Celluloid and fine art come together this week in more ways than one.
? Lost, ABC television’s long-running series about aeroplane-crash survivors stranded on a haunted island is less a television show than a cult internet phenomenon. Since it started airing in the United States and Canada in 2004, the series has inspired ardent fan sites. Artist Katherine Bull adds her voice to the collective pop-cultural hermeneutics with data capture_LOST & FOUND, an exhibition of watercolour paintings created while watching Lost. Bull’s paintings are haunted by residual bits of narrative and colourful lines of abstract interference.
Blank Projects, Sir Lowry Road, Woodstock, until September 3. Tel: 072 1989 221 / 072 507 5951. Website:www.blankprojects.com.
? The African Arts Institute’s Learn Africa, Love Africa is a programme of art, music and film that aims to raise local audiences’ awareness of creative production on the continent. In August the institute will screen African films by the continent’s best directors, representing various genres. The programme launches with a tribute to Senegal’s Ousmane Sembéne, who is often referred to as the father of African cinema. His award-winning Borom Sarret (The Wagoner, 1963) and La Noire de … (Black Girl, 1966) will be screened consecutively from 6.15pm on August 9. The former is widely acknowledged as the first all-African film to be made, whereas the latter was the first full-length African film. The screenings will be preceded by an informal presentation on Sembéne’s work and legacy.
Labia Theatre, 68 Orange Street, Gardens, Cape Town. Tel: 021 465 9027/8. Website: www.afai.org.za.