10:10

Photo: hosted the 2nd 10:10 of 2021 on 09 Jun.

10:10 is an invitational ice-breaker session which uses a presentation and feedback format. 10 photographers are given no more than ten minutes to present their work, followed by 15 minutes of feedback from peers and invited responders. Invited responders were Dana Whabira of the Njelele art station in Hahare , and South African artist Simon Gush, along with Photo: director John Fleetwood.

The 10:10 was supported by Jacaranda.

Participants:

David Aguacheiro (Mozambique)

Kate'lyn Chetty (South Africa)

Meley Laetitia Sie ( Cote d'Ivoire)

Mosa Anita Kaiser (South Africa)

Nyadzombe Nyampenza (Zimbabwe)

Sean Metelerkamp (South Africa)

Thalente Khomo (South Africa)

Thandi Pinto (Mozambique)

Tshepo Moloi (South Africa)

Zinyange Auntony (Zimbabwe)

This is the second online iteration of the 10:10 to date. As was the case at the last 10:10 held in February, this allowed us to welcome participants and responders from across the continent at a time where the Covid-19 pandemic has made in person gatherings near impossible.

For more information on the 10:10, email info@phototool.co.za

Respondents:

Simon Gush is an artist living in Johannesburg. His work examines labour, subjectivity and land. He completed a postgraduate certificate in fine art, Hoger Instituut voor Schone Kunste (HISK), Belgium, and a MA (Sociology), University of the Witwatersrand and is currently a doctoral student in history at the University of Fort Hare. Solo shows include S.G., 59 Joubert Street, Johannesburg, Sala10, MuAC, Mexico City, Welcome to Frontier Country, Stevenson, Cape Town (2019); Al final del trabajo, Ex Teresa Arte Actual, Mexico City (2018), After Work, Galerie Jette Rudolph in Berlin; and 4 for Four, S.M.A.K., Ghent (2010). Group shows include Meditations on Place: Four Perspectives; Four African Cities, Cleveland Museum of Art (2018), Recent Histories - New African Photography and Video Art, The Walther Collection, Neu-Ulm and Afriques Capitales, La Villette, Paris.

Dana Whabira is an artist, architect and cultural facilitator who lives and works in Harare. Whabira represented the Zimbabwe Pavilion at the 57th Venice Biennale 2017 and has participated in several biennales and exhibitions, both locally and internationally. She is the founder of Njelele Art Station, an independent project space that focuses on research, experimental and public art practice. In 2014, Njelele collaborated with Gwanza Month of Photography festival to produce the public exhibition, Moonwalking. Whabira has taken up residencies and given talks at home and abroad, taking part in the Symposium D’Art Mali, initiated by Médina Mediatheque for the Rencontres de Bamako 2015 OFF programme. She participated on the jury for Rencontres de Bamako (2018), Novo Banco Photo (2015) and on the inaugural selection panel for democraSEE (2017), the award and mentorship platform of Photo: Johannesburg.

John Fleetwood (b. 1970, South Africa) is a photography curator, educator and director of Photo:; a multi-operation platform for the development and promotion of socially engaged photography work, projects, photographers and critical visual culture. He recently curated ‘Intimacy and Resistance’ (part of the Photobook Week Aarhus, Denmark, 2020)’, ‘Five Photographers: A tribute to David Goldblatt’ exhibited in various cities including Johannesburg, Maputo, Bamako (2018-2019); ‘Amongst other things’ (Mindelo, Cape Verde 2019). In 2017, he was guest editor for Aperture’s Platform Africa edition. From 2002-2015 Fleetwood was the director of the Market Photo Workshop. He lives and works in Johannesburg.

posted on 10/06/2021