National Arts Festival goes virtual

THE National Arts Festival is going virtual this year with a programme that includes visual art, and an exciting and eclectic collection of online works from South Africa and the world that will be available to view and explore between 25 June and 5 July.

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Using a variety of technologies, the curated programme includes 2020 Standard Bank Young Artist for Visual Art, Blessing Ngobeni, Pitika Ntuli’s solo exhibition Azibuyele Emasisweni (Return to the Source), which features works sculpted in bone, and Phumulani Ntuli’s Frequencies of a Birthmark_Episode 1, a creative digital arts exhibition that explores clan name lineage and histories in a virtual reality architectural walk through.

This is just a taste of the selection of works soon to be announced.

There will also be a vibrant Fringe visual art element to the Festival this year, and artists are invited to exhibit their work online as part of vFringe 2020. Festival Fringe Manager Zikhona Monaheng, said: “We have facilitated this space for artists to showcase their work and also for buyers to be able to connect directly with artists and potentially even commission works.”

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Artists will be provided with a page on the Festival?s website where they can display examples of their artwork in a digital exhibition format.

While the Festival will not provide e-commerce facilities, viewers wishing to commission or purchase artwork will be able to access the contact details, websites and social media details of the artists.

Festival CEO Monica Newton, said: “We hope that audiences that may not traditionally visit art exhibitions during the live Festival, will, this year, find time to browse through these virtual galleries.”

Registration to participate is free. Work will be pre-moderated to ensure that images comply with universal guidelines for online presentation. Submissions for artists’ work is now open and will close on 15 June.

Queries can be directed to fringe@nationalartsfestival.co.za. Visit: www.nationalartsfestival.co.za.

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