Don't Entertain Apartheid: Support the Cultural Boycott!
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Part of 2-MEDU POSTERS
Artists: Judy Seidman
Medu Art Ensemble
Don't Entertain Apartheid: Support the Cultural Boycott!
Part of 2-MEDU POSTERS
Artists: Judy Seidman
Medu Art Ensemble
Part of 2-MEDU POSTERS
Artists: Thami Mnyele and Tim Williams
Medu Art Ensemble
Culture and Resistance in South Africa
In this paper, Keorapetse Kgositsile argues that art and culture play a role in the struggle against Apartheid. Kgositsile, a poet and acclaimed writer, regards literature as being a key site of struggle. He suggests that literature "must serve the interests of the people in their fight against a culture which insists that they should be robbed". Kgositsile reflects on the contributions of literature to the struggle which he believes are both artistic and "functional" to the needs of the people.
Medu Art Ensemble
Culture and Resistance Conference and Art Toward Social Development Exhibition Pamphlets
There are two (duplicate) pamphlets that provide brief information advertising for both the Culture and Resistance Symposium and the Art Toward Social Development Exhibition. Included within the flyer is a schedule for the Culture and Resistance Symposium with the dates and main topics for each day, together with the registration form that had to be filled by all attendees. The exhibition is advertised as being comprehensive, dynamic and historic for people. The exhibition aimed at having open discussion with the artists about the direction of South African culture.
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Critical Perspectives: The Role of the Visual Artist
What is the role of the visual artist in the struggle and how is it judged as "art"? Gavin Jantjes discusses how visual art should challenge the interiorisation of Western artistic evaluation (and its pressures on artistic quality) and rather appeal to instill in ones own community a meaningful interest in both their culture and art. He regards black artists as being sidelined on the global stage and urges artists to fight racism and eurocentricism in art.
Medu Art Ensemble
Medu Art Ensemble
Bringing the Struggle into Focus
"There is an undeniable responsibility of photographers in South Africa to use photography as a medium to establish a democratic country". The author argues that a sensitivity to everyday experiences is key to realising this responsibility. The paper deals with the "role of culture in photographic communication, the formation of our [South Africa's] resistance culture, our country's uniqueness and how this affects the level of awareness of people, the relevance of technique and the outlets for committed photography".
Medu Art Ensemble
This document, composed by the Medu Art Collective, is a political input calling for a cultural boycott against Apartheid. This boycott aims at foreign artistic or cultural groups touring South Africa, boycotting the Apartheid government's cultural events and for progressive organisations to collectively and diligently organise these boycotts against Apartheid.
Medu Art Ensemble