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Johannesburg Workshop in Theory and Criticism (JWTC)

The 2013 edition of JWTC, themed „The Life of Forms“, presents a number of public panels, exhibitions and film screenings, as well as lectures by William Kentridge, Achille Mbembe and others, debating architecture, city structures, technologies and the arts. The Goethe-Institut shows „Post-Oil City – The History of the City’s Future“. The exhibition opens on 25.06.2013. More...

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Artist residency

A „drive“ through Johannesburg in a cardboard VW

Music around Africa

A musical journey through Africa

Literate Amnesia, Act 1, 2011. © Goethe-Institut. Photo: Benjamin Bergner

Visual Arts

A conversation with Kemang Wa Lehulere

Current Projects

Word of Mouth

Explore the various aspects of orality: orally transferred knowledge, Oral History, storytelling, oral literatures, Spoken Word.

Goethe on Main

Multidisciplinary art space in Johannesburg’s inner city. Visit one of the current exhibitions.

Music in Africa

The Music in Africa Project aims to establish an information and networking portal dedicated to African music scenes.

Writing about Africa

Welcome to a voyage of discovery of new German literature representing images of diverse Africa

Weblog: Moving Africa

Pan-African exchange is the main goal of the Moving Africa program, which enables African artists to travel to the most important festivals in Africa. On this blog, they share their experiences.