The Stellenbosch art festival aims to transform itself into a culturally significant triennial by embracing African art, writes Melvyn Minnaar
The Stellenbosch art festival aims to transform itself into a culturally significant triennial by embracing African artAndi Norton and Helen Nabukenya, driving forces behind the Stellenbosch Triennale 2020. Picture: SUPPLIED
Like art biennials that take place every second year , triennials and quadrennials traditionally offer a snapshot of contemporary creativity. Originally a kind of nationalist cultural trophy expo, the modern version negotiates a rather more social and often political terrain. The new project takes the SOST’s objectives and efforts to new, ambitious heights, extending the town’s in-born tourist attraction to a potential international cultural audience. At the same time, the trust’s commitment to the inclusive local community remains solid, as is evident at the envisaged hubs for the event in 2020 .
Mbongwa is assisted by Nontobeko Ntombela who curated the Cape Town Art Fair in 2018, and the distinguished Ghanaian artist-writer Bernard Akoi-Jackson.Of course, punchy-poetic sounding themes are de rigueur for these seriously minded arts festivals and tend to ring if not hollow after the fact, often precociously cerebral.
A Stellenbosch Triennale makes a lot of sense, especially as the organisers seem to have a realistic view of its scope. The Stellenbosch Triennale, she says, will join a global network of over 600 biennials and triennials.
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