Cool Capital Biennale

The Cool Capital Biennale is a citywide art, architecture and design biennale convened by Pieter Mathews. ^{[1] [2] [3]} This bi-annual event is held in the City of Pretoria and allows for anyone to contribute something creative, ^[4] being an "uncurated, DIY, guerrilla biennale". ^[4] It aims to bring change to Pretoria and expose residents to art, architecture and design. ^[5] It is web based, with a catalogue being published at the end of each event year. ^[6] Interventions ^[7] include:

• Showing of Pretoria-focused films.
• Bus tours (e.g. to Marabastad).
• Visiting buildings that are usually not open to the public.
• "Gallery Crawling".
• An urban party in the CBD.
• Poetry in malls.
• The Dutch Footsteps website.
• Sculpture exhibitions.

References

1. DEKAT: 16. December 2012.{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)^{[ full citation needed ]}
2. "Pieter Mathews". South African Institute of Architects . Retrieved 2 April 2014.
3. Steenberg, Renate (2013). "Alumnus showcases talent for innovative design" (PDF). Innovate (8): 36–38. Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 May 2014. Retrieved 25 March 2014.
4. de Beer, Diane (4 March 2014). "Upping Pretoria's cool cred". IOL. Retrieved 7 March 2014.
5. DEKAT: 90. March–April 2014.{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)^{[ full citation needed ]}
6. "Cool Capital Biennale 2014". The South African FOREIGN Guide. 15. 2013–2014.
7. Myburg, Johan (21 February 2014). "Doen-kuns-self in 'cool Pta'". Beeld.

External links

• Official website