The Long March to Freedom and the Century City Art Trail are great attractions to lure you on the Day of Reconciliation – or any other day in fact! Tatum Sieni, of Century City, tells us about these two features, which are definitely worth a visit, in an interview on Sanlam’s Arts Round Up on Fine Music Radio FMR 101.3fm.
The Sanlam Gallery Round Up is brought to you every Friday, at 15h45, on Drive Time on Fine Music Radio. Next Friday, 17 December, the focus will be on the Johannes Phokela exhibition at Zeitz MOCAA in an interview with Senior Curator, Storm Janse van Rensburg.
- Long March to Freedom
The Long March to Freedom, a monumental procession of 100 life size bronze statues and the largest exhibition of its kind anywhere in the world, is open to the public at Century City.
The individual bronze artworks depict South African and international icons, some famous and others unknown, and tell the story of South Africa’s 350 year struggle for freedom and democracy.
Historic Figures Reflecting the Country’s Diverse History and Cultures
The Long March to Freedom is a one of a kind concept. A tour through the procession is an immersive and moving experience as visitors connect with the lives of the persons so vividly created in bronze. From the Khoi leaders of the 1600’s, Doman and Autshumato, Louis van Mauritious and the Stuurman Brothers; to proud Xhosa and Zulu Kings, Maqoma, Shaka and Dingaan; to the men and women who led the struggle through the dark apartheid years, Helen Suzman, Oliver Tambo, Albert Luthuli, and to international leaders such as Heile Selassi and Martin Luther King Jnr, the procession is a sweeping narrative statement of South African pride in the country’s diverse history and cultures.
The bronze artworks themselves are created by an all South African team of artists and trainees, foundries, historians and other experts. The quality and visual appeal of these statues and the minute attention to detail are as absorbing as the inspiring stories of the individuals.
WHERE: Century City, Century Boulevard, opposite Canal Walk Entrance 4, (adjacent to Fives Futbol), Century City, Cape Town 7441
OPENING TIMES: Mon – Sat 10:00 to 18:00 (Last admissions 17:00) Sun & Public Holidays: 10:00 to 16:00 (Last admissions 15:00)
TICKETS: available at Computicket or at ticket office
- 28 Artworks on the Century City Art Trail
Most of the exhibits are outdoors and range from the Impromptu Pavilion (the starting point on the map of the Trail) in Century City Square celebrating South Africa’s diversity and its 11 official languages to sculptures by Right Mukore to the Station Walkway and its graffiti artwork welcoming pedestrians from the Century City Station.
IMPROMPTU PAVILION Vivid Architects Located at Century City Square
is an ‘architecture meets art’
installation that provides scale
and interest at The Square.
The Century City Art Trail is being spearheaded by the Century City Arts Foundation, an independent, Public Benefit Organisation, formed by the Century City Property Owners’ Association (CCPOA), the non-profit company responsible for the day to day operations of Century City which represents all stakeholders in the burgeoning Century City precinct.
The art trail is open to the public free of charge. See the Century City Art Trail HERE
For more information, see the Arts + Crafts Map
WHERE: Century City, Cape Town 7441
INFO: E tatum@centurycity.co.za | Visit Century City
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