Mail & Guardian’s weekly selection of hot ticket events highlights these in Cape Town.
♦An initiative of Chimurenga, Pan African Space Station presents Floating Points aka Sam Shepherd, a musician, composer, producer, DJ and neuroscientist based in London. He will be performing a deep-house-oriented vinyl DJ set using his rotary “travel” mixer to combine his own productions with a vast array of influences. Supporting acts are Sakhile Moleshe and Xee, who come together as Globalize Yourself Stereo (GYS).
WHEN March 7 from 6pm until midnight. WHERE Guga S’thebe Theatre, Langa, Cape Town . INFO R70 presale at selected outlets or R100 at the door. Visit or email info@chimurenga.co.za
♦Stevenson Cape Town presents two solo exhibitions: paintings by Nigerian-born, United States resident Odili Donald Odita titled Third Degree of Separation; and two photographic series by Sabelo Mlangeni — My Storie, which focuses on one of Johannesburg’s oldest suburbs, Bertrams, and premiered at the Liverpool Biennale in 2012, and No Problem photographed in Alexandra township between 2011 and 2013.
WHEN Until April 11. WHERE Stevenson, Somerset Road, Woodstock, Cape Town. INFO Visit
♦Infecting the City 2015 sees a new format with a team of curators presenting a programme of works. Each group on the programme (lettered A-E) is loosely clustered around an idea or theme. The team members (under the leadership of Jay Pather, who has curated four iterations of Infecting the City) were chosen for their different backgrounds and disciplines and have diverse ideas about how art functions in public space and how audiences interact with public art.
WHEN March 9-14. WHERE Streets of Cape Town. INFO All the events are free. Visit
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