{"id":77966,"date":"2016-04-07T00:12:05","date_gmt":"2016-04-06T22:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=77966"},"modified":"2016-04-07T01:06:33","modified_gmt":"2016-04-06T23:06:33","slug":"spasie-upstairs-opens-on-bree-street-with-roots-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/spasie-upstairs-opens-on-bree-street-with-roots-exhibition\/","title":{"rendered":"[spasie] UPSTAIRS opens on Bree Street with #ROOTS exhibition!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"image\"<\/a>Last night I attended the opening of [spasie] UPSTAIRS on Bree Street, which was celebrated with a fascinating multi-media mix #ROOTS exhibition curated by Caro de Waal of EAT DESIGN.<\/p>\n

[spasie] UPSTAIRS is an interactive art gallery by day, \"image\"<\/a>and a premium cocktail lounge at night, promising to be ‘collaborative, collective and colourful’<\/em>.\u00a0It joins [spasie] UNDERGROUND, which has been operating from Church Street in Bo-Kaap for two years, on Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays. [spasie] \"image\"<\/a>was created by New Yorker Gregory Zeleny. His new UPSTAIRS venture is a collaboration with architect Dean Hoffman. Charlotte van Kradenburg is the new GM of both [spasie] outlets.<\/p>\n

Caro de Waal teamed up with [spasie] UPSTAIRS for the opening #ROOTS exhibition, with a mix of nine artists using various media, including photography, video, iPhonography, X-rays, illustrations, and painting to represent the #ROOTS theme, which was also represented in the form of food, drinks, words, and decor. \u00a0Explaining her inspiration for the exhibition, Caro explained: ‘I was born here; she fed me, nurtured and watered me. I grew here, Africa is my root….Here I express myself in the way I know best, through food, flavour, art and design’<\/em>. Caro’s company EAT DESIGN works to merge food, art, and design.<\/p>\n

We did not receive any information about the artists, but from the introduction by Caro I managed to get most of the artists’ names:\"image\"<\/a><\/p>\n

# \u00a0 Hein van Tonder<\/strong> photographed artichoke roots in black and white, a series of four photographs, for which he and Caro had travelled to Wellington.<\/p>\n

# \u00a0 \"image\"<\/a>On the trip to Wellington, Hein van Tonder<\/strong> and Caro discussed photographing a person with a Tumeric clay face mask, a series of three photographs, depicting the young man becoming increasingly confident over the series, Hein explained.<\/p>\n

# \u00a0 Artist Xandri Redelinghuys<\/strong> presented a trio of work, entitled Hart 1, Hart 2, and Hart 3. \"image\"<\/a>Caro described her as a drawer, painter, and cook.<\/p>\n

# \u00a0 I did not watch the video, and did not get the name of the creator of it.<\/p>\n

# \u00a0 Kosie van Rensburg<\/strong> looks uncannily like Chef Jan-Hendrik van der Westhuizen, and was \"image\"<\/a>described as an iPhonographer, who uses his iPhone to create colour effects via apps, and he then Instagrams the photographs. They were a collection of Cape Town images, including a spectacular one of Lion’s Head. He surprised me by sharing that his day job is that of an insurance number cruncher!<\/p>\n

# \u00a0 Caro<\/strong> had X-rayed a number of edible roots as well as ‘ancestor roots’<\/em> at a radiologist firm, and put them over a light box, some of the X-rays looking like human bones!<\/p>\n

# \u00a0 Jan Ras<\/strong> photographs nature and land art. He took roots \"image\"<\/a>back to nature.<\/p>\n

\"image\"<\/a>Drinks offered were Gin infused with Rooibos, Absinthe, and Infused vodka. Canapes were created by Vagabond Kitchens, and contained organic and natural ingredients:<\/p>\n

# \u00a0 Angelfish ceviche with numnum, lime, spekboom, radish, and lemon Buchu,\u00a0served on glass plates, and thorn tree branches formed part of the display of this canap\u00e9.<\/p>\n

# \u00a0 Vegetarian croquette canap\u00e9s<\/p>\n

# \u00a0 \"image\"<\/a>Chocolate balls coated in beetroot dust, a beautiful canap\u00e9<\/p>\n

# \u00a0 Lemon curd meringue canap\u00e9s, fennel seed-infused meringues\"image\"<\/a>
\nserved with the wonderfully scented lemon pelargonium curd.<\/p>\n

It was exciting being in [spasie] UPSTAIRS, and a high bar has been set with its inaugural exhibition.<\/p>\n

[spasie] UPSTAIRS<\/strong>, 2nd floor, 103 Bree Street, Cape Town. Tel (021) 422-1492. www.spasie.co<\/a><\/span>. Twitter :@SpasieCT From 11 April Art Gallery open on Tuesdays to Saturdays 10h00 – 16h00, Cocktail Lounge Thursday – Saturday from 17h00<\/h4>\n

Chris von Ulmenstein, WhaleTales Blog:\u00a0www.whalecottage.com\/blog<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0 Tel 082 55 11 323 Twitter:@WhaleCottage \u00a0<\/strong>Facebook: \u00a0<\/strong>click here<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n

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