In Conversation with Patrick Bongoy are Deirdre Prins-Solani and Malika Ndlovu at Southern Guild on National Heritage Day, Saturday 24 September.
Pain, memory, loss, liberation – how does art and the creative process serve as both memory-maker and archive whilst catalysing imagined futures? You are invited to join to join with artist Patrick Bongoy, poet Malika Ndlovu and heritage specialist Deirdre Prins-Solani, delving into the subject matter and broader context of Bongoy’s current solo exhibition, Unseen Dimensions of the Known.
Born in Kinshasa in 1980, Patrick Bongoy’s work has largely reinterpreted the ongoing human and environmental erosion, violent economic extraction, and forced migration in his native DRC. His current solo, Unseen Dimensions of the Known (on view until 29 September) extends towards themes of wider resonance with the human condition, and what personal or collective liberation means.
Deirdre Prins-Solani is an internationally sought-after specialist in education, culture and heritage. She is a facilitator for the global capacity-building programme of UNESCO’s Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage, in which capacity she has conducted training across Africa, the Caribbean and Asia Pacific. Her current research explores the ways in which living heritage, memory and interior worlds can inform transformative and inclusive urban planning.
Malika Ndlovu is a poet, performer and applied arts practitioner whose contribution to South African culture spans over 25 years. Her words and productions have appeared on pages and stages across the globe. Her varied endeavours embody her belief that “creativity is medicine to us all – whether we access this to produce great art for the public or to heal and grow ourselves, to honour our humanity.” Ndlovu is a frequent collaborator of Patrick Bongoy.
WHAT: In Conversation with Patrick Bongoy
WHERE: Southern Guild, Silo 5, Silo District, V&A Waterfront, Cape Town 8001
WHEN: Saturday, 24 September 11 am –1 pm
RSVP: EÂ rsvp@theguildgroup.co.za
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