19 September - Arts, Culture & Environment

In today’s show we were joined by Billy Nell - from Africa Aeorspace and Defense. AAD has been exhibiting Africa’s largest aerospace, defense and security air show since Monday and the AFB Ysterplaat international air show will be taking over the sky from the 20th and the 21st of September. All of the major suppliers of civil and military aerospace, defence, and security equipment to the South African government will be represented in Cape Town by top ranking executives. So we were talking about the Air show. If you want any additional information about the show, you can contact the Africa Aerospace and Defense media centre on (021) 511 5141 or visit their website www.aadexpo.co.za

We also heard from Jenny Altschuler - from the South African Centre for Photography. Jenny is the 2008 director of this dynamic Triennial festival of Photography. The festival will display photographs taken by 115 photographs from all over South Africa and the pictures can be viewed at a number of art galleries in and around Cape Town. We were talking about the Emergence and Emergency photography festival that will be running till the end of November. Information can be accessed through www.photocentre.org.za or through the centre's office on (021) 462 4911 or call Jess on 082 681 5513, Jenny on 0829355522 or Rima on 0827406543.

Khadija Heeger and Harrison Makubalo were also instudio. They were here to talk about Badilisha! – An African Poetry X- change that will be launched at the Africa Centre on Heritage Day. Formerly known as the Spier Poetry Exchange this project - which in late January 2008 took the form of a one-week festival with a series of educational community-based satellite activities – has been further developed by the curators Malika Ndlovu and Lorelle Royeppen –Viegi in a range of poetry and related activities throughout the year. Khadija and Harrison will be part of the feast of ten Cape Town - based poets who will perfom during the launch of the first series of events - a National Heritage Day event entitled Belongings: A Poetic X-ploration of Heritage. It will be hosted at the Africa Centre in 44 Long Street on Heritage Day from 15h00 to 17h00PM. Be there or be squared!!!
PICS: Cindy Witten

We closed off the show with an interview with Carol Kaufmann - curator of African Art at the Iziko Museum. They will be exhibiting “Voices of the Ancestors” which is a display of musical instruments from South, East and Central Africa draws on the collections of the Iziko Art Divison and the large holdings of the Iziko Social History Division. Many of these instruments have not been exhibited to the public before and some are virtually unknown today. We were talking about the exhibition to take place at the Iziko South African National Gallery on Heritage Day Wednesday 24th of September. For more information you can call Iziko on (021) 467 4661 or visit their website www.iziko.org.za

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