3 NEW WORKS
MUSA HLATSHWAYO
KWA ZULU NATAL
PORTRAITS OF (BLACK) MEN WHEN CONFRONTED BY THE MIRROR
A collaborative project between Musa Hlatshwayo and Val Adamson. This project confronts male ‘non-performers’ with themselves. Musa Hlatwayo engages participants with questions and their own reflection while Val Adamson captures the layers of engagement and reflection through his portraiture. This will also extend to a parallel exhibition of the portraits.
AMADODA
This video collage stages AMADODA at various unexpected locations:
An old spaza shop in Maphumulo which has been turned into a walk-in gallery; the roof; the Jojo tank’s stand; the rooftop of the store room; the main selling area; the long narrow store room; the back foyer/ kitchen; small narrow room; a forest of gumtrees in kwaZulwini (Gogo’s land); the skateboard park, the promenade and a designated Durban pier; S’fiso’s studio: a roundval in Madundubala
WORDS SPOKEN
An interview with Musa decoding the language and the imagery used in the piece will be the main focus of this segment. This will be echoed or accompanied by the recorded interactions, in video format, with the participants. The aim would be t capture their reactions as they get briefed, when they were being photographed or after they have been photographed. These clips could be captured through the candid camera format or through a direct question and answer type of interview. The focus will be on capturing both their emotional responses, the physical language they projected as well as the words exchanged.
These works are conceptualized, preparatory work cannot be initialized as we have not received PESP funding from the National Art Council.
Choreographer and director
Musa Hlatshwayo
Mhayise Productions
DOP and editing
Cobus van Heerden
Photographer
Val Adamson
Documenting photographer
Simanga Zondo
Dramaturge and assistant editor
Wesley Maherry
Production coordinator
Michael Broderick
Stage manager and technician
Lerato Ledwaba
Dancers
Thabang Mdlalose
Sphamandla Shange
Musa Hlatshwayo
Wandile Nodliwa
Tebogo Mncwabe
Rickshaw driver
(tbc)
Musicians
Thokozani Mhlambi (cello)
Mduduzi Mbuyazi (percussion and pipes)
Featured elders
Mr N Chonco
Mr VS Hlatshwayo
Featured youngsters
Madundubala’s long boys
Stage hands
Aphelele Nyawose
Snethemba Khuzwayo
Thube Mnyandu
Nosipho ‘Small’ Chiliza
Drivers
Lindokuhle Kunene
Sphamandla Nsele