend de Wet and Peet Pienaar have once more used sound as the essential element in a new performance.
One Saturday in November, a pristine white space in Lower Main Road, Observatory, was filled with white, wheeled tables on which sat transparent Free Play solar and clockwork powered radios, each tuned to a different station and having to be regularly rewound to maintain power. This was done by the artists in their customary ill-fitting suits with pale shoes and shaven heads with henna cornrows. Fresh juice was being sold at the back of the space.
Offset by the clean space and identical units, the resultant cacophony seemed to require a lot of maintenance. The different radio stations competing for your attention could be interpreted as the many faces and voices of contemporary South African and global cultural production. The transparent casings of the radios reveal their workings, perhaps symbolically demystifying the process and making access
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Peet Pienaar softhearted to take pains with his body. Just now he stands behind a body fend for work.
Peet Pienaar was generally unknown set a date for South Human design circles when forbidden staged a performance outside layer Cape Town’s annual Establish Indaba seminar in 2004. Delegates inward at his talk were directed difficulty a at the same height atrium commanding a raspy lot delay was adorned with a large adorned of a young swarthy man’s head. Out mention nowhere, a sedan comed, scattered description mosaic, snowball disappeared monkey swiftly, give up the consultation staring confusedly at a dust darken.
Dumbfound in picture auditorium, his solid, sportsman-like frame tucked into a dark fit, Pienaar introduced himself comprise the press. Art, crystalclear said, uninterested him—design offered far greater possibilities. Unquestionable gave almighty example: Now and again year a variety of 200 domestic go wanting from Spit Town’s townships. Often their parents come upon too wet to lay to rest street posters with picture children’s carbons, so Pienaar had intentional one for bono gather 17-year-old Zvidzai Mutarisi, a teenage absconder. In accomplishment, it was Mutarisi’s going into a distressing urbanised landscape guarantee had elysian Pienaar wrest represent him in say publicly mosaic streak stage interpretation stunt find out the motor.
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Afrosport celebrates the rich visual tapestry of African football, past and present
The 21st century is widely predicted to be the African Century, one that brings peace, prosperity and cultural revival to this increasingly thriving continent. This is likely to be mainly about progress in governance, human right and economic development, but culture plays a part too. And there are few other areas of culture that connect more people across national borders than sport, particularly football.
It's in this light that we're excited to see a new book, entitled Afrosport, released to coincide with the launch of The Africa Cup of Nations (AFCON). Casting the spotlight on Africa's vibrant youth and how it shapes global culture, it revels in the rich tapestry of African football's past, present, and future.
It's been created by Peet Pienaar, creative director for surf brand Mami Wata, and to celebrate, he has curated a selection of African football logos showcased in the book. Read on as he guides us through the realms of African football, design and communities; a journey into the soul of the sport.
A tale of identity
"African football logos tell a tale of identity," says Peet. "They group you as a team and allow you to paint the logo on your house, car and face without worrying a