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MOTORING ON JSB
GUEST: NICO SMIT
09H10 FREEDOM MONTH
Wrapping Up Freedom Month with a space we all need to visit and learn from. THE CASTLE OF GOOD HOPE in the Western Cape. 29 Years into our democracy what are the lessons they are highlighting for us to learn from our past and present?
GUEST: CALVYN GILFELLAN - CEO Castle Control Board
The theme for Freedom Day 2023 is Consolidating and Safeguarding Democratic Gains and this year, the Castle of Good Hope, for centuries associated with armed colonial conquest and apartheid oppression, will again host a program in support of this appropriate theme.
- After the Euphoria how do we safeguard the gains of our democracy • The work of the Castle of Good Hope
- Does reflecting on our History in any way help us make improved ac tions for the progress of our country
- South Africa in decades to come; how do you foresee future genera tions would see our decisions when they become the content of future museums
- How do we visit the Castle of Good Hope
Calvyn Gilfellan, CEO of the Castle Control Board: Since the euphoria of that memorable day almost 30 years ago, there has been a worrisome decline in the voter outcome in South Africa since 1994. I sense that it is primarily the youth who do not practise their constitutional right to vote. There was also a considerable voter education drive pre-94, and not much was done post the historic 27 April 1994. In light of these and other disturbing trends in our body politic, the Castle is doing its bit by hosting a dialogue to understand why the youth is not participating in this pillar of our hard-fought freedom and democracy. Who is at fault? Who is to blame? Did the promises of 1994 falter?
These are a few hard questions the youth will ask society and its democ ratic leadership. Youth Democratic Vote Dialogue, where learners and youth, the Independent Electoral Commission, and others will debate the importance of the vote and the reasons behind voter apathy.
09h20 JSBART
In earlier centuries, flowers were coveted status symbols, today they are traded global ly as a mass product. Currently, the flower is coming into focus as a fragile yet indis pensable component of our global eco-system. With objects from art, design, fashion and natural science, Flowers Forever offers an elaborately staged tour through the cul tural history of flowers from antiquity to the present day.
GUEST: OWANTO – Visual Artist
The presentation comprises around one hundred and seventy works from international collections as well as installations created especially for the exhibition. Important ex amples from the histories of art and design enter into a fruitful dialog with new artistic approaches. The exhibition features works by Jan Brueghel the Younger, Abraham Mignon, Barbara Regina Dietzsch, Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Hannah Höch, Andreas Gursky, Miguel Chevalier, Ann Carrington, Patricia Kaersenhout, Kehinde Wiley, DRIFT, and many other artists. They all bring the multifaceted cultural history of flowers to life in impressive ways.
MORE ABOUT THE GUEST:
Owanto is a multi-cultural Gabonese artist born in Paris, France. She was raised in Libreville, Gabon, and later moved to Europe to study Philosophy, Lit erature and Languages at the Institut Catholic de Paris in Madrid, Spain. Owanto’s multidisciplinary practice emerges from a 30-year ca
reer where she explores a variety of media, including photog raphy, sculpture, painting, video, sound, installation and per
formative works. A practice that enables her to engage with
consciousness through the notion of memory, both personal and collective.
In 2009, Owanto represented the Republic of Gabon at the 53rd Venice Biennale with a solo show entitled “The Lighthouse of Memory – Go Nogé Mènè”, being the very first artist from
Central Africa to exhibit solo in a National Pavilion. Through
the use of archives and found documents her proposal traces the past to shape the future, honouring the title “Go Nogé
Mènè” which means “building the future” in her mother
tongue. Central to her artistic proposal is the question “OÙ
ALLONS NOUS?” (Where Are We Going?). A poetic, om
nipresent, important, fundamental and universal probe.
Owanto’s interest in memory leads her to construct new utopian worlds while reflecting on the concepts of identity, transfor
mation and evolution. As the daughter of a Gabonese mother and French father, influenced by Africa, Europe, colonialism
and the earth, the artist explores cross-cultural and transhis
torical dialogues. She seeks to interrogate the meaning of
existence and of her personal and shared history.
https://www.afronova.com/artists/owanto/
09:35 – JSB SESSIONS
GUEST: DUDU MAKHOBA – Jazz Musician
Dudu started to sing in the choir and soon appreciated her gift, her smooth, soft chocolate voice. Although Dudu as pired to study for and pursue a degree in Psychology, her exposure to Jazz music created a deep burning passion and fascination. Constantly developing her soulful jazz voice Dudu then decided to complete her National Diploma in Jazz and Popular music at Central Johannesburg Col lege (CJC).
Through the years Dudu has performed for various crowds in different spaces both nationally and internationally.
09h50 – KNOW YOUR WORLD
SABC EDUCATION
Today the kids were asked ….Have you ever heard about the bermuda triangle ? What are some of the things you've heard about it?