Constitution Hill in association with Kalashnikovv Gallery Presents Basha Uhuru Arts and Culture Festival
Basha Uhuru is a 4 day youth festival that celebrates creative culture and freedom of expression in South Africa. A comprehensive look at the wealth of talent and artistic energy that flows through our country, showcasing diverse mediums from visual & performance art to film, music and poetry.
THIS FESTIVAL IS COMPLETELY FREE ON ALL FOUR DAYS ! INCLUDING THE MUSIC FEST ON THE 13TH JUNE. ALL AGES WELCOME !
* Wednesday 10TH *
“Conversations of Freedom” Youth Debate and Networking Sessions
Youth Debate Session (2 to 5pm)
Moderated by Banele Rewo of I CREATE,WE CREATE.
Topics – Only to be announced at the Opening of the debate session to keep the panel and audience spontaneous.
1st three Featured Panelist
Mcebo Dlamini
Sam Turpin
Inge Raubenheimer
Serisha Letchmiah
(6 to 9pm)
The Design Share Party – Basha Uhuru Edition (6 to 9pm) Curated by Neo Ragkajane
Featuring:
Rasty Knayles
Ithateng Mokgoro
and You.
The Design Share Party @ Basha Uhuru is an annual event where Young Artists and people concerned with Art share their work and inspiration. The Design Share Party @ Basha Uhuru talks began in 2014 with one idea in mind: to become a place where people could go and listen to young creatives share their thoughts, works and lives. It’s core purpose is celebrating Youth Month through freedom of artistic expression.
Where creatives and anyone interested in creative culture can network in a conducive environment. It is an event where we blur the line between experienced and younger speakers in order to facilitate skills transfer. In 2014 attendance surpassed our expectations with over 500 people attending the event. We decided to make the event an annual feature on Joburg’s creative calendar. Entry is free and the talks are held in an informal, accessible atmosphere.
* THURSDAY 11TH *
“Expressions Of Freedom” – Exhibition Series
Opening of “Expressions Of Freedom” – curated by The Kalashnikovv Gallery at (Womens Jail Exhibition Space.)
Time: 6:00pm
“Expressions of Freedom” will feature works by some of the most innovative and exciting young artists living and working in Johannesburg today. The exhibition presents the dynamic and youthful creative culture that has emerged in post-apartheid South Africa. The works on display hope to reflect the country’s current contemplation of issues of gender,sex, popular culture, sub culture, politics, access to information and identity across race. The artworks depict a broad cross section of people within their individual, family and subcultural lives, observing social and materialistic influences, manifesting throughout our society. All the Participating artists explore what it is to be young and creative in South Africa at this time in History.
Featured Artists
Brian Molepo
Tabita Rezaire
Lazi Mathebula
Megan Mace’s Mom
Jamal Nxedlana
Nicholas Nesbitt
Mongezi Mcelu
Brooklyn J Pakhati
Minenkulu Ngoyi
Inge Raubenheimer
Zwelethu Machepha
Isaac Zavale
Joe Turpin
Jean Michel Wickli
Opening of “On the back of his words” Exhibition – Curated by Assemblage (Mens Jail Exhibition Space.)
Time: 7:00pm
“On the back of his words”, curated by Assemblage, is a show in retort to King Zwelithini’s recent speech that has lead to contention throughout South Africa. The show explores the notions of belonging, what forms a South African identity, perspectives of foreignness, (de)colonisation and monarchical practice.
Featured Artists
Vivien Kohler
Matt Hazell
Ana pather
Io Makandal
Nicci olivier
Renee Johannes
Michele Mathison
Janet Wilson
Anthea Pokroy
Louise Ross
Phumulani Ntuli
Opening of “Audio Abstraction – Studio Sessions” – curated by The Kalashnikovv Gallery at (Fort Wall Exhibition Space.)
Time: 7:30pm
Observing the creative process of audio creation and live manipulation in the realm of the usually private studio space. Then Each individual artists feed will then be re routed into a larger live “mashup” room.
Featured Artists
* FRIDAY 12TH *
“Visions of Freedom” – Mini Film Festival and a Theatre piece.
Time: 6PM
Curated by the Kalashnikovv Gallery
“Future sounds of Mzansi” By Spoek Matambo and Lebogang Rasethaba
“Jeppe on A friday” By Arya Lallou and Shannon Walsh
“The Existential Ape”” By Emma Tollman
“No man is an island. Every man will meet her end. I am the Lord thy God, thou shalt have no other God before me.”
* SATURDAY 13TH *
BASHA UHURU RIDE FREE 2015
HECTOR PIETERSON MEMORIAL
Time: 9:00am
The aim of “Ride Free” is to link two vitally important South African heritage sites, Constitution Hill and The Hector Pieterson Museum. Celebrating 21 years of democracy with a cycle tour from Soweto to Braamfontein, using the bicycle as the mode of transport from the past into the future. Both heritage sites represent the struggle that our country has overcome and it is important that the youth of today understand and remember the relevance of the historical events that took place on the 16th of June 1976. “Ride Free,”will bring people together for an uplifting and healthy activity, facilitating social cohesion and nation building at the same time as bridging history within the contemporary youth of South Africa – creating a “critical mass” of remembrance and in turn a positive collective movement into the future.
‘’Ride Free,” forms part of the Basha Uhuru Arts & Culture Youth Day Festival, which is where the “Ride Free,” participants will arrive on the other end of their journey. The riders will be greeted by the Basha Uhuru Sounds of Freedom Music Festival.
Featuring
Hunter Cycling
Fixin Diaries
Thesis Lifestyle
Whippet Cycling Co.
Instabikerides
“Sounds of Freedom” – Music Festival
Hosted Siyabonga Mthembu (The Brother Moves On)
Time: 12 PM noon
Main Stage:
Featuring:
Fantasma
Shortstraw
ADMIRAL & JAH SEED
Mashayabhuqe KaMamba
BCUC
MOONCHILDsa
TSA Nobody Else
BLK JKS Soundsystem
Revivolution
Sam Turpin
Bye Beneco
Zuko Collective.
SOL PHENDUKA
Yugen Blak Rok
DJ Sunday Morning
NOKA KIKULU
YOUTH Stage (Curated by DJ Sistamatic)
Featuring:
Hlasko
Micr.Pluto
Jabu Electric
Gsand
Rootage
DJ Bubbles
Fly Machine
Eye On Feather
Zetina
Sledge Lee
Federations
Ms Isis
Tribal Rebel Ludi
Thank you to all who have made this festival possible – Constitution Hill (South Africa), Assemblage, Gauteng Film Commission. G.G.D.A, Department Of Justice, and Redbull