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24 Apr 2021
A work from Variations On a Lofted Bend by Kyle Morland, which is running at blank projects in Cape Town until 29 May
Variations On a Lofted Bend
In his sixth exhibition with blank projects, Kyle Morland leaves behind the expansive linear forms of his earlier sculptures, retaining only their points of intersection. Borrowing techniques and principles from the engineering field, he interrogates in detail those precise moments of transition, or mergence, from one shape into another, bending sheets of metal in an investigation of what are known in technical terms as “lofted bends”.
Internationally renowned Kafkaâs Ape is a must-see SA play
By Kedibone Modise
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The Centre for the Less Good Idea is currently hosting a mini-season titled âA Kafka Momentâ to pay tribute to prolific writer Franz Kafka.
His work features isolated protagonists, facing bizarre or surrealistic predicaments and incomprehensible socio-bureaucratic powers.
He is known for exploring themes of alienation, existential anxiety, guilt, and absurdity.
Some of the productions showcasing at the âA Kafka Momentâ include âKafkaâs Apeâ, âOdradekâ, âA Common Confusionâ, and âA Hunger Artist Hungerâ.
The mini-season forms part of an invitation of âKafka s Apeâ by the University of Toronto, Canada, to showcase their work to an online audience.
A still from Ragnar Kjartansson s 2018 video Figures in Landscape (Friday), which will be offered at auction by Christie s on 25 March in support of the Healing Arts campaign
The World Health Organization and a coalition of cultural partners will next week launch a “call to action” to galvanise the arts in countering the mental health crisis of isolation, anxiety and bereavement caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
Known as Healing Arts 2021, the global campaign kicks off with a week of virtual talks and events on 22-26 March in collaboration with University College London, Tate galleries, Italy’s Castello di Rivoli Museum of Contemporary Art, the UK’s newly formed National Centre for Creative Health, the Hospital Rooms charity and the Saudi philanthropic foundation Community Jameel.