Africa Centre

We provide a space dedicated to the celebration, creation and performance of contemporary African artistic and intellectual expression. We recognize that this voice is the fruit of an ever evolving conversation, argument and counter-argument and as such the Africa Centre aims to reflect this multiplicity of identity, be proactive as well as reactive and always provocative. The Africa Centre is a h

othouse for avant-garde ideas, sewing original avenues for exchange and debate. A brain trust with capacity to project manage, partner with other organizations, sponsor, curate and develop an archive of resources. We are a curious citizen committed to social activism and a sustainable future, as well as the capacity of art to enhance the full range of the human experience. The Africa Centre was established in 2005 as an international arts and culture centre and social innovator based in Cape Town, South Africa. The vision of the Africa Centre is brought to life with a number of projects that either play out through the calendar year, or online. They are the fruit of our determination to actively participate in altering and enriching cultural and social exchange in society. The Africa Centre presents a fleet of projects that include:
Artist in Residency Programme – in partnership with eight residencies from around the world, this project will award, across artistic disciplines, eight residencies for 2011/2
* Badilisha Poetry X-Change – weekly online podcasts that celebrate the languages, cultures and styles of presenting pan-African poetry
* Infecting the City – a public arts festival that stages and exhibits thought-provoking works in the communal spaces of Cape Town
* Pan-African Space Station – a genre-busting exploration of global African music that turns on sound interventions across Africa via its online radio station.
* Space for Pan African Research Creation and Knowledge – a Pan-African initiative of experimental multi-disciplinary residencies, workshops, exhibitions, publications and performances centered on innovative approaches to urban space.
* Spier Contemporary – the largest visual and performance art biennale in Africa, featuring artwork from over 100 artists at each of its iterations.
* Talking Heads – a multi–layered, knowledge-sharing platform conceived to profile the ideas, visions and manifestations of the extraordinary people living on this continent.
* WikiAfrica – an international collaboration that, through a range of crucial interventions, redresses the critical imbalance of factual information about Africa on Wikipedia.