Public Eye’s contribution to the festival in September 2000 took the form of two visual art exhibitions and one performance. Public Eye intern Mara Verna worked with Sheila Mahloane of Langa on ‘Good Times and Hard Times in Travelling’, a photo documentation of the journeys of a group of women from Langa. Artist Gregg Smith presented ‘Lovephones’, an interactive audio piece utilising the city’s public telephone system. Mark O’Donovan and performance group The Odd Enjinears took part in a street parade that formed part of the festival. Roger van Wyk and Robert Weinek co-ordinated these projects.
Public Eye facilitated funding by the Cape Town City Council of ‘Returning the Gaze’, a billboard and postcard project. This was initiated and run by cultural activist Zayd Minty of the arts organisation BLAC.
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