From my limited experience, there is at least one crowd around here, who
can be relied upon to really keep pushing the boundaries and who will, given half a chance
do their very best to drag Jo’burg – even or especially if kicking and
screaming – into contemporary art.

The Premises Gallery at The Johannesburg Civic Theatre

presents

Kazoo

- it’s a live art thing
Performance/ Live Art:
Play, Action, Intervention in Public and Private Spheres

LaunchEvent: 2nd of December 2006,
doors open at 6pm, performances
begin at 7pm

Performances in Public Places: 3rd of
December 2006

Left to Right: Anthea Moys – Snow Swim Team (Switzerland, 2006); Juliana
Smith - Super Green Apple Girl -
Hambakahle (Johannesburg, 2006); Benedikt Partenheimer – Anna falling (Germany, 2005)

The launch of Kazoo, at Premises
Gallery on Saturday December 2nd is the first ever international annual
event of its kind in Johannesburg. At the opening there will be maps
available for performances/ actions and interventions that will be held
in Johannesburg in Public Spaces on Sunday, December 3rd.

In South Africa there is a trend
in art towards issues that are socio-political and have a limited
audience. We recognize the relevance of these issues; however we are
aiming to look at things through a different lens. Our intention is to
be unpredictable, accessible and more democratic. We believe that the
more playful side of art needs to be given attention. It is our goal
through Kazoo to promote performance art which focuses on play, action
and intervention. We hope to give local and international, emerging and
established artists working within the Live Art/Performance Art arena
an opportunity to engage with the people and space within the city of
Johannesburg. In turn we will try and reach a diverse audience that
will create an exchange between artist and community. The artists we
have chosen are working in ways that are playful in nature, engaging,
which break the typical ideas of performance and deal with issues of
space and accessibility. We want the people of Johannesburg to be
excited about art.

Participating
Artists:

Juliana Smith (USA), and Anthea
Moys (SA) are pleased to present the following artists, Penny Siopis
(SA), Benedikt Partenheimer (Germany), Lerato Shadi (SA), Alison
Kearney (SA), Ella Ziegler (Germany), Barend de Wet (SA), Simon Gush
(SA), Donna Kukama (SA), Karin Lustenberger (Switzerland), Sarah Burger
(Switzerland), Maja Marx, Edda Holl (Germany), Jemma Kahn (SA),
Nhlanhla Thulane (SA), Nina Barnett (SA) and Robin Nesbitt (SA), Timo
Mueller (SA) and Jonas Etter (Switzerland), and Miss Yucki (SA).

Kazoo is proud to have the
support of the American Embassy,
Goethe-Institut, Wits School of Arts, Absolute Vodka and Red Bull.

Event Enquires:
Anthea Moys 084-822-6577 / Juliana Smith 076-612-8290
kazoo.liveart@gmail.com

Loveday Street,
Braamfontein, Johannesburg, South Africa
www.onair.co.za/thepremises
thepremises@onair.co.za

Gallery Hours –
Tuesday – Saturday
10h00 – 17h00

the trinity
session
www.onair.co.za
office@onair.co.za

Directors –

Stephen Hobbs
+27 (0) 11 403 8358
sh@onair.co.za

Marcus Neustetter
+27 (0) 11 339 2785
mn@onair.co.za