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Het jy Dominique Botha se aangrypende openingstoespraak by die Suidoosterfees se visuelekuns-program gemis – of wil jy dit weer beleef? Lees die volledige toespraak hier op LitNet: https://www.litnet.co.za/komvandaan-waar-die-natuur-jou-naam-onthou-suidoosterfees-2026/ Die Suidoosterfees se visuelekuns-program is vanjaar saamgestel deur kurator Carin Bester en moontlik gemaak deur die ondersteuning van die Spier Arts Trust en die Wes-Kaapse Onderwysdepartement (WKOD). Reposted from @suidoosterfees_sof

We are very excited for this year's @suidoosterfees_sof Our founder and Artistic Director @carin.bester is the Curator of the Visual Arts programme Komvandaan: Where nature remembers your name The Suidoosterfees visual arts programme for 2026 connects with this year’s theme, Home, through Komvandaan: Where nature remembers your name. With this, we invite festivalgoers to discover how nature holds our stories and origins like a place that has always known you and always will, no matter how long you’ve been away. Across the festival grounds you’ll find exhibitions and performance art that play with organic textures, natural materials and elements drawn from the landscape. Artists share their own ways of thinking about heritage, ecology and that deep sense of belonging we all seek. In a country like South Africa, where ‘home’ carries so many layers of history, change and healing, Komvandaan reminds us how strongly the earth holds our stories. Our roots are never lost – they live on in soil, water, wind and memory. Take a walk through this vibrant art space where personal and collective stories meet. Here you’re reminded: nature never forgets your name. 9 Exhibitions - Rooi-Land @yonela_makoba - Stillewe @francesv.h_mohair @siyabongafani @siyanda_ceramics - Chrysanthemum-voorskou - The National Chrysanthemum Society of South Africa - Fisherchild @thefisherchild @lodeffilms Urchin Studio - oos wes tuis bes, Group show curated by Anne-Ghrett Erasmus Coetzee - Komvandaan, Group show curated by Carin Bester - Dans lat die stof so staan @gary_frier_ @terencelovespainting @pierre.cloete a @figureof8dancetheatre project - Art on the Mountain a group show, project by @hermien_art - Cycles of Change - a student exhibition in collaboration with @wced_official 2 Performance Art Pieces - Maak Ons Tee, with @yonela_makoba - Haar pad huis toe, with @lynette_duplessis @michevanwyk in collaboration with @workingtitle_curation 1 Audience participating installation - Die betekenis van 'tuiste' See you 29 April - 3 May @artscapetheatre Made possible by @spierartstrust #sof26 #VisualArt #performanceArt #installation #artprogramme

We are incredibly proud of and excited for our artist who are currently at The My Body My Space Festival @fa_theatrecollaborative thank you so much for having us.. @lynette_duplessis @newmaneddie398 @joy__ofearth Both Plastic Not So Fantastic and Blinkers show tomorrow. #MBMS26 #workingtitle #LiveArt #artasactivism

We are incredibly excited to be part of this years My Body My Space Festival @fa_theatrecollaborative Plastic Not So Fantastic is an interactive live art piece that highlights the damaging impact of plastic pollution. The performance blends movement, sound design, and visual elements to create a visceral commentary on society’s dependence on single-use plastics. It calls attention to the urgent need for change, urging the audience to reconsider their own consumption habits and the broader societal dependency on plastic. The piece encourages reflection on individual responsibility and collective action to address plastic pollution. Conceptualised by our Artistic Director @carin.bester creative mentorship by @sjaka_s_septembir in collaboration with artists @lynette_duplessis & @joy__ofearth Initially made possible by @suidoosterfees_sof @kknkfees and @workingtitle_curation Live Art Weekends. Images 2& 3 Julian Van Heerden 4 @nanamaria_nanamaria_ MBMS National Arts Council of South Africa (NAC) @nacsouthafrica The Presidential Employment Stimus Programme, Department of Sport, Arts and Culture @sportartsculturersa Mzansi Golden Economy (MGE) DCSR Rising Sun Emakhazeni Local Municipality - ELM Oppenheimer Memorial Trust The Forgotten Angle Theatre Collaborative University of Johannesburg Arts & Culture Gearhouse Splitbeam Pty. Ltd. The BUZ Hive movement_story_technology Christo Doherty Dope, Hot & Fresh - Multimedia Chazon Tekna School : 201-468 NPO Absolute Leisure Cottages, Machadodorp, Old Mill Hotel, The Grey's Inn, Elands River Lodge #MyBodyMySpace #MBMS2026 #community #plasticnotsofantastic #workingtitlemultimediacuration

We are hard at work on some exciting projects for 2026 and while we wait to share all that with you let's look back our last Live Art Weekend -Soft Rebellion which took place in Dec @baxtertheatre With - @harmoniousarrangement @toko.llo @nomzvilakazi @cheryl_traub_adler @gartherasmus @zaneliza_ @sangempambani Mihlali Ngweni @purculier_art @thato_darkerthanblack Thank you @appster for these beautiful images.. #workingtitlemultimediacuration #LiveArtWeekends #LiveArt #PerformanceArt #ArtAsResistance

Plastic Not So fantastic Suidoosterfees Curated by Carin Bester

Sometimes the curator needs to take a moment🌼 Thank you 2025... See you all in the New Year! 2026 is going to be full of new things and we cannot wait. 💥 📷 @cheryl_traub_adler

Thank you @baxtertheatre and staff for hosting Working Title's Live Art Weekends. A special thanx to Xola Mntanywa 💥 Thank you @faniswa_yisa , @newmaneddie398 and @kobusdelagrange for your support and making the Live Art weekends possible. Thank you to all the artist who participated in Live Art 2025, your creativity and passion validates all the work. DeConstructing Gender - @aimeepullon.art @donder_voeltjie @andiicolombo @iamgracestorm @mamello.makhetha Soft Reblion - @harmoniousarrangement @toko.llo @nomzvilakazi @cheryl_traub_adler @gartherasmus @zaneliza_ @sangempambani Mihlali Ngweni @purculier_art @thato_darkerthanblack Thank you @thecaperobyn for the interviews and reviews. Thank you @nanamaria_nanamaria_ & @appster for the incredible pictures. Thank you @blqgrl.radikl for always being an amazing mentor to the artists when needed. Thank you to Working Title's directors @karlikroek @leeannvanrooi I appreciate your support for the vision and work. 2025 had many challenges but we made it and I @carin.bester am super excited for 2026 and all it has to offer. 💫 Too more Live Art, too more meaning and rebellion! #WorkingTitle #LiveArt

Don't miss the last Live Art Weekend for 2025. Soft Rebellion Dates: Thursday – Saturday, 11 - 13 December 2025 There will be a short Q & A session with the artists after the performances on Thursday 11 December Venue: The Masambe Theatre at The Baxter Theatre Centre @baxtertheatre Time: 19:00 Runs approximately 90min. Tickets available at Webtickets R160 Full Price - R100 Student / Pensioner / Group Booking Please be aware some performances will take place outside. No under 16’s @purculier_art @thato_darkerthanblack @nomzvilakazi @zaneliza_ @sangempambani @cheryl_traub_adler @harmoniousarrangement @carin.bester @newmaneddie398

Soft Rebellion A Live Art Weekend Dates: Thursday – Saturday, 11 - 13 December 2025 There will be a short Q & A session with the artists after the performances on Thursday 11 December Venue: The Masambe Theatre at The Baxter Theatre Centre @baxtertheatre Time: 19:00 Runs approximately 90min. Tickets available at Webtickets R160 Full Price - R100 Student / Pensioner / Group Booking Please be aware some performances will take place outside. No under 16’s @purculier_art @thato_darkerthanblack @nomzvilakazi @zaneliza_ @sangempambani @cheryl_traub_adler @harmoniousarrangement @carin.bester @newmaneddie398

Soft Rebellion A Live Art Weekend Dates: Thursday – Saturday, 11 - 13 December 2025 There will be a short Q & A session with the artists after the performances on Thursday 11 December Venue: The Masambe Theatre at The Baxter Theatre Centre @baxtertheatre Time: 19:00 Runs approximately 90min. Tickets available at Webtickets R160 Full Price - R100 Student / Pensioner / Group Booking Please be aware some performances will take place outside. No under 16’s @purculier_art @thato_darkerthanblack @nomzvilakazi @zaneliza_ @sangempambani @cheryl_traub_adler @harmoniousarrangement @carin.bester @newmaneddie398 📷 credit Nomandla Vilakazi

Working Title LIVE ART WEEKENDS present - Soft Rebellion In a world marked by the noise of severe ongoing injustice, Soft Rebellion invites artists to explore tenderness as resistance. This Live Art Weekend calls for works that transmute harm, choosing beauty not as ornament, but as evidence of survival. We seek beauty that provokes. That unsettles. That asks: how do we see differently when we refuse to meet brutality with more brutality? This is softness not as weakness, but as strategy. Let it be seen. Let it be felt. Curated by Carin Bester Featuring Artists Amogelang Pila Ditlhale & Thato Ditlhale - Reimagination of Blackness: Re-narrating Perceptions (Video Art) Cheryl Traub Adler & Garth Erasmus – Erase / Mark / Hold Nomandla Vilakazi – “The Exhibition” Smamkele Mentyisi & Sange Mpambani – Nkanyezi kaSililo: Initiation Zizi Onkabetse Masizana – Vroulikheid Dates: Thursday – Saturday, 11 - 13 December 2025 There will be a short Q & A session with the artists after the performances on Thursday 11 December Venue: The Masambe Theatre at The Baxter Theatre Centre Time: 19:00 Runs approximately 90min. Tickets available at Webtickets R160 Full Price - R100 Student / Pensioner / Group Booking Please be aware that some of the performances will taking place outside. No under 16’s Image credits Smamkele Mentyisi