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EXHIBITIONS & INSTALLATIONSTHINKING WOMEN’S WORLDSCurated by Jill Bradbury, Iris Dawn Parker and Peace KiguwaThe Atrium, South West Engineering11 May | 17.00 to 19.00 and 12 to14 May 09.00 to 21.00FreeWomen Intellectuals transforming Scholarship in Education!This exhibition of student photographs explores young women’s experiences of life at Wits and our stories of belonging and alienation as we have navigated campus spaces and attempted to make “Wits a university to call our own”!*REFLECT By Elaine HirshowitzAdler Museum of Medicine; Medical School11 to 14 May | 09.00 to 16.00Walkabouts: 14 May | 11.00; 13 and 31 May | 13.10Duration: 60 minsFreeElaine Hirschowitz reflects on 25 years of artistic expression. Her work is a kaleidoscope of her search for beauty and healing amidst sickness and despair, a quest for the balance of darkness and lightness, tracing a path from health through illness to recovery. A deeper analysis of her recent work encourages the viewer to access the unconscious subliminal processes in order to interpret her unique metaphorical way of communicating her angst and joy..*CLICKCurated by the Wits Transformation OfficeCo-ordinated by Hugo CanhamWits Amphitheatre Foyer11 to14 May | 09.00 to 21.00FreeExhibition of a student photography competition. The student photographic competition seeks to solicit student engagement with issues of transformation on campus. This project allows students to present their own interpretation of transformation and encourage discussion. To achieve this, the Wits Transformation Office has partnered with the Student Representative Council (SRC) to run a photographic competition. Students are invited to take pictures reflecting on transformation and change. Pictures will be exhibited at WALE where the winning pictures will also be announced. 1st prize R10,000, 2nd prize R5,000, 3rd prize R2,500*21ST CENTURY URBAN COMMUNITIESCurated by Ian SiemersWits Great Hall Foyer11 to14 May | 09.00 to 20.00Duration: open to the publicFreeThe School of Human and Community Development have invited students from across the different faculties of the University to participate in a photography contest where prizes for the best pictures will be awarded (R3000 for 1st prize, R1500 for 2nd prize and R500 for 3rd). The contest required students to submit a photograph depicting “21st Century Urban Communities” along with a brief narrative explaining their depiction. Prizes will be awarded during WALE.*PHOTO ALBUM: WITS PAEDIATRIC FUND SPIRIT OF A CHILD Curated by Lebogang NgwatleSenate House Concourse12 to14 May | 09.00 to 20.00 FreeThrough this exhibition, the Wits Paediatric Fund is inviting members of the University community and other patrons into their ‘home’. The Exhibition brings back the tradition engaging with one’s guests (visitors/outsiders) by sharing pictures and therefore welcoming them into one’s space. The albums at this exhibition will be portraying children in different kinds environment. This exhibition invokes the spirit of a child and calls upon all of us to remember, honour, protect and celebrate all children.*PHOTO EXHIBITCurated by Antony KaminjuSenate House Concourse11 to14 May | 09.00- 20.00 Free*PAPER WEIGHTDirected by Tarryn Lee and Juliet WhiteWits Main Theatre Dressing Room11 May | 19.30; 12 May | 13.00; 13 May | 10.00 & 18.00; 14 May | 17.00Duration: 20 minsFree"The spirit of blackness is in us, it is in the fishes." Paper weight is a visually-stimulating address to the intense writings of late poet, Sylvia Plath. Through animated visual-play and imagistic fantasy, Paper weight is an interpretive response to Plath's work. This video installation presents a new consideration to the illusive and startling perception of a prolific poet. KELEKETLA! LIBRARYCurated by Zen MarieThe Sub Station11-14 MayFreeDuring their residency at the Substation, Keleketla will explore and investigate the core themes and ideas which ground their project titled Nonwane. Nonwane, will investigate through a series of performances, soundscapes and installations, a reading and a writing of Hillbrow; a dialogue with not only Welcome to Our Hillbrow but also with literary, music, film and other cultural media.NONWANE11 May 18h00The Sentinel, Hillbrow (Quartz and Van der Merwe Street)Nonwane draws inspiration from, and juxtaposes literature, video, music and place. The point of departure is a suicide scene from the late Phaswane Mpe's 2001 novel, Welcome to Our Hilbrow. The book deals with issues of xenophobia, suicide, sex, HIV and love. The suicide scene is appropriated through the release of tons of course and fine salt from the 20th floor of The Sentinel.
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