Archive: Issue No. 33, May 2000
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FESTIVAL NEWS Edition 1 : May 2000 Celebrate Difference Hello Cape Town ! The One City Festival 2000 will soon be upon us and this year the theme Celebrating Difference will form the point of engagement for a range of artistic presentations and cultural encounters. Falling between the 21 and 25 of September, the festival promises to build on the successes and leanings of last years, establishing the One City Festival as an important event in the city event calendar. Growing out of, and building on the One City Many Cultures project of the Cape Times, the first festival last year was an attempt to consolidate the ideals of the Cape Times campaign towards building unity and tolerance in the city. The initiative led to the setting up a joint venture partnership between the City of Cape Town and the Cape Times in a non-profit Section 21 company to develop an annual One City Festival. Last years successful festival brought together a range of partners and though the budget was small, a number of successful events and learnings has led to the first building block towards an annual platform for arts, culture and heritage. This is the first of 5 newsletters you will be receiving. Please pass our details to others who should be getting this news Festival Aims The aims of the first festival led by Mike van Graan were :
This years festival confirms these aims and commits to
Important differences in this to the last is 1. The introduction of a thematic : Celebrating Difference which invites producers, curators and organizers to work in a manner both "celebratory" and critical of the politics of difference and otherness at this time in our city 2. A separation between Core and Fringe activities in programme and media focus � the festival team will make a choice out of the range of projects happening around September for inclusion in the core programme. All other activities will be placed in the fringe publication. 3. Though there is a commitment for the festival to eventually use the entire city as a canvas and for activities � this years festival will be smaller with core activities concentrated around venues at the Grand Parade area, with additional activities in established culture venues especially those in the CBD area from Strand Street up and including the Company Gardens. There will be a choice of activities outside these areas in particular a day where the programme plans hopes to initiate activity in community venues. 4. A greater emphasis on scheduling activities (core and fringe) and programming 5. An emphasis on visuality in the imaging of the festival to position it to tap international markets Again the target for the festival includes all people in Cape Town broadly : there is this year a strong emphasis on building audiences amongst the arts and culture community, youth, local arts/entertainment venues and with business broadly. While tourists and visitors are still a strong target the emphasis is to strengthen and build audiences in Cape Town. The Future for the Festival It is important that the second festival is seen as another building block towards a bigger more financially supported festival, despite some of the uncertainties surrounding it. With the Unicity plans and elections later in year, the city�s support of arts festivals will be up for renegotiation. Although there is considerable interest in continuing a festival of an international nature the political process means that the possibility of a permanent festival infrastructure setting may be delayed. This has as much to do with limited budget as it does with political process, though the citys endorsement of the festival (and financial support) together with the support of a major media sponsor in the form of Independent Newspapers means that the building blocks for a future festival are strong. Cape Town is an important tourist destination for the country and the world and there is a growing interest in the city from the international culture industry especially in respect of Cape Towns placement in Africa and the globe. Festivals are important opportunities for economic and community development, and the uniqueness of the history, richness of stories in the region, interesting sets of cultural practices and an abundance of artistic talent makes Cape Town a premier location for an international festival of note. Timing and Venues The festival will take place over the period between 21 and 25 September (Thursday � Monday) with the 24th being Heritage day and the Monday 25th being a public holiday. Some of the venues being discussed for usage of core are : Grand Parade, Granary, Castle, City Hall, Centre for the Book (or SA Museum), community venues in black and coloured areas. It is hoped that considerable day and night time activity would be centred around the Grand Parade areas at least from the 22nd � 24th. Projects The following projects/activities are being considered as core activities
Specific Youth projects supported by the Festival
These proposals together with the proposals from the public will be evaluated in terms of financial and audience support to develop a final programme.. A more detailed set of projects will be distributed in the next newsletter. How you can get involved? Proposals for self funded projects within the designed thematic and area for inclusion in the core or fringe were called for in various media and a Public meeting will be held shortly (Sat. 13 May 2-5pm at the Mowbray Town Hall) to take questions and get feedback. Besides putting forward proposals, the festival also asks you to consider whether you would like to volunteer any services to the festival? There are opportunities to assist at the time of the Festival mainly but also leading up to it.
One City 2000 Festival The One City Festival is calling for proposals from the arts and culture community for the 21 to 25 September 2000 Festival. Self funded projects and events taking place over that period around the city will be included in the general marketing of the core festival if they fit the thematic. All other events will be given space on the fringe publication to be distributed widely. Proposals should include the following details :
Please note that the festival will not provide any finances for projects entered, but offers rather marketing and media support. Should you wish to get more details on the festival programme or details on how to apply attend the public meeting at the Mowbray Town Hall on Saturday 13 May at 14h00, or request to be placed on the Festival mailing list by sending us your details. Applications close on 23 May 2000
The One City Festival 2000 Relationship with the Arts and Culture Forum The festival is supporting the development of the Arts and Culture Forum of the City as a necessary channel to develop growth generally of the arts, culture heritage and tourism in this region. The Forum has been invited to include its newsletter in future One City mailings in 2000 and Forum members will be first in line for receiving such communication, The festival will in future work closely in disseminating information and opportunities through the Forum in various manners. We urge you to join the Forum and to assist with its growth.
Contact the Forum through Jeanne Heradien � tel 021-3932361, cell 083 7458889. P.O Box 13140 Woodstock 7945. Mailing List and Website The Festival will be using the existing mailing list of the City of Cape Town and the Arts and Culture Forum to reach the broadest constituency of creative related people in the city. If we do not have your details, we ask you to assist us by sending us those details so that we keep you informed. As the internet has revolutionized information distribution and is a cheap form of distribution, we ask if people have access to email to ensure we get it, to send information on arts happenings on an ongoing basis. A website will be designed shortly which will serve as an eventing management sources and a site for information on various arts bodies. We hope to build up a list serve for those who want information on arts activities happening in the city and for those who publicise them. Help us build an email mailing list � Send us your email to help us keep you regularly informed and send our details to friends to do the same Sponsorship and Financing The Festival is sponsored by the City of Cape Town and the Cape Times/Independent Newspapers in cash and kind and will be looking for additional sponsors within the next two months. There is a very small budget at present which is reserved for core activities. The Structure of the Festival The festival is a Section21 Company set up through a joint venture from the Cape Times and City of Cape Town. Key members of the board amongst others are :
The Board appoints the Co-ordinator, who in turn appoints the festival office staff There will be a regular steering committee meeting with the Co-ordinator, festival office and paid project managers. There will be regular meetings related to scheduling the core and fringe which will bring together various groups of people in respect to specific areas of work. The Staff
Part time organisers and Public Relations support will soon be appointed under the following areas : Exhibitions, Music, Performance, Film and Video as well as to handle the Grand Parade, Street Procession/Carnival and a T Shirt design competition. Zayd Minty Has his Honours in Cultural and Media Studies from Univ. of Natal with BA in drama and legal studies. He has worked as the Living Culture and Arts Co-ordinator at Robben Island Museum and as Director of the Community Arts Project, Previously served as board member on (the now) Artscape as well as various policy and transformation initiatives in the arts, amongst these a provincial government task group on the arts. Presently sits on two section 21 trusts � Magnet Theatre and Public Eye. Has been involved in various aspects of the arts and media since 1984 as an arts administrator, producer, curator, club manager, musician, DJ, and arts journalist. Has been involved in development and social change issues since 1986 as an activist, facilitator and researcher in both arts development and human rights. Has traveled widely internationally for arts research. Currently running an arts production, curation and arts management consultancy company, One. Amongst projects embarked on since 1992 have been BLAC : Black Arts Collective, more info on http://blaconline.mweb.co.za (an ongoing seminar series and web project); Isintu an exchange exhibition with Indigenous Australians and black South Africans, and a multimedia event Softserve 2 : Art at Play. Jeanine Schouw Has been involved in event management on an administration level. Past projects include the Telkom Internet Centre Launch at Parliament in January 2000; the Telkom funded Millennium Dinner for the disabled. Admin assistance on the �99 One City festival; project managing of the event from Nico Malan to Artscape. She has also worked as a travel agent for 6 years and has traveled extensively Patiwe Mashiyi Patiwe has a BA in History from the University of Cape Town, is a SATOUR registered tourist guide. Currently studying for a Msc in Tourism Development and Management. She serves on the Guga S�thebe Cultural Centre�s board of trustees in Langa. After graduating at UCT, she worked at the university�s administrative offices until April 1999. She has been involved in event management since 1999. Events include some the core events of the �99 One City Festival for CONXTIONS, the Millennium Dinner Dance on 1 December 1999 and, the Telkom Internet Centre launch at parliament in January 2000 Renate Meyer Renate has a BA Fine Arts Honors from Wits and a postgraduate in Museum management and curatorship. She has worked for CAMA (the Contemporary African Music and Arts Project), the W Cape Cultural commission, D6 Museum, Xo� Site Specific Art, Johannesburg Biennales (95 and 97), and has been an assistant for a number of innovative projects. Beryl Eichenberger Beryl has been involved in Public Relations, Promotions and Special Events in Cape Town for the last 12 years. Previously at Woolworths, she completed 9 years as a buyer before transferring into PR for three years. She joined Independent Newspapers Cape as Promotions Manager in 1991 and her portfolio included events such as the Cape Argus/Pick 'n Pay Cycle Tour, The Cape Times Big Walk, the Personal Finance Raging Bull Awards and managing all promotions bearing the newspapers' names. In 1999 she project managed the Cape Times initiative "One City Many Cultures" which led to the Cape Town One City Festival. She was the driving force behind the marketing and promotions side of the event. She now heads up her own public relations consultancy.
The One City Festival 2000, P.O Box 15465, Vlaeberg, 8018
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