2013 Timetable
Land Art Passport • Programmes • Community • Timetable
The Land Art Biennale event includes public programmes for visitors and participants to engage in during the week of 10 - 17 August 2013. As artists are working on setting up their various land art installations, visitors will be able to observe their progress and attend public lectures and performances. Visitors can also register and participate in Site_Specific's Public Programmes.
Please note that these programmes are subject to change depending on funding and public interest. To keep track of updates and developments, join our Site_Specific Land Art Biennale 2013 facebook event page.
| AUGUST | Saturday 10th - Saturday 17th, 2013 |
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| SATURDAY | 10th | Invited Artists & SIDES Artists arrive. |
| 14h00 | INFO DESK opens | |
| Will be open Monday – Saturday for further registrations & information about the #LandArtBiennale. Venue: Beacon Island Resort |
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| 18h00 | REGISTRATION starts | |
| Information session and registration of artists and participants who have arrived in Plettenberg Bay. Venue: Beacon Island Resort |
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| SUNDAY | 11th | Site_Specific International Land Art Biennale |
| COMPETITION Land Art Photography Visitors and participants can post their daily images on Pinterest for the duration of the event and one week after using the #LandArtBiennale tag. Daily favourites will be selected by online audiences and professional photographers & artists. |
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| 10h30 | UNVEILING Calling the Herd |
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| Strijdom van der Merwe's installation of the second permanent land art work along the Eden to Addo Land Art Route. Venue: Crossroads R339 & R340, Prince Alfred Pass Map: 'Calling the Herd' & 'Aartmoeders' |
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| 12h00 | Kranshoek Community BAZAAR | |
| Traditional music and an introduction to the fascinating culture of the Griqua people. Food on sale. Venue: Kranshoek, 'Aartmoeders' by Simon Max Bannister, the first permanent land art work erected in 2011 along the Eden to Addo Land Art Route. Map: 'Calling the Herd' & 'Aartmoeders' |
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| MONDAY | 12th | Land Art Installations commence |
| Forty artists start work on their land art installations to be completed within less than five days. Visitors are welcome to view their progress. Venues: Lookout Beach, Lookout Rocks, Hobie Beach, Main Beach, Piesangriver Lagoon, Beacon Island Rocks and Robberg Beach |
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| TUESDAY | 13th | Land Art Installations continue ... |
| Eco-Art WALK: Nature's Valley to Keurboomstrand Simon Max Bannister and Galeo Saintz facilitate a two-day meditative walk & talk guide along the beach. |
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| 19h30 | Public LECTURE Land Art | |
| Be inspired as prominent artists talk about their work, and relax in their company afterwards. Venue: Beacon Island Resort |
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| WEDNESDAY | 14th | Land Art Installations continue ... |
| WORKSHOP Land Art Photography A three day workshop with professional photographers Daron Chatz, Anja Wiehl, and Vanessa Van Vreden on land art photography. |
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| 19h30 | Public LECTURE Land Art | |
| Be inspired as prominent artists talk about their work, and relax in their company afterwards. Venue: Beacon Island Resort |
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| THURSDAY | 15th | Land Art Installations continue ... |
| 19h30 | Public LECTURE Land Art | |
| Be inspired as prominent artists talk about their work, and relax in their company afterwards. Venue: Beacon Island Resort |
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| FRIDAY | 16th | Land Art WALKABOUT |
| 10h00 | SCHOOLS Programme & members of the public | |
| Until 14h00: Artists will be at their respective land art works to discuss their work with members of the public and school children from the BITOU region. Venues: Lookout Beach, Lookout Rocks, Hobie Beach, Main Beach, Piesangriver Lagoon, Beacon Island Rocks and Robberg Beach |
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| 16h00 | SITE SPECIFIC PERFORMANCES | |
| Meet us at the Timbershed & follow us through a series of unveilings & performances. Details on our facebook event page. | ||
| 17h00 | PERFORMANCE site-specific |
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| The Seity performance[art] group is deconstructing the myth Icarus as a travelling performance with winged wo/men. Venue: starts at the Timbershed and ends at Beacon Island Resort |
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| 18h30 | Land Art PARTY | |
| LIVE BAND! Mingle with amazing artists! Dance & let your hair down! Food for sale. Cash Bar. Entrance fee: R100 Venue: Beacon Island Resort |
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| SATURDAY | 17th | 2nd International Land Art Biennale |
| WORKSHOP Beach Calligraphy Andrew van der Merwe presents a one-day workshop on beach calligraphy. | ||
| 10h00 | OPENING Ceremony | |
| The Western Cape Minister of Finance, Economic Development and Tourism, Alan Winde, officially opens Site_Specific's 2nd International Land Art Biennale for public viewing. The Phakimisani Primary School Choir from Kwanokuthula will be singing at the event. Venue: Beacon Island Resort |
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| 12h00 | PERFORMANCE site-specific | |
| Sula inyembezi (wipe your tears) is an interactive performance facilitated by the Seity performance[art] group in collaboration with Lunchbox Theatre, Bitou Brothers Acapella Choir, and youths from various communities in the area. Venue: Old Dairy situated in Kwanokuthula |
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| SUNDAY | 18th | Site_Specific International LAND ART Biennale |
| On view for one week, or until nature reclaims it. | ||
| SUNDAY | 25th | Land Art Photography Competition closes. |
| SEPTEMBER | 1st | WINNER Land Art Photography Competition |
| Media announcement of competiton winner/s on facebook. First prize is a weekend for two at the Beacon Island Resort in Plettenberg Bay (terms and conditions apply). |