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HOLI Festival Of Colours: What it´s all about

The HOLI Festival takes place on the day of the full moon of the Phaluga month and is one of the most famous celebrations in the northern parts of India. At this Hindu-Festival people celebrate the victory of the good over the bad and the beginning of the spring.

The special feature is that the people paint themselves with various colours and throw colourful powder in the air to express the freedom and to colour their everyday life. The most important thing is, that on this day all castes of the indian caste-system are nullified and put out of force. On this day of celebration all people are supposed to be equal!

image: facebook.com/HoliFestivalOfColoursCapetown

image: facebook.com/HoliFestivalOfColoursCapetown

Holi Festival of Colours, Cape Town

Line-up:
★ Mi Casa
★ LCNVL
★ Pascal & Pearce
★ Roger Goode
★ Jeremy Loops
★ Ryan L
★ Kirsti
★ Plaigarythm

Location & Time:
The location will be Sahara Park Newlands | The event starts at 12pm and doors open at 12am. Fist colour throw will be at 13:00. Doors will close at 8pm. | Parking will be available from 11am onwards.

Tickets:
Buy tickets, here!

image: facebook.com/HoliFestivalOfColoursCapetown

image: facebook.com/HoliFestivalOfColoursCapetown

Competition

To win a double ticket to the HOLI Colour Festival in Cape Town, follow ALL three steps:

Leave the most colourful comment you can think of.
 

The two winners will be announced Wednesday 09 October at 09h00!

 

image: facebook.com/HoliFestivalOfColoursCapetown

image: facebook.com/HoliFestivalOfColoursCapetown

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]]> http://www.onesmallseed.com/2013/10/competition-holi-festival-of-colours-cape-town/feed/ 7 http://www.onesmallseed.com/2013/03/win-a-double-ticket-to-joburgs-we-are-one-colour-festival/ http://www.onesmallseed.com/2013/03/win-a-double-ticket-to-joburgs-we-are-one-colour-festival/#comments Tue, 26 Mar 2013 13:52:30 +0000 http://www.onesmallseed.com/?p=30344 Prepare for an exhilarating day of rich vibrant energy and mischievous behaviour as the Joburg WE ARE ONE Colour Festival is just around the corner! Want to be a part of this epic journey of colour, music and dancing? Well, now you can! Read on to see how you can win a double ticket for this sold-out festival!

The original Holi Festival in India is a huge fun-filled celebration of music and dancing, uniquely characterized by throwing special coloured powder into the air (and at each other) to express freedom and the colour of everyday life. The festival concept has quickly gained popularity worldwide with colour festivals springing up in Berlin, Dresden, Munich, Hannover, the USA and Singapore. Now it’s South Africa’s turn to launch its own version of the festival. The colour festivals are all about bringing people together and celebrating the fun and colour of everyday life. To support and reinforce this ethos more strongly we have rebranded to WE ARE ONE Colour Festival and in making sure there is no ambiguity between the SA event and the Hindu festival that it’s based on, the world ‘Holi’ has been removed from the title.

CPT “We Are One”, image: Stu Shapiro Photography

 

With the Cape Town event on 2 March being a huge success, you can expect nothing less than spectacular for the Joburg festival on the 6 April. Here is some need-to-know info on the line-up and venue…

Line-up
Kid Fonque
Richard the Third
Sadhu Sensi
Toby2shoes
DJ Danger Ingozi

Details:

Location: Emmarentia Dam
Date: Saturday, 6 April
You must be over 18 to enter this competition.

 

CPT “We Are One”, image: Damien Schumann

 

COMPETITION

We are giving away one set of double tickets (excluding colour but you can buy colour at the event) to the Joburg WE ARE ONE Colour Festival. To win, simply follow these three steps:

 

The winner will be announced Tuesday 2 April at 12h00!

CPT “We Are One”, image: Facebook

CPT “We Are One”, image: Facebook

CPT “We Are One”, image: Damien Schumann

images: Facebook, Damien Schumann, Stu Shapiro Photography

Tell us how and when you started photography?
I started photographing after doing a hand developing photography course at Photofusion in Brixton, London about 13 years ago.

Are mannequins easy models to work with?
Mannequins are great models, very adaptable and never have bad hair days.

Do they eat?
Mannequins only eat at night, when humans are sleeping. Should they be fed during the day, they may bite.

Please tell us how?
After hours, I shoot within the depths of my studio flat in Green Point – also known as the Squirrel’s Nest. The Mannequins now call this nest their home too – The Mannequin Masquerade Headquarters. On our travels this week we tracked down a supplier of traffic beacons for a future photo-shoot and spent the day masquerading at West Coast National Park in celebration of Women’s Day. The mannequins caused quite a stir in the serenity & tranquillity of the park. I recorded comments overheard by curious by-passers when they spot the mannequins:
“I wonder who did this?!”
“Is this for real?”
“How many of these do you have?”
“Is dit ‘n dame? Dit lyk soos a forken mermaid!”
“Is this some sort of experiment or competition or something? Would you like to bring them for a drink at my place – I stay in a house not far from here.”

How did your phone drown?
My phone drowned a very sorrowful death due to being accidentally dropped in a pot of water, whilst speaking to my Fox (my boyfriend).

Some of the work can be seen as rather trippy… How do you feel about hallucinogenics and the creative doors it can open?
Many people have said this to me – ironically no hallucinogenics or even a single drop of alcohol have been involved during the past two months of photographing these mannequins – I decided to pursue a period of alcohol-free existence for two months and BAM! this happened! This is thus proof that creativity can explode via many channels, including the understated and underrated doors of sobriety.

What inspired you behind your album Mannequin Masquerades?
There was no specific inspiration behind the Masquerades – one Monday I woke up wanting a mannequin then the search began – I was quoted between R800 – R3000 for various mannequins. Madame Manique Win (the female) belonged to me when I did a year of Fashion Design at Natal Technikon in 1996, so my mother kindly sent her down from Durban to me. Madame Manique Win then begged me to find her a playmate, so we found Monsieur Tranny Quin shortly after her arrival in the Mothership at Milnerton Market – the rest has been total improvisation and organic spontaneity.

I have an assortment of fabrics, clothing & accessories that we play with. It starts with the prop of a hat or a wig & the rest unfolds. There is no law & order where these punks are concerned, that’s for the humans.

What can the kaleidoscopic escape be seen to represent in your story.
Kaleidoscopic escape refers to the visual escape I hope that viewers get when they see these photos & in particular the kaleidoscope-like collages that I have created from the photographs.

‘Fantasy is the new reality ‘ – can you tell me a little more about this.
The mannequins get themselves into such astounding outfits & lighting situations, that they may appear to be in & from another dimension. Some people have mistaken the mannequins in some photographs for humans. This fantastical illusion is reality to the mannequins.

You went to AfrikaBurn this year right… ? What was your most bizarre memory you came back with?
Yes, this year was my first burn – what an incredible experience. Highlighting the most bizarre memory is quite a tricky one because there were so many! First thing that comes to mind was a surprise meeting and improvised story-telling session by MAfrica – the intriguing green forest fairy with the voice and expressions of a 6-year old child. She appeared one morning at our camp, with an intricate head piece of trees & dangling butterflies, treated us to a few tales and then moved magically forth into the mirage!

title: Cyborg2

Title: TechnoPunkManiqueWin3

Title: PsyRenaissanceTranny2

Title: TechnicolourManique1

Title: LEDRibbon4

Title: LEDCandles3

Title: FuturisticHippieManique1

Title: FineFeatheredTranny3

Interview by: David Plenderleith

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© Iwan Baan

© Iwan Baan

© Iwan Baan

The project has made waves with the controversial ‘el B’ building running a kilometre along the Alfonso XII dock in Cartagena, Spain. There is a 20-meter space between the building and water, serving as a promenade creating a waterfront-like feel. The building is at the pinnacle of contemporary architecture with its clear and definite geometric design. The use of aluminium and plastic as materials gave the architects the ability to play with colour and gives the ‘el B’ a sense of transparency and clarity.

© Iwan Baan

© Iwan Baan

© Iwan Baan

© Iwan Baan

© Iwan Baan

© Iwan Baan

Words: Bianca Budricks

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