Working primarily with discarded bedsprings sourced from forgotten and neglected spaces in Johannesburg’s CBD, Katz has produced a body of work titled Erf. The exhibition is a continuation of Katz’s process-based work, through which she explores the potential of her material to serve as markers and representations of space and memory. Artworks/ Installation/ Openning Featured … Read more
3 MAR – 3 APR 2018 Visiting artists Libita Clayton and Celina Portella present a joint exhibition, culminating the end of their respective residencies at Bag Factory Artists’ Studios. Celina Portella is a Brazilian artist with a dance background. She keeps a direct connection with the choreographic universe, from where her interest in … Read more
20 SEP – 4 OCT 2018 Engaging in theories of time, chaos, probability and randomness, the exhibition marks the artist’s consistent push to make sense of the chaotic nature of overwhelming global cultures, socio-politically, psychologically, and personally. In short – the works on this exhibition are rooted in conversations about the nature of one’s … Read more
24 JAN – 22 FEB 2019 Bag Factory Artist’s Studios, in partnership with Blessing Ngobeni, invites you to join us for the opening of Simphiwe Buthelezi’s solo exhibition LALA LA, curated by Chumisa Ndakisa. As the recipient of the 2018 Blessing Ngobeni Art Prize, Buthelezi has spent three months in residence at the Bag … Read more
Curated by Carlyn Strydom28 February – 20 March 2019 ‘What is South Africa, even? Vol.2’, a group exhibition curated by Carlyn Strydom, recipient of the Bag Factory Artists’ Studios 2018 Curatorial Development Programme, features works by Jasmin Valcarcel, Thina Dube, Ronald Muchatuta, Vivien Kohler, Neo Gilder, Andrew Ntshabele and Simphiwe Buthelezi. The exhibition is … Read more
Mmamoloi, Moloi, Mamoloyi, Ba Re Wa Loya: Fuck Your Fake Ass History (Presented By Mamoloyi Healing Ministries) “The settler makes history and is conscious of making it. And because he constantly refers to the history of his mother country, he clearly indicates that he himself is the extension of that mother-country. Thus the history which … Read more
Opportunity Description Post:Contract:Remuneration:Hours:Location:Closing date:Interviews:Commencement: Project Assistant (Internship)Fixed term, 4 months (1 December 2020 – 31 March 2021)R 5,700 per month (cost to company)9am-5pm, 3 days per weekBag Factory, JohannesburgWednesday 2 December 2020 (10am SAST)Thursday 3 December 2020 (via Zoom)7 December 2020 The Bag Factory has two paid internship positions available as part of the Presidential … Read more
ONLINE EVENT Are we not makers of history? Digital publication launch and panel discussion 02 DEC 2020, 7pm (SAST) / 6pm (AST) | Facebook Live Join us for the launch of the digital publication, Are we not makers of history? edited by Luamba Muinga (Angola) and Sara Carneiro (Portugal/Mozambique), produced during the Luso-Linkup virtual curatorial … Read more
This exhibition is about conversations we have about outward situations that fill the mind with sorrow, and then go about contributing to the same situations by individually seeking power, domination and achieving. The discussions about how dreadful society is without realising that we part of society and we are equally responsible for for all the … Read more
Wandering In Silva, or “in the forest” you will encounter a visual narrative “brought to life”. Similar to a tableau vivant or a “living picture”, a visual narrative can either be performed live or depicted through an artwork. Conventionally the actors are stationary and silent, carefully posed with props and scenery while the emphasis is … Read more