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Infecting the City preview Performances in the Company’s Gardens.
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17:00 to Sanjin Muftic 19:00 We Don't Need No Education
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Koleka Putuma and Nicole Fortuin Yellow Sunday
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Performance: 19:45 Zander Blom Live
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IN CASE OF LOADSHEDDING!
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15 on Orange Hotel
Societi Bistro
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Rembrandt in South Africa: Pioneer Printmaker of Humanity and Modernity Major institutions from around the country, including Iziko, have collaborated to bring you the biggest collection of etchings in the country by Rembrandt van Rijn C a p e To w n (1606–1669), one of the world’s Hollow Hotel most revered artists.
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Selected viewing times at 18:00, 19:00 and 20:00 Max 140 persons per show; tickets available at the ISAM and will be issued on a first-come, first-served basis on the night.
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Company’s Gardens Restaurant
6. Iziko Old Town House
4. Iziko Planetarium Full Circle: Star lore comes back to Africa Will the Square Kilometre Array – the biggest assembly of telescopes in history – finally answer the all-important question: Where do we come from? Or will we carry on dreaming? Find out at Full Circle: Star Lore comes back to Africa.
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Performances: 17:30 Rainbow Academy Choir 18:00 Emile YX? – Mixed Mense 18:30 Rainbow Academy – African music performance 19:00 Artist walkabout with Sue Williamson (meet at 6.45pm in the foyer) 19:00 Rainbow Academy – Jazz Performance 20:00 Hessian+
Including other select exhibitions Performance: Video Installation: Disclosure by collaborating artists; Deborah Weber, Damien Schumann, Gina Waldman, Elgin Rust, Lisa Bauer, Maxim Starcke, Margaret Stone, and Michelle Liao.
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2014 Wildlife Photographer of the Year Feast your eyes on astonishing photography of wildlife captured in their natural habitat. Since the competition’s humble beginnings in 1965, modern technology has allowed photographers to explore further, higher and deeper into the natural world than ever before.
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Any scheduled loadshedding should not go on past 6.30pm. Please be patient and enjoy the food, music and performances around the Company’s Gardens until the museums re-open their doors.
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3. Iziko South African Museum
Singing Freedom: Music and the Struggle for Freedom in South Africa Singing Freedom tells the story of the role of music during the struggle against apartheid. The music includes a diversity of early compositions; various freedom songs that were an integral part of the lives of freedom fighters; and more recent hip-hop music from the Cape Flats.
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Jews of Struggle: The Jewish National Movement in the USSR, 1967–1989 A powerful exhibition on the Soviet Jews’ struggle for the right to emigrate to their motherland, Israel between 1967-1989. The exhibit focuses on the ‘refuseniks’, those whose immigration applications had been rejected, and the methods they employed in their battle with the Soviet authorities.
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Penny Siopis exhibition walkabout with Ernestine White (meet in Room 1)
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Shared Sky A collaboration with South African and Australian artists, this extraordinary exhibition celebrates humanity’s ancient cultural wisdom, alongside the Square Kilometre Array radio telescope project.
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There’s something I must tell you: An exhibition by Sue Williamson Six iconic women involved in the struggle against apartheid chat with their Born Free granddaughters about their turbulent pasts, and what it means to be free in South Africa today.
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William Kentridge: The Refusal of Time (In collaboration with Philip Miller, Catherine Meyburgh and Peter Galison) Famous scientific theories are brought to life in this collaborative exhibition. William Kentridge’s recent installations integrate moving image, sound, theatre and sculptural elements to explore themes of science, globalisation, colonialism and memory.
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From African Earth: Celebrating our African Clay Vessel Heritage Did you know that Africa has an age-old tradition of creating pit-fired ceramic vessels by hand? See examples from South Africa to Egypt, on display alongside contemporary vessels by local ceramicists from Ceramics Southern Africa countrywide.
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Time and Again: A retrospective exhibition by Penny Siopis Take a trip down memory lane with contemporary artist, Penny Siopis, whose retrospective exhibition Time and Again encompasses over 30 years of work. Many of her iconic artworks have become part of the country’s heritage.
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5. Iziko Slave Lodge
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Museums, Exhibitions & Performances
In case of emergency, contact the CCID 082 415 7127
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Free! Mahala! Gratis!
Welcome to Museum Night Cape Town’s inaugural Museum Night is free and open to the public, allowing you to walk between the museums in and around the Company’s Gardens until late. In addition to the exciting exhibitions on display you can expect an unforgettable programme of performances throughout the night.
The Thursdays, in partnership with Iziko Museums of South Africa are proud to present
There is no fixed route - start anywhere and consult the map and programme to decide where to go and what to see.
Museum Night is a collaborative initiative and would not be possible without the collective support and energy of all partners involved.
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‘Like’ the Iziko Facebook Page, sign up for email updates from Iziko, and stand a chance of winning one of these amazing prizes: A two-night stay for two, including breakfast, at Three Cities Inn on the Square on Greenmarket Square. A two-night stay for two, including breakfast, at African Pride 15 On Orange Hotel. A dinner voucher to the value of R300 – from Societi Bistro.
Participating Museums: Iziko South African National Gallery
A dinner voucher to the value of R250 – from The Company Garden Restaurant
South African Jewish Museum Iziko South African Museum Iziko Planetarium Iziko Slave Lodge
Win with Iziko Museums of South Africa!
With additional support from:
Cape Town Hollow Boutique Hotel 3 course dinner for 2 including a bottle of house wine The Taj Cape Town – Dinner for two guests at Mint, the Local Grill. Afternoon Tea for two guests in the Taj Cape Town Lobby. Cheese board for two and two beverages.
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Experience the museums in and around the Company’s Gardens in a new light after dark.
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Submit this form at one of the participating Iziko venues on Museum Night (once you’re done using the programme of course). Submission boxes can be found at the entrances each museum, where you can also sign up for membership to a number of the museums' "Friends" groups.
Enjoy your night, but please be mindful of the spaces you are in and the cultural assets around you. Works on exhibition are not to be touched. You are encouraged to take photographs of each other and the museum spaces - but please don’t photograph individual art works. No eating, drinking or smoking is allowed within museums. Backpacks, large bags, and umbrellas are also to be left at reception.
