Chimurenga is on display are part of Independent Publishing Project (facilitated by Jonah Sack and Francis Burger) currently on at the Goethe-Institut library on Jan Smuts avenue til the 26th of April.

Begun in 2011, the IPP is a research initiative aimed at gathering people and objects around the idea of self or small-scale publishing in a South African context.

Combining contemporary and historical examples, the books, booklets, zines, take-aways and leaflets generated, gathered and traded through the project advocate independent publishing as a first rather than a last resort. Looking at independent or small-scale publishing as both a medium and a strategy, the project’s interest in these items is part sentimental, part tactile and part political. Consumable but not commodified, these works traverse closely-knit networks as if by word of mouth, existing as intimate instruments of personal agency and freedom of thought. They create a space.

Focusing on collaboration and conversation among contemporary practitioners the second exhibition of the IPP will feature a select reading room and a working studio. Guest participants to occupy the space include Josh Ginsburg, Rangoato Hlasane, Mark Kannemeyer, CUSS (Ravi Govender, Jamal Nxedlana, Nikki Comninos and Zamani Xolo), and Sebastian Borckenhagen, amongst others.

The project will develop within the space over six weeks, culminating with a combined event showcasing new works, an IPP broadsheet and the screening of CUSS’s Johannesburg focused webisode. The event will take place on the 24th of April at 18:30 at the Goethe-Institut.

See press or the project blog for more information or project related updates.

Goethe-Institut Südafrika http://www.goethe.de/Johannesburg

119 Jan Smuts Ave
Entrance on New Port Road
Parkwood 2193
Johannesburg
Tel: +27 11 4423232
Fax: +27 11 4423738

Gallery hours*

Mon – Fri: 9:00 am-6:00 pm
Sat: 10:00 pm-2:00 pm

* The reading room may have specific viewing hours imposed from the 19th of March, these times will be posted on the IPP blog so please check before visiting.