UMAA DURBAN JUNE 2018
PROGRAM SCHEDULE | 23, 24 and 30 June, 2018
(Detailed schedule below)
Saturday 23 June, 09-17 – seminar, field trip and action research (Denis Hurley Center, Durban)
Sunday 24 June, 11-17 – seminar and workshops (Denis Hurley Center, Durban)
Saturday 30 June, evening – performance (City Hall, Durban)
DAY 1
Saturday 23 June, 09-17
Denis Hurley Center, 2 Cathedral Rd, Durban Central, Durban, 4001
9-9.45, Welcome
Marcus Neustetter, artist, cultural activist, artistic director of ISEA 2018
Raymond Perrier, director of the Denis Hurley Center
Dr. Tanya Toft Ag, researcher, curator, founding director of Urban Media Art Academy
Susa Pop, curator, director Public Art Lab, founding director of Urban Media Art Academy, initiator of Digital Calligraffiti
9.45-10.30, INPUT TALK: Rituals in African Culture
By Dr. Bernard Matolino, Senior Lecturer at University of KwaZulu Natal
10.30-10.40, Welcome by Francois Venter, Goethe-Institut South Africa
10.40-10.50, Introduction to FIELD TRIP
field trip guidelines with Mikhail Peppas, initiator of KulturWalks program
11.00-15.00, FIELD TRIP to places of intersecting rituals
with Mikhail Peppas, initiator of KulturWalks program
Action Research: pay attention with all your senses: smell, sound, vision, physical interaction
15.00-17.00, ACTION RESEARCH SESSION: Intersecting Rituals In Durban
Facilitated by Dr. Tanya Toft Ag and Susa Pop
Rituals analysis and methodologies of clusterin
DAY 2
Sunday 24 June, 11-17
Denis Hurley Center, 2 Cathedral Rd, Durban Central, Durban, 4001
11-11.15, Welcome and Program of the day
11.15-12, INPUT TALK: Rituals in Urban Media Art
(What Urban Media Art Can Do)
Curatorial inquiry and showcases by Dr. Tanya Toft Ag and Susa Pop
How do artists work with rituals, and why? How can urban media art intervene in urban rituals and introduce new ones?
12-13, IDEATION WORKSHOP: Urban Interfaces and MAPPING Rituals in the City
by Tanya Toft Ag and Susa Pop
Departing from the field trip, the participants develop ideas for urban interfaces and rituals relevant for Durban
13-14, Lunch break
14-15.30, WORKSHOP: Digital Rituals for Social Change
by Magnus Ag, founding director of Bridge Figures
15.30-16, INPUT TALK: Designing Urban Interfaces for Intersecting Rituals
by Michael Ang, artist and engineer, developer of the infl3ctor / Digital Calligraffiti
16-17, WORKSHOP: Drawing with the Infl3ctor: Mapping the rituals in the city
Participants learn how to use the infl3ctor and write down their best messages from the field trip
Winston Pub, 9 Clark Rd, Glenwood, Durban, 4001
20-23, PERFORMANCE: Digital Calligraffiti@Winston Pub, Opening of ISEA
Best messages from the Urban Media Art Academy will be live written and projected at the Winston Pub during the opening of ISEA