Date/Time
Date(s) - 03/03/2016 - 24/03/2016
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Location
UJ Art Gallery
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The overall winner of the PPC Imaginarium Awards 2015/16, chosen from five finalists in the categories of film, sculpture, industrial design, jewellery design and fashion design, will be announced at the UJ Arts Centre at a gala event on Thursday, 3 March 2016. The top contender will take home the grand prize of R100 000, with the category finalists each receiving R50 000, and runners-up R15 000 each. The awards, launched in 2014, have rapidly become one of the country’s largest and richest art and design prizes to support emerging creatives.
Having evolved from the longstanding PPC Young Concrete Sculptor Awards, the PPC Imaginarium Awards encourage artists and designers to create and express their abilities using Portland cement-based concrete as a primary base or material. The emphasis is placed on innovation – a criterion that has resulted in dynamic and progressive works that truly push the limits of cement and excite the imagination. In addition to the monetary rewards, category winners will also receive career development opportunities and mentorship from various thought leaders in their respective industries.
A total of 47 regional finalists were selected from 698 entries. Their works will be part of a travelling exhibition, which will move from Cape Town to the UJ Art Gallery (open to the public from 4 to 24 March 2016), and then on to Pretoria in the first half of 2016. In the latter half of the year, the exhibition will feature at the Turbine Art Fair and at 100% Design South Africa, both taking place in Johannesburg.
Awards director and well-known architect Daniel van der Merwe considers the standard of this year’s entries as exceptional: “We can already see that the exhibition of the finalists’ work is going to prove exciting and stimulating for the public. All of this attests to the validity of the PPC Imaginarium Awards and their relevance in the South African art and design context as a platform for promoting emerging talent.”
Submissions were judged by a regional panel of industry heavyweights, chosen for their notable achievements in their respective sectors.
The finalists are:
FILM Category winner: Kyle Goulden
Runner-up: Francois Knoetze and Zara Julius
FASHION Category winner: Hester Erasmus
INDUSTRIAL DESIGN Category winner: August de Wet
Runner-up: Ivan Brown
SCULPTURE Category winner: Janna Kruger
Runner-up: Esther Pohl
JEWELLERY Category Winner: Mignon Dauberman
DATES: 4–24 March 2016
TITLE: PPC Imaginarium Awards finalist exhibition
ARTIST: PPC Imaginarium Awards finalists
LECTURES: Con Cowan Theatre, APB Campus, Bunting Road, Auckland Park
Tuesday 8 March 2016 at 13h00:
Creativity: Daniel van der Merwe, architect, technical advisor PPC Ltd
Tuesday 15 March 2016 at 13h00
Talk by the finalists of the PPC Imaginarium Awards 2015/16
Please book before 8 March 2016 with [email protected]
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Closed weekends and public holidays
LOCATION: APK Campus, Cnr Kingsway/University Rd, Auckland Park
CONTACT: UJ Art Gallery:
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ABOUT THE FACULTY OF FINE ART, DESIGN AND ARCHITECTURE
The Faculty of Art, Design and Architecture (FADA) offers under- and postgraduate programmes in eight creative disciplines: Architecture, Fashion Design, Graphic Design, Industrial Design, Interior Design, Jewellery Design & Manufacture, Multimedia Design, and Visual Art. The Faculty has a strong focus on sustainability and relevance, and engages actively with the dynamism, creativity and diversity of Johannesburg in imagining new approaches to art and design education. Equipped with state-of-the art, custom-built facilities, the Faculty is staffed by highly regarded academics, artists and designers.
ABOUT UJ ARTS & CULTURE
UJ Arts & Culture, a division of the Faculty of Art, Design & Architecture (FADA) at the University of Johannesburg, produces and presents world-class student and professional arts programmes aligned to the UJ vision of an international university of choice, anchored in Africa, dynamically shaping the future. A robust range of arts platforms are offered on all four UJ campuses for students, staff, alumni and the general public to experience and engage with emerging and established Pan-African and international artists drawn from the full spectrum of the arts.
In addition to UJ Arts & Culture, FADA (www.uj.ac.za/fada) offers programmes in eight creative disciplines, expanding these fields beyond their traditional boundaries through internal and external collaborations. It has a strong focus on sustainability and relevance, and engages actively with the dynamism, creativity and diversity of Johannesburg in imagining new approaches to art and design education. Equipped with state-of-the art, custom-built facilities, the Faculty is staffed by highly regarded academics, architects, artists and designers.
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