TIES (Performance)
Angelinah Maponya
Schedule
European Premiere
Northwest, South Africa produces 50% of the world's platinum and 70% of the world's chromite. TIES deals with visible and invisible power and powerlessness, respectively, of the workers and inhabitants of Bapong, one of the mining cities there – including the traces of past and present narratives. Angelinah Maponya wants to direct attention to the economic and sociopolitical exploitation by the local and international mining industry, to corruption, low wages, land expropriation and environmental destruction. The population has been deprived of its livelihood and any compensation is an empty promise. In the processing of narratives and thoughts of the community who inherited the land, the work provokes questions for responsibility while dealing with the spectre of the unspoken and unjust cases that still haunt the current political and socio-economic environment.
As a combination of performance and installation using video projection und immersive elements TIES let the visitors participate in the research. For the production Angelina Maponya conducted field research on-site.
Biography
Angelinah Maponya just completed their dual master programme in International Dramaturgy at Cape Town University and the University of Amsterdam and works currently as a Design Lecturer and Supervisor at Rhodes University in Grahamstown. As a visual storyteller and performer in dramaturgical training, Angelinah Maponya deals with interdisciplinarity in live performances in their artistic practice and is interested in generative art through research. TIES premiered at Johannesburg’s THE FORGE.
Nondumiso Lwazi Msimanga is a performance artist and provocateur looking at, describing, and archiving life as a cultural critic. Her practice is about listening and acts of misunderstanding. She takes on different roles as an artist, author, explorer, teacher, and dramaturge.
Lungile Cindi, architect, stage designer, and actor, has designed drafts for various theatres, exhibitions, films, and TV productions. Among his work repertoire are PRIMAL by Tshepo Ratona, AMEND by Sibusiso Khwinana, EXPELLED FROM LIFE, THE INDEDEL, and UNDER THE SHADE (a Matthew MacFarlane opera).
Nancy Maponya is stage manager and music artist and interested in archive and research. In the project TIES Nancy Maponya worked as a research assistant. She archived footages and interviews, contributing to the conceptual documentation.
Cast
Direction, Performance, Production & Sound Design Angelinah Maponya Dramaturgy Nondumiso Msimanga Technical Design Lungile Cindi Stage Management Nancy Maponya
Info
02.11.
14:00-22:00 Installation
03.11.
15:30-16:00 Installation
16:00-16:30 Performance
16:30-22:00 Installation
04.11.
15:30-16:00 Installation
16:00-16:30 Performance
16:30-22:00 Installation
For the program NOTHING TO DECLARE we offer a day pass on 3. and 4.11. each:
03.11. 32€ / reduced 16€ (6 performances)
04.11. 24€ / reduced 12€ (4 performances)
Excluded is the production PLANTAGE DACHAU.
Accessibility
Production & Realization
Co-Production The Forge | SPIELART Theaterfestival
Special gratitude goes to Willem Erven Dorens (Soundscapes) | The Centre for the less good idea for rehearsal space
