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AND
AND Collective loves the Labia for its unpretentious old world charm.
AND is the art-design collaboration of husband and wife duo Anton and Dietza Viljoen. They like experimenting with their backgrounds in fine art and fashion design, and turning that into everyday wearable garments and functional objects.
AND collective is responsible for ‘The Hero’ installation in the foyer, and the special labia T-shirts.
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BIANCA HARTKOPF
Bianca Hartkopf is a qualified makeup and hair stylist and holds certification from the Makeup Agenda and Scar Hair as well as an enormous amount of experience gained from working on various projects and campaigns in her career.
She is no stranger to the industry, having spent a number of years as a professional makeup and hair stylist, that taught her the importance of being creative, and sometimes, working under immense pressure.
Her varied background in being a MAC artist and a model provided the perfect foundation for her level of expertise as it stands today.
Passionate about fashion and its possibilities, Bianca provides makeup and styling services that help photographers, agencies and production companies worldwide to accomplish and excel at the job at hand.
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BRIDGET MCNULTY
Bridget McNulty loves the Labia because she can walk to it from her house, and it makes her feel like she’s living somewhere really rather exotic.
Bridget is a passionate writer inspired by why people act the way they do. Her first novel, Strange Nervous Laughter, was published in South Africa in 2007, and will be published in the USA by St Martin’s Press in May 2009. Find out more about her, or follow her blog, on www.bridgetmcnulty.com
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CARA VAN WYK
Catharina Cara van Wyk loves the Labia because….
Cara is multi-talented, impossible to box. She has been involved as an installation artist at Design Indaba, has worked as a fashion and decor stylist for local and international publications, has contributed to shoots for Elle, Vice, Mirage, Chew, and Visi amongst others. Her love for styling has given her work with Top Billing and Woolworths. She brings her considerable talent and determination to convening an incredible evening of fashion, extending the Pret a Porter movie into an extraordinary evening.
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CONROY ESTERHUIZEN
Conroy Esterhuizen loves the Labia because it stands for cinematic integrity.
Conroy is a real film buff, and completed his degree at AFDA, specializing in editing. At the moment, Conroy is finishing the final cut for a feature film, whilst working on various personal projects (like this one).
Conroy is producing a series of interviews to be screened before each movie, translating the epic nature of the Labia in our everyday lives.
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HANRI DE LA FONTYN
Hanri de la Fontyn loves the Labia because my favourite movie, The Castle, has been featured here.
An Industrial Designer based in Cape Town, Hanri has spent 14 years in the industry, dabbling in a wide array of disciplines, from furniture design to interior design and shopfitting, product design, interactive and multimedia design and development, and the design and manufacture of audio products.
Hanri made the shining light installation in the main theatre.
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JUSTIN SOUTHEY
Justin Southey loves the Labia because there is something strange going on behind the popcorn box…
Justin grew up on a sheep farm in the Eastern Cape, but these days he spends his time working as a freelance illustrator and designer. See more of his work at the group exhibition entitled “No Strange Land” at Salon 91 Gallery on Kloof Street in Cape Town.
Justin is responsible for the beautiful illustrations in this program, and throughout the Labia.
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LAUREN FOWLER
Lauren Fowler loves the Labia because there aren’t any queues, the ladies that work there know her from birth, it smells nice, the seats are rickety, and the pigeons are part of the building.
A true Capetonian, Lauren is a graphic designer by trade but is first and foremost a creative person. She enjoys illustrating, knitting, sewing, guitar playing, editing, photographing, making stuff, writing, dancing and sharing.
Lauren is responsible for the video on our website (xxx), and the light boxes on your way into the cinema.
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LUKE PEDERSEN & JAMES LENNARD
Luke Pedersen and James Lennard love the Labia because they know the movie will either be really good or just so way out there that they’ll stay anyway.
Luke is a freelance designer who completed a Masters in Interaction Design in Malmo, Sweden, and then worked for TAT (the astonishing tribe) in Sweden as an interaction designer in their innovation department.
James is a kite surfer who spends some time designing. His work tends to love the environment, please people and be easy to assemble.
Luke and James are creating a series of installations around town, taking the Labia into the city.
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MARCII GOOSEN
Marcii has always been fascinated by the old worldliness of the Labia. When you see the attention to detail dating back to the forties, with reverence to Venetian design and landscapes, you find yourself going there for more than just the movies. It’s the oldest independent and the only alternative cinema in the country. And she has always wanted to play in their reality for a while… Reaching out and spreading the cinematic love is what it came down to. She set up a meeting with the mystery man, Mr Labia himself, and the rest, as they say, is history…..
Marcii started Exchange Creative with Andrew Michau in 2006 with the ambition to combine communication with conceptual design. Her boldness has been to transcend the borders of the often separated worlds of art and design, comfortably bridging the two whilst embedding them with her unique style. Exchange benefits constantly from her wide-ranging and unique perspective.
Marcii has had a hand in every detail, but specialized in the website and the motion graphics you see before each movie
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MARELI ESTERHUIZEN
Mareli Esterhuizen loves the Labia because it’s like discovering a secret place.
Mareli is a photographer who is constantly working, and constantly trying new things. She spends her days teaching photography at Ruth Prowse School of Art, and working on her next exhibition.
Mareli is exhibiting a photographic installation of film in theatre.
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MAVUSO MBUTUMA
Mavuso Mbutuma loves the Labia because it’s his city’s oldest and most treasured gift.
Mavuso is a graphic designer who works at Exchange Creative Commerce exploring fashion styling, interior work, and illustration. These are all his passions, which he would like to take further in the future.
Mavuso is coordinating the guerilla radicals and events during the festival.
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MELISSA v ZYL
The other Melissa van Zyl loves the Labia because it’s kind of like being in a time warp where you can become whoever you want - no-one cares how you look , as long as it’s different because the movies there are all a bit “different”…
She is passionate about her career as a professional make up artist in the glitzy world of fashion and TV. Her meteoric success includes a host of well known figures, and her work is considered skillful and professional. She dreams about helping people fulfil their style potential.
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MELISSA VAN ZYL
Melissa van Zyl loves the Labia because of its unique character.
When she’s not watching movies, Melissa is a fine arts photographer based in Cape Town.
Her work is both creative and commercial, and she’s inspired by people and society… and fascinated by them.
Melissa is documenting the entire celebration. Find out more at:
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NATHALIE ROSA BUCHER
Nathalie Rosa Bucher loves the Labia because she’s passionate about independent film.
She’s a researcher, writer, journalist, publicist and has worked on three film festivals, and publicized a whole series of different events. She is responsible for you hearing everything you have heard about the Labia Celebration Exchange.
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PHIL KRAMER
Philip Kramer loves the Labia for its independent spirit. And it’s right by his house.
Philip is a Cape Town based DJ and producer, responsible for pioneering club nights like ‘Get Nasty’ and ‘Conkrete’, and has worked with several and international acts, including Sweat.X and the Bloody Beetroots.
He is also a 3D artist and writer, and is currently working on a short film.
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SENYOL
Paul Senyol loves the Labia because they let the pigeons in for free.
Paul has been painting and drawing since school, and has an instantly recognizable style, in mediums as varied as stencils, posters, boards, stickers, tiles and buff tags .
Paul is creating an artwork of cinematic imagery.
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SHAUN MICHAU
Why the Gaslight Loves the Labia:
The Labia to me is quite an odd thing to have in modern day Cape Town. An evolving city: New ‘bling’ buildings springing up all around us, a colossus of a new stadium, roads being torn up left, right and centre and in a quiet little corner, an old independent cinema in an old building that was opened in 1949. Surely something is wrong here? Why has it not been renovated into a glitzy Sushi bar and the interior ripped out and replaced with neon lights, uncomfortable metallic furniture, bad food and ambient electronic music being piped through a Bose sound system that probably costs more than the original building cost to build?
I’ll tell you why, because the Labia is Cape Town. It is the beating heart of ‘creative’ Cape Town. Everyone is always so eager to rip out the interior of an historic building and keep it’s original facade. Filling the hollowed out carcass of the building with cheap fittings, hoping to create an atmosphere. Wrong! This is where the Labia is different. In 60 years, not much has changed and that’s why when you enter the doors to the theatre situated on Orange street, you feel the full heritage of the building. The old ticket booth, the snack shop and of course the theatres, with their beautiful heavy wooden doors, deep rich coloured walls, partly lined with heavy drapes.
When you think of film, you think of being transported. Well, the second I step foot into the Labia, I feel like I have been transported. For those few hours, I feel like I have escaped reality and am always very reluctant to leave the doors and enter the real world again!
The Gaslight is the composition studio of drummer and composer Shaun Michau. It specializes in the composition of scores and sound designs for film, commercials, theatre and corporate work. In his free time, Shaun is the drummer for the well known jazz outfit ‘Breakfast Included’.
Gaslight created the sound design you’ll hear every time a movie is introduced.
shaunmichau@gmail.com
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THE NODDY COLLECTIVE
The Noddy Collective love the Labia because its surreal. The collective is made up of many, two primary movers being Dominique Francine Cheminais and Jarred Figgins. Both are involved in a variety of artistic fields, own clubs, manage clubs and love challenges and take them on with amazing results. These two, plus a host of others too numerous to mention have made a short film based on the children’s book Noddy, but with a twist.
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TONIK COLLECTIVE
This project is a musical exploration with an entirely new approach.
A trio featuring piano, keyboard, rhodes, wurlitzer, accordion accompanied by tabla, didgeridoo, percussion and a hybrid drum-kit with motion graphic design and live VJ demonstrate a wide variety of sounds, sights and rhythms that collectively translate as Tonik.
The music in Tonik inspires the world of our sound technology, interweaving samples and some highly advanced effects by mixing acoustic instruments with digital programming. These however are not the focus point, as they rather enhance the material and do not interfere within the acoustic frame of a song. Another feature of the electronic aspect particularly in a live set-up is the real-time looping process. Using Apple Mac with Ableton software an entire song can be built from scratch by triggering a real-time scene by scene record and playback feature within which the structure of a piece takes shape. Tonik use this option to their advantage by layering an arrangement of instruments that one could not normally play at one time. Another live feature is the interactive visual artistry choreographed and conceptualized by Marcii Goose. With clever projection and tasteful art direction this multi medium is interwoven with the music to complete the Tonik package.
Jann Krynauw operates the live mixing process and the arrangement of samples, loops and software related sounds, while also featuring as the pianist.
Ronan Skillen holds down the rhythmic and more acoustic instruments within Tonik. Both musicians are writers, arrangers and producers that come from very different backgrounds, however there’s a rich knowledge and highly trained individuality which is clearly audible within this wonderful collaboration.
Having initially come from an urge to play music as a fun jam or just an opportunity to get lost in a texture of sound, Jan K. and Ronan S. began this collaboration for their personal ‘feel good’ benefit. In a sense you could say a Tonik session was there to facilitate a way of disengaging the mind and experiencing the privilege of entering the music world, mostly as a revitalization or remedy to balance against the craziness of the usual. Naturally good medicine attracts good listeners and the demand for a permanent documentation of Tonik became evident. A first album ‘Visitors Book’ was recorded late in 2007 with the intention of bringing a taste of this Tonik out into the world.
People have responded with great enthusiasm about this debut album and Tonik have proven their worth by winning a SAMA (South African Music Award) for ‘Best Instrumental Album’ at this year’s awards ceremony.
