Zim Ngqawana Concert in Stellenbosch |
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On 1 March 2010, Aryan Kaganof’s new film, The Exhibition of Vandalism, was shown during a colloquium of the Department of Music. The event was attended by the film maker, who afterwards talked about the film and answered questions. The Exhibition of Vandalism documents a musical ritual performed by the acclaimed musicians Zim Ngqawana and Kyle Shepherd. The film shows how Ngqawana and Shepherd make music in the vandalized space of Ngqawana’s Zimology Institute outside Johannesburg. The musicians use, amongst other things, the broken pianos and building debris, while Kaganof’s camera interprets the events in a virtuoso, musically sensitive epic of grief and loss. Fundamentally the film speaks to the broken and torn fabric of South African society, and the place of music in such a society. It is a defiant answer to Adorno’s question about the role of art in a history that has become utterly dystopian.
Die Raad: Lizabé Lambrechts, Natasje van der Westhuizen, Annemie Stimie, (April 2010)
ZIM NGQAWANA CONCERT HELD IN STELLENBOSCH After the the viewing of Aryan Kaganof's film, An Exhibition of Vandalizim at a departmental colloquium, a number of students at Stellenbosch University arranged a concert with Zim Ngqawana and Kyle Shepherd on 1 May 2010 at Star Metals, Tennantville. Footage of this event can be seen on the South African Music Research Blog. (May 2010) More about Zim Ngqawana
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