Spier Light Art is set to illuminate the Stellenbosch wine farm for the seventh time next year, running from 21 March to 21 April 2025. Every year the choice of artworks reinforces just how innovative, bold and experimental South African artists are. Playful, provocative, reflective and engaging – each iteration of the event encourages viewers to contemplate what it means to live in this intriguing, diverse, complicated and hopeful nation on the southern tip of Africa.
Artists and designers (professionals, students, and institutions) are invited to submit expressions of interest for light art works and video art that engage all age groups. Light should be a central element and experiment and innovation are encouraged.
The project will completely or partially fund installations chosen by the selection committee, headed by curators Jay Pather and Vaughn Sadie. The selection is not confined to a theme, but artists may be prompted by the ethereal and the whimsical, artworks that speak to technology, issues affecting South Africa, resilience, enchantment and exuberance, and the working wine farm.
Categories of work may include:
CURATORIAL BRIEFING
The curatorial team will hold an online briefing on Monday, 27 May 2024, at 16:00. An on-site briefing will be held on Saturday, 8 June, at 10:30. If you’d like to attend, please RSVP to lightart@spier.co.za.
SUBMISSION REQUIREMENTS AND PROCESS
Expressions of interest must include:
Email your expression of interest to the project manager at lightart@spier.co.za before 6 July 2024. A more thorough proposal may be requested after the shortlist is announced.
ABOUT SPIER LIGHT ART 2024
Visitors immersed themselves in a world of light, sound and video at the sixth edition of Spier Light Art, which took place between March and April 2024. More than 12,000 people interacted with the light, sound and video artworks exhibited across the farm. Playful, provocative, reflective and engaging, the installations transformed the working wine farm into an artistic hub buzzing with electricity.
For ideas on the type of work the Selection Committee is interested in featuring, please refer to last year’s programme.
The Stellenbosch community and national media consistently praise Spier Light Art for providing a safe and beautiful environment, where a diverse audience can celebrate contemporary art together.
Article Courtesy of www.scoutpr.co.za
ABOUT SPIER
Art, like food and wine, is best shared, which is why Spier is such an enthusiastic supporter of African artists and their creations. Housing one of the largest contemporary art collections in the country, Spier believes in the power of the visual arts to teach and inspire, encouraging us all to engage openly with our world and each other. With such a thriving local artistic community and rich cultural heritage, Spier is excited about the future of South African art.
For more information, visit www.spier.co.za.
