The first podcast is up! This is the first is the series of  25 conversations and is a conversation between Cape Town based theorist, writer, curator and lecturer Andrew Lamprecht. I will be posting a new episode each week so keep checking back for more.

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I have not completely forgotten to comment on the Biennale, I promise. It was a very dense show and there is quite alot to take in! So instead of gobbling it up in the Vernissage week I am taking it slow.Considered commentary to follow soon...

In the meantime here's an image taken on my way home last night for Doug and Christian.





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Here is the list of tracks that will be at the A.V.A tomorrow. Podcasts to follow soon.



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STUDIO VISIT with CONVERSATION

opening at 6 pm
 
Monday, 25 May 2009
 
Exhibition closes on Friday 12 June 2009 at 1 pm
 
Studio Visit the exhibition embraces an open ended curatorial engagement.
The curators Bianca Baldi and Kirsty Cockerill visited as many studios as time and geographical constraints allowed over a three day period selecting artworks.
 

ARTISTS PARTICIPATING IN THE EXHIBITION
 
Barend de Wet, Pierre Fouché, Jonathan Garnham, Douglas Gimberg, Georgina Gratrix, Rebecca Haysom, Vivien K...
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In the last few weeks whilst preparing for my project Conversation I revisited the idea of your First Love in relation to artistic practice. I liked the idea of describing the first time an artist gained an awareness of art in love terms. I kept describing this as the moment or the first encounter with art, I asked participants to describe this to me. For some this first encounter was pointed and specific for others not so much.

Later on twitter I saw a post by Bridget Mcnulty heralding the In...
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