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		<title>An artwork probing religious cults wins emerging Eastern Cape artist Sonwabiso Ngcai the top accolade in the 2019 PPC Imaginarium Awards</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2019 08:38:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[At a gala event held at UJ Gallery on 11 April 2019, emerging Eastern Cape artist Sonwabiso Ngcai was announced as overall winner of 2019 PPC Imaginarium Awards, taking home R150 000 in cash for his sculpture entitled Isigu, or The Snare. A BASA Award-winning programme, the PPC Imaginarium Awards is the country’s most supportive art and design competition with over half-a-million Rand in prizes awarded across six categories – Sculpture, Industrial Design, Film, Fashion, Jewellery and Architecture – to standout entries that express innovation using PPC cement. Ngcai secured both the Sculpture Category prize and the Overall Winner ranking for a thought-provoking entry, which provides an analogy for how certain religious cults are ensnaring their congregants. According to the artist’s personal views on the subject matter: “an isigu, in traditional African society, is a contraption used by young boys to hunt birds. It consists of a downward-facing bowl, with one side held open by an upright stick that has a string tied to it, with a few pieces of grain scattered underneath the bowl. Lured by the promise of food, a bird enters the area &#8211; the string is tugged, and the bird is captured. In this piece, the use [...]]]></description>
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		<title>University of Johannesburg Art Gallery is the first stop on PPC IMAGINARIUM’s 2019 nationwide tour</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2019 09:14:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The PPC Imaginarium Awards is an annual art and design competition that showcases the talents of emerging artists and designers through the medium of concrete. Entrants compete within six categories &#8211; Architecture, Fashion, Film, Industrial Design, Jewellery and Sculpture &#8211; in pursuit of their share of an exciting R520 000 cash prize. The winners will be announced on 11 April 2019 at a special ceremony hosted at the University of Johannesburg Art Gallery. From 12 April 2019 until 16 May 2019, the PPC Imaginarium Awards exhibition will be open to the public at the same venue. Guests will have the chance to browse the original and innovative concrete creations of all South African finalists and category winners as well as the overall winner for 2019. The PPC Imaginarium will be hosting a creative concrete workshop and educational walkabouts at the gallery. Formal walkabouts are scheduled for Wednesday, 8 May at 13h00, Saturday, 11 May at 10h00 and Wednesday, 15 May at 13h00 at UJ Art Gallery, APK Campus Kingsway and University Road, Auckland Park.]]></description>
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		<title>SA’s leading lights to judge emerging art and design innovators</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2019 08:20:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Art and design competitions are legitimised as much by the entry talent they attract as by the calibre of the judges weighing in on the winners. The annual PPC Imaginarium Awards, now in its 5 th year, boasts both a plethora of young creatives competing for the country’s most supportive art and design prize and a truly stellar judging panel. The panel comprises industry leaders drawn from across the various entry categories, namely, Fashion, Film, Architecture, Industrial Design, Sculpture and Jewellery. Last year, the PPC Imaginarium Awards judges were tasked with evaluating over 300 completed submissions. For 2019 the formidable task of judging the flood of entries falls to an illustrious panel comprising high-profile personalities, who evaluate submissions at a regional and then national level. The six regional judges who, together with competition director Daniel van der Merwe, will select this year’s finalists, are: Pierre Lombard (Johannesburg), Mary Sibande (Johannesburg), Jay Pather (Cape Town), Jessica Staple (Port Elizabeth), Avitha Sooful (Pretoria), Themba Shibase (KZN), Sisanda Henna (Johannesburg) and Adelheid von Maltitz (Bloemfontein). The judges will be looking for entries that express innovation through the medium of concrete. In doing so, they will bring their formidable experience and expertise to bear when choosing the strongest entries. Sibanda, for example, is one of the country’s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>EMERGING TALENT POPS UP AT THE AVA GALLERY!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Feb 2019 07:19:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Interested in seeing the Western Cape’s newest artistic and design talent? Then head to the Association for Visual Arts (AVA) Gallery in Cape Town from 28 – 29 March 2019 where work by entrants into South Africa’s most supportive awards programme for emerging creatives, the PPC Imaginarium Awards, will be on display. Members of the public are encouraged to visit the AVA Gallery to view a selection of art and design projects entered in the fashion, sculpture, jewellery and industrial design categories of the competition. The AVA Gallery, which seeks to advance art and design in a variety of disciplines, provides the ideal platform to showcase these entries. The gallery is open Monday-Friday from 10h00 – 17h00 and Saturdays from 10h00 – 13h00. The pop-up show is the first exhibition that the PPC Imaginarium Awards is hosting in 2019, with further pop-ups in various regions to follow hotly on its heels. Hosted by established galleries in Durban and Port Elizabeth, these pop-up shows will reveal some of the top young talent and creativity in South Africa. Launched by renowned cement company PPC Ltd, the annual PPC Imaginarium Awards challenges emerging artists and designers to demonstrate their talent for innovation by incorporating concrete into their particular disciplines. The PPC Imaginarium Awards, now in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New beeginnings: innovative hive design set to revitalise local beekeeping</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 05 Dec 2018 07:26:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Local beekeeping is currently faced with a range of challenges, including adverse weather conditions and the rapid decline in bee numbers worldwide – which is a global concern seeing as bees pollinate crops that are produced for human consumption. The cheap price of low-quality imported honey is also a threat to South African honey farmers. However, a new type of beehive has the potential to revitalise honey production in this country. The concept sees traditional wooden hive structures replaced with an innovative concrete frame. Although a concrete hive is not in itself a new idea, the new Beegin hive provides several design adjustments that have helped a test group of beekeepers to increase their productivity. The progressive, aptly named Beegin was created by Ivan Brown and was born out of this intrepid industrial design student’s goal to expand local beekeeping and contribute to both job creation and food security in this country. Brown is currently studying for a master’s degree at the University of Johannesburg. His work on Beegin, which started as a research project, has been featured at several international design conferences. He has also co-authored several research papers. Brown came up with the design when he entered the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>2018 BASA Awards Honours PPC Imaginarium Awards</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 13 Sep 2018 12:46:45 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The PPC Imaginarium Awards champions local art and design and staked its claim with the 21st Business and Arts South Africa (BASA) Awards, partnered by Hollard Group. BASA’s 2018 finalists were announced at a breakfast at Hollard Group’s Villa Arcadia head office campus in Parktown, Johannesburg, on Tuesday, 28 August 2018, and PPC Ltd was named for the Beyond Borders Partnership Award and the Cultural Tourism Award (supported by Nedbank). The annual BASA Awards recognise and reward members of the business sector who contribute to the arts across all genres; these include businesses in the financial, construction, tourism &#38; hospitality, professional services, media &#38; publishing, property, broadcast, information technology and education sectors. “BASA-facilitated partnerships further independent, reflective and critical social commentary,” says BASA CEO Michelle Constant. “This keeps our nation growing and moving forward. It also drives economic growth that, in turn, benefits everybody.” For its efforts in supporting and uplifting local artists, PPC Ltd was named as a finalist for two BASA Awards – the Beyond Borders Partnership Award and the Cultural Tourism Award. In May 2018, PPC Ltd partnered with the National Gallery of Zimbabwe to co-host the first-ever PPC Imaginarium Awards Zimbabwe gala event. For this venture, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Breath-taking Concrete Designs and Art to Visit Nelson Mandela University</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2018 13:05:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The PPC Imaginarium Awards will conclude its 2018 tour with a visit to Nelson Mandela University (NMU) in Port Elizabeth. From 23 August – 12 September, visitors to the university’s Bird Street Gallery are invited to explore concrete masterpieces by a number of top local creatives chosen as finalists for South Africa’s most supportive art and design competition. The official launch of the exhibition will be a gala event at the gallery on Wednesday 22 August, where invitees can view finalists across all categories of the PPC Imaginarium Awards, including film, fashion, sculpture, jewellery, architecture and industrial design. Invitees will include delegates from the NMU Dean of Arts’s annual conference dinner, which takes place on the same night, and so guests will be privy to a thrilling confluence of ideas, arts and creativity. The annual travelling exhibition of the PPC Imaginarium Awards follows the crowning of its category winners and runners-up. The first stop was the University of Johannesburg (UJ) Art Gallery where the national judges chose the winners and runners-up; thereafter the works travelled to Cape Town to exhibit at the Association for Visual Arts (AVA) Gallery, to Newtown’s RMB Turbine Art Fair and 100% Design South Africa in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The 2018 Winners Of The Annual 100% Design South Africa Awards Announced At Gala Event</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Aug 2018 06:27:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[South Africa’s leading product design showcase, 100% Design South Africa, announced its 2018 Design Award Winners at a Gala Awards Evening held at Gallagher Convention Centre on the night of Thursday 9 August 2018. The proceedings took place at the 100% Design Café designed by leading local artisans Houtlander. The evening was attended by a stellar lineup of industry personalities, designers, past winners and 100% Design South Africa exhibitors. The crowd was kept entertained into the night by design savvy journalists and DJ’s Zanele Kumalo and Zodwa Kumalo-Valentine. The winners of the 100% Design Awards were chosen by an independent panel of 10 members including publishing editors, members of the media, designers, tastemakers and influencers. The 2018 judging panel included: Tiaan Nagel of House and Leisure; Ntombehle Shezi of Elle Decoration; Sumien Brink and Annemarie Meintjies of Visi; Leana Schoeman of the Sunday Times; Debbie Loots of Real Life Magazine; Zanele Kumalo of Media24; industrial designer Richard Sparks; Aiwekhoe Iyahen of Luxe Noir; and Daniel van der Merwe of the PPC Imaginarium. The judging process took place throughout the day on Wednesday 8 August 2018 and was facilitated and audited by Angus Campbell, Head of the Department of Industrial Design at the University [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The PPC Imaginarium Awards To Exhibit At 100% Design South Africa</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Aug 2018 06:51:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Emerging talent takes the stage as South Africa’s foremost art and design competition, the PPC Imaginarium Awards, re-joins top trade show 100% Design South Africa. From 8-12 August 2018, visitors to the Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand can view finalists of the concrete-themed PPC Imaginarium Awards in a dedicated feature at 100% Design South Africa. Each year, the travelling exhibition of the PPC Imaginarium Awards stops at 100% Design South Africa, allowing finalists to exhibit alongside local and international design heavyweights and emerging design talent. Curated by Platform Creative and taking place alongside Decorex Johannesburg, 100% Design South Africa is the largest curated exhibition platform for sourcing high-end contemporary design in Africa, servicing office, residential and hospitality sectors. Joining the show with their breath-taking, innovative concrete products this year are finalists of the PPC Imaginarium Awards, including works entered across all six categories, namely film, fashion, jewellery, sculpture, architecture and industrial design. “In 2017, The PPC Imaginarium reached further milestones by extending into the art community and maximising the opportunities of the artists who qualified as finalists,” says PPC Imaginarium Director Daniel van der Merwe. “The initiative has enabled and empowered more artists and designers than any comparable project in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>SA’s Most Supportive Art And Design Competition To Exhibit At The 2018 RMB Turbine Art Fair</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Jul 2018 09:07:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[South Africa’s most supportive art and design competition, the PPC Imaginarium Awards, will exhibit a selection of the finalists’ work at the Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) Turbine Art Fair in Johannesburg from 12-15 July 2018. The exhibition will include entries across the six categories – namely film, fashion, sculpture, jewellery, architecture and industrial design – as well as the Winners, Runners-up and the Overall Winner of the 2018 PPC Imaginarium Awards. The RMB Turbine Art Fair marks the third stop of the travelling exhibition of the PPC Imaginarium Awards, after showing in Cape Town and Johannesburg. Produced by acclaimed artist Stephen Hobbs, the national travelling exhibition of the PPC Imaginarium Awards takes national finalists to top galleries and festivals across South Africa, including Cape Town’s Association for Visual Arts (AVA) Gallery, 100% Design South Africa and the RMB Turbine Art Fair. The Business and Arts South Africa (BASA) Award-winning competition, which challenges entrants to use concrete in new and innovative ways, famously attracts some of the top emerging talent in the South African arts and design industries. “In 2017, the PPC Imaginarium Awards reached further milestones by extending into the art community and maximising the opportunities of the artists who [...]]]></description>
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