Preview POWER OF SITE Sculpture Exhibition Winter 2019
5 May 2019 SAST (+02:00)
NIROX Sculpture Park
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Preview │ POWER OF SITE
Winter Sculpture Exhibition │ Sunday 5 May
NIROX Sculpture Park
An exhibition of sculptures, installations & performances.
NIROX Foundation invites you to the preview of the Winter 2019 Sculpture Exhibition Power of Site on Sunday 5 May. Guided tours of the exhibition will be conducted by curators
Lorena Guillén Vaschetti & Adam Jeppesen:
Lunch will be served in two sittings courtesy of NITA's Kitchen in the NIROX Pavilion, featuring NITA's now-famous harvest table, meze platters, fresh focaccia and delicious desserts.
Bernie's Bar will keep guests hydrated with a variety of beverages including botanical Flowstone Gin & Tonic, homemade ice-tea and fresh juices.
- Guided tours: 11h00 │ 16h00 │ 18h00
- Lunch sittings: 12h30 │ 14h30
Lunch reservations to be made at NITAS's here.
Entrance tickets to the park are R120 per adult and can be purchased online or at the entrance on the day.
Children under 12 enter free of charge.
Students & pensioners R100 available at the door.
Doors open at 10am.
NIROX is a non-profit trust for the benefit and enjoyment of the arts.
Your entry fee is applied directly and solely to maintain the park and support the arts.
POWER OF SITE:
About one million years after that first spark, a stone’s throw from the first campfire – now the core of the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site, where NIROX Sculpture Park lies at its heart – 20 artists from around the globe explore and reflect upon the sources, control, sustenance and sharing of the energy that underpin and dominate existence.
The course of humankind periodically pivots due to a moment of insightful genius: a lightning strike - or perhaps the friction of two stones - was once transformed into the first controlled fire, a critical evolutionary landmark in the development of society. The control over energy is, and will always be, defining the history of humans, providing at once the wonders and the controversies we face today.
Against this backdrop curators, Lorena Guillén Vaschetti and Adam Jeppesen, have invited artists from far afield to bring their voices to the exhibition POWER OF SITE.
Participating artists:
- Marina Abramović (SRB)
- Willem Boshoff (SA)
- Richard Forbes (SA)
- Riyas Komu (IND)
- Richard Long (UK) (Existing works)
- Gerald Machona (SA)
- Rhett Martyn (SA)
- Marco Miehling (GER)
- Michael Mieskes (GER)
- Moataz Nasr (EGY)
- Olu Oguibe (USA)
- 58 Collective: Elena Rocchi (ITL) & Hester Reeve (UK)
- Jake Singer (SA)
- Danae Stratou (GRC)
- Adejoke Tugbiyele (USA/Nigeria)
- Lorena Guillén Vaschetti (ARG)
- Warther │ Dixon (SA)
- James Webb (SA)
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Preview │ POWER OF SITE
Winter Sculpture Exhibition │ Sunday 5 May
NIROX Sculpture Park
An exhibition of sculptures, installations & performances.
NIROX Foundation invites you to the preview of the Winter 2019 Sculpture Exhibition Power of Site on Sunday 5 May. Guided tours of the exhibition will be conducted by curators
Lorena Guillén Vaschetti & Adam Jeppesen:
Lunch will be served in two sittings courtesy of NITA's Kitchen in the NIROX Pavilion, featuring NITA's now-famous harvest table, meze platters, fresh focaccia and delicious desserts.
Bernie's Bar will keep guests hydrated with a variety of beverages including botanical Flowstone Gin & Tonic, homemade ice-tea and fresh juices.
- Guided tours: 11h00 │ 16h00 │ 18h00
- Lunch sittings: 12h30 │ 14h30
Lunch reservations to be made at NITAS's here.
Entrance tickets to the park are R120 per adult and can be purchased online or at the entrance on the day.
Children under 12 enter free of charge.
Students & pensioners R100 available at the door.
Doors open at 10am.
NIROX is a non-profit trust for the benefit and enjoyment of the arts.
Your entry fee is applied directly and solely to maintain the park and support the arts.
POWER OF SITE:
About one million years after that first spark, a stone’s throw from the first campfire – now the core of the Cradle of Humankind World Heritage Site, where NIROX Sculpture Park lies at its heart – 20 artists from around the globe explore and reflect upon the sources, control, sustenance and sharing of the energy that underpin and dominate existence.
The course of humankind periodically pivots due to a moment of insightful genius: a lightning strike - or perhaps the friction of two stones - was once transformed into the first controlled fire, a critical evolutionary landmark in the development of society. The control over energy is, and will always be, defining the history of humans, providing at once the wonders and the controversies we face today.
Against this backdrop curators, Lorena Guillén Vaschetti and Adam Jeppesen, have invited artists from far afield to bring their voices to the exhibition POWER OF SITE.
Participating artists:
- Marina Abramović (SRB)
- Willem Boshoff (SA)
- Richard Forbes (SA)
- Riyas Komu (IND)
- Richard Long (UK) (Existing works)
- Gerald Machona (SA)
- Rhett Martyn (SA)
- Marco Miehling (GER)
- Michael Mieskes (GER)
- Moataz Nasr (EGY)
- Olu Oguibe (USA)
- 58 Collective: Elena Rocchi (ITL) & Hester Reeve (UK)
- Jake Singer (SA)
- Danae Stratou (GRC)
- Adejoke Tugbiyele (USA/Nigeria)
- Lorena Guillén Vaschetti (ARG)
- Warther │ Dixon (SA)
- James Webb (SA)