25 Quarter 4 GSA Lecture: MADEYOULOOK 3 October 2024 MADEYOULOOK is a Johannesburg based interdisciplinary artist duo between Molemo Moiloa and Nare Mokgotho, operating since 2009. MADEYOULOOK have exhibited, published, and hosted programmes in various forms, including with Njelele Art Station, Harare; Frac des Pays de la Loire, Carquefou; Kunsthal KAdE, Amersfoort; Primary, Nottingham; and various initiatives in South Africa. They were nominated for the Vera List Center Prize for Art and Politics at the New School, New York, in 2017, and the MTN New Contemporaries Award in 2012. They were Fellows of the DAAD Berlin artist program 2022 and Documenta Fifteen Lumbung Artists. They are the sole featured artists on the South African pavilion at the 60th Venice Biennale. The works of MADEYOULOOK take as their point of departure everyday black practices that have been historically overlooked, deemed inconsequential or simply had limited rigorous engagement, particularly within the formal houses of knowledge production. These works encourage a re-observation of and defamiliarisation with the everyday and the spacing of black imaginaries. In reworking and interrupting how we view ordinary black lived experiences and the everyday, we are ‘made to re-look’ and question societal relations. MADEYOULOOK then makes a claim for everyday black lifehood and relationality as constituting knowledge and having the ability to model ways of practising and being. These everyday practices have the potential to bring about different perspectives to enable epistemic shifts and create new possibilities. GSA Unit 8 lead, Jaco Jonker presented an online lecture at South African Institute of Architects, 4 October 2024 @14:30, sharing his interests and teaching at the GSA. Advanced Design Research Seminar 10 October 2024 Advanced Design Research Convenor, Prof Guy Trangoš, hosted a session that focused on grant application writing and collaborative research, exploring the importance of multidisciplinary partnerships and funding in developing impactful projects. Soundscape: Workshop by MADEYOULOOK 12 October 2024 An engaging workshop with MADEYOULOOK at the GSA on Saturday, 12 October 2024. The workshop explored themes from their Quiet Ground project through collective reading, immersive sound, and shared discussion. Highlights included a reading and discussion of MADEYOULOOK’s Quiet Ground text, an immersive listening session of the Dinokana sound piece, and a potluck-style meal.
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