findingthemojo no 400

Hello - making our way through the excellent (but dark) scandi series The Killing, The Bridge and Borgen, at the moment

• "There's something about my Scandinavian heritage that knows that life shouldn't be easy, life's got to be hard" - John Thune

The Killing image: thetelegraph.co.uk

• "There is no such thing as bad weather, only inadequate clothing" -  Norwegian quote

Borgen image: theguardian.com

• "How do you tell the difference between a Finnish introvert and a Finnish extrovert?  One looks at his feet when he's talking to you, the other will look at yours" - Finnish joke, ibid

cheers, and have an inspiring weekend
jp

findingthemojo no 399

Greetings - with the choc-a-block weekend ahead, here are two more suggestions

• definitely visit the Design Indaba Expo 2014 at the CTICC, open from Fri 28 Feb - 2 March, always something to inspire

image: prokejt

• once you have checked out the CT Art Fair, jump on a shuttle bus in Somerset Road, right outside the V & A Pavilion and catch a ride to the Langa Tag where ten township art galleries will be on view

image: langa tag

cheers
jp

findingthemojo no 398

Morning - masses to see and do in the City at the moment, make a note of these inspirational talks to be held next week

• Pecha Kucha on Tuesday 4 March, 19:00 - 21:00 at The Assembly in Harrington Street - really interesting speakers, well worth it!

• on Thursday 6 March, get to the Bright Creative Space in 354 Albert Road, Salt River for the first of the 2014 Bright Talks, starting at 17:30 - 19:30. Three interesting speakers! - "I left different"

cheers
jp

findingthemojo no 397

Hi - loads of exciting art and design happening in CT as the World Design Capital 2014 events take off at the end of this week, so plan ahead

• the Cape Town Art Fair opens at the Pavilion at the V & A on Friday 28 Feb - 2 March, a smaller exhibition than last year - should be interesting .......

 

•  the Guild design fair opens at The Lookout at the V & A from 28 Feb - 9 March and combo tickets for both fairs are available at R120 pp

image: guilddesignfair.com

cheers
jp

findingthemojo no 396

Hello - that 'to do' list this weekend.......

• "Action is the antidote to despair" - Joan Biaz

image: rottentomatoes.com

• "Done is better than perfect" - Sheryl Sandberg

image: levo.com

cheers and super weekend
jp

findingthemojo no 395

Hi again - what will you be up to over the weekend?  try these

• the Spier Secret Courtyard on Friday 21 Feb, at 64A Wale St in the CBD - free entrance with Spier wine by the bottle or glass, music and delicious tapas, or

image: spiersecret.co.za

• get to The Labia on Saturday evening at 6:15pm  to view The Animal Communicator documentary featuring "South Africa's very own Dr Doolittle", Anna Breytenbach

image: capetownmagazine.com

cheers
jp

findingthemojo no 394

Morning - with more interesting CT happenings

• this Thursday evening, 20 Feb, sees the launch of Third Thursdays in the East City, in and around the Roeland, Buitenkant and Harrington St precinct, from 5 - 9pm.  Highlights include a book launch at The Book Lounge, various exhibitions and food trucks selling yummy stuff

Start your Third Thursdays at the District Six Museum. Open until 7pm. R15.
25 Buitenkant Street (corner of Albertus).

• enjoy the heavenly weather while it lasts: get to Galileo Open Air Cinema at The V & A every Thursday evening - take a picnic and some friends, just perfect!

image: whatsonincapetown.com

cheers
jp

findingthemojo no 393

Hello - some interesting new exhibitions in CT

• Sarah Pratt is currently exhibiting her Away collection at Salon 91 in Kloof Street - some really clever & affordable pieces

Blue Pig Away Book by Sarah Pratt, image: salon91.co.za

• State of the Art Gallery in Shortmarket Street is featuring some lovely large works by Helen Joseph

Baby Dream Again by Helen Joseph, image: stateoftheart.co.za

cheers
jp

findingthemojo no 392

Hi there - on a bit of a non-religious pluck this weekend

• "Saying atheism is a belief system is like saying not going skiing is a hobby" - Ricky Gervais, quoted on Aljazeera.com

image:hbo.com

• "But are you a Catholic atheist or a Protestant atheist?" - Northern Irish joke, quoted in The Guardian

image: dailymail.co.uk

Cheers and enjoy your weekend
jp

findingthemojo no 391

Greetings - and for the rest of your weekend? well apart from all the Valentines Day celebrations, The Cape Town Carnival, Moonstruck etc, here are a couple of suggestions

• get to The Piano Bar, cnr Jarvis and Napier Sts on Saturday from 8pm for The Emerging Artist Sessions - no cover charge and free admission

image: thepianobar.co.za

• make the most of the lovely weekend weather and staying outdoors, head to DeWaal Park in the Gardens on Sunday afternoon where The Rudimentals and The Rescu will be the featured bands, playing from 4pm - admission free

image: concertsinthepark.co.za

cheers
jp

findingthemojo no 390

Hello - Thursday evening outings are becoming more and more popular, two suggestions

• The Woodstock Exchange - 66 Albert Road, opp the Baltic Timbers building hosts the His & Hers Night Market from 6 - 9pm, "promising good food, wine, design and live music by the Stone Jets", free entry

 

• The City Bowl Market in Hope Street starts at 4:30 - 8:30 pm on Thursdays (and 9 - 2 pm on Saturdays), delicious gourmet fare, clothes and excellent vibe - also free

cheers
jp

findingthemojo no 389

Morning - more amazing art

Li Hongbo's Bust of David image: kleinsungallery.com

• Li Hongbo's Tools of Study exhibition is currently on until 2 March 2014 at the Klein Sun Gallery in New York.  However, "first you see it, or do you? Li’s amazing pieces are concertinas of thousands upon thousands of fine pieces of paper", "which stretch and bend like a giant Slinky" - check this video out - incredible!

image:scmp.com

• did you know that  the London Wellcome Museum archive allows free downloading of their Wellcome Images - pics are conveniently categorized, topics range "from health and sports to treasures and tattoo inspirations" - brilliant!

photo of a  tattoo on a piece of human skin showing a male bust and a flower stem image: Wellcome Library, London

cheers
jp

findingthemojo no 388

Hello - new week, new ideas

• "Moscow-based photographer Alexander Khokhlov teamed up with make-up artist Valeriya Kutsan to create a series of mind-bending optical illusions on the faces of female models. Using make-up, photography techniques and retouching, the pair turn expressionless heads into graphics, sketches and watercolours"

 ph

image: Alexander Khokhlov

• Hugh Turvey, is a "British artist and photographer who uses x-ray technology to create what he calls Xograms, a fusion of visible light and x-ray imagery" - an artist "looking for transparency in a smoke-and-mirrors world of spin and media manipulation"

image: Hugh Turvey

cheers
jp

findingthemojo no 387

Greetings - loved these

• "All childhoods should have at least one long boring bank holiday weekend spent sat on a wall" - Jenny Eclair, quoted in The Independent

image: www.lifo.gr

• "A married couple should be guardians of each other's solitude" -  Rainer Maria Rilke, quoted in The Times

image: grove-cottages.co.uk

lovely weekend
cheers
jp

findingthemojo no 386

Hi there- what are you up to this weekend in CT?

• The Cape Town City Ballet perform the ballets Les Sylphides and Belles & Beaux of the Ballet at The Masque Theatre on 6, 7 and 8 Feb.  On Sunday 9 Feb, they will be performing Les Sylphides and Firebird ballets at Maynardville - a weekend feast of dance!

image: capetowncityballet.org.za

•  Cape Philharmonic Orchestra’s 8th International Summer Music Festival takes place at the City Hall from February 6 – 23.  The world-famous conductor, Martin Pantaleev and trumpeter, Sergei Nakariakov,  head the line-up, starting tonight

image: cpo.org.za

cheers
jp

findingthemojo no 385

Hello - interesting art items

image: Karsten Moran for The New York Times

• The Art Newspaper reports that The Frick Collection Museum in New York has doubled it's membership just recently and it's all due to that amazing phenomena of the bestseller book!  As Donna Tartt's new novel, GoldFinch became a bestseller (Amazon's book of the year for 2013), the bookclubs started queuing around the block to view The Goldfinch, a hitherto little-known picture by Carel Fabritius, part of the current Masterpieces of Dutch Painting from Mauritshuis exhibition at The Frick

image: missionandstate.org

• The National Gallery in London is playing "spot the difference" with a current exhibition featuring two of Van Gogh's three original versions of his famous Sunflowers paintings - shown together for the first time in 65 years, depicting how the artist "extends the theme, animates and reinvents the subject" 

Identical twins pose next to two versions of Van Gogh's sunflower paintings at the National Gallery. Photograph: Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images, image: theguardian.com

cheers
jp

findingthemojo no 384

Morning - yes we're back, it's true - with some interesting new visuals

• some stunning entiries are amongst the finalists of the 2014 Sony World Photography Awards

Zeybeks, image: ©Hasan BagÌlar/Cyprus/2014 Sony World Photography Awards

• check out these pencil v camera creations by Belgian artist Ben Heine, not new but well done

One piece, Pencil Vs Camera 57, image: Ben Heine/Barcroft Media

cheers
jp

findingthemojo no 383

Greetings - into the second month of the new year 2014, already! and commencing with some interesting words

image:  footstepstofreedom.co.za

• to stellenbosch someone: verb meaning "to relegate someone incompetent to a position of minimal responsibility" - from that fascinating site AWAD. Eventually, the "term came to be applied when someone was reassigned to a position where he could do little harm".  Check out maffick as well

image: eduguide.org

• keeping up with teen speak  :  terms like yolo (you only live once) and fomo (fear of missing out) are fairly common place these days but recently discovered appaz (apparently), bestie (best friend) and deets (details) - totes fab don't you think?

cheers
jp