GROOVE BIENNALE BY DORMANTYOUTH AND Jägermeister’s Night EmbassySEES MUSIC & ARCHITECTURE COMBINE IN ALEX this weekend

Alexandra is where architect and DJ Thelma Ndebele AKA DORMANTYOUTH will construct the final Night Embassy Joburg  residency by Jägermeister. Groove Biennale: The Ante Experience happens from the 8th to the 10th of July 2022 at Twin Park, 71 11th Road, Bramley.

 

There is free registration on Webtickets to Groove Biennale featuring amapiano queen Pabi Cooper; a ballroom dance off co-hosted with Vogue Nights Jozi and the city’s top DJs Lelowhatsgood, Pona, NODIGGITY, Danger Ingozi, Phatstoki, Rose Bonica and The Fly Machine Sessions amongst others.

 

Groove Biennale is the fourth and final Night Embassy residency that has seen the other three Ambassadors, Unmuted, Other Village People and Kombonation creating bold new nightlife experiences at iconic spaces in Jozi and Soweto, with the support of Jägermeister. Now it’s DORMANTYOUTH’s turn to make their mark, with a nocturnal pavilion that will host music performances and exhibitions, as well as celebrate queer communities.

 

Thelma Ndebele is a non-binary Master of Architecture whose interest lies in music as an alternative translation of place and archive of lived space. Their role as DORMANTYOUTH allows them to shape interactions between body and space via music, providing an eye-opening lens on how sound can affect the relationship between architecture, art, individual and collective.

 

When DJing, DORMANTYOUTH gravitates towards electronically produced bass music, especially sounds that boom from underground scenes in musically undiscovered parts of the world. DJing at identity specific and femme focused events such as Vogue Nights Jozi and Pussy Party has become a method of research, providing access to the unique landscape of contemporary Johannesburg Nightlife.

 

The Groove Biennale is a curated series of underground parties branded as ‘The Ante Experience’. Nested inside an architectural shell meant for large scale contemporary exhibitions (Biennale), the  Ante Performa, Ante Kiki and the Ante Rave will bring the fresh alternative electronic music and performances that Joburg locals and its honorary citizens have to offer.” Says DORMANTYOUTH.

 

“The Ante Experience is a play on words, marrying the alt/anti aesthetic with the architectural term ante, which describes a room/space preceding a main hall. Snapshot interactions of the party during each event will be recorded and redisplayed as hologram projections integrated into the structure of the main pavilion structure.”

 

Ante Performa – Friday 8th July 19:00 – 02:00

A party that celebrates the body & human form by incorporating dance exhibitions within the pavilion structure. Its elements will be part of the choreography and movement.

 

A sneaky set by Tiro! will welcome invited guests and media to view the structures as installation pieces, before the party begins.

 

Host & MC: Zango Kubheka @zangokubheka

 

DJs:

 

18:00 – Tiro!

19:00 – Nouveaux

19:45 – ANDRD18

20:30 – Fi Money

21:15 – Pona

22:00 – sof

22:45 – Seventhgaze

23:30 – DJ HOT ATHENA

00:15 – 0_0_0_0 (FACES) x DJ Danger Ingozi

 

Dancers:

 

22:00 – NKLY

22:30 – Anna Phoenix

23:00 – LEX SIREN

 

Ante Kiki – Saturday 9th July 18:00 – 02:00

A ballroom inspired queer event where there will be cash prizes for winners of the Vogue Femme With a Twist Category and the Runway with a Twist Category. These Ki Kis will be soundtracked by a DJ battle between LeloWhatsGood and DORMANTYOUTH.

 

18:00 – Lotion

19:00 – Skits

20:00 – Phatstoki

21:00 – LeloWhatsGood vs DORMANTYOUTH

 

Original Hunty to MC Ballroom Category :

21: 00 – KI Category ( Runway With a Twist, Open To All)

21:45 – KI Category (Vogue Femme with a Twist, Open To All)

23:00 – Fake Love

00:00 – Pabi Cooper

00:30 – GYRE

 

Ante Rave —  Sunday 10 July 18:00 – 02:00

An African electronic music party in collaboration with the femme led dance music night Bae Electronica who will be exhibiting photos from their Suid Electronica event.

 

Host & MC: Zango Kubheka @zangokubheka

 

18:00 – NODIGGITY

18:40 – Nhloso

19:20 – Fly Machine Sessions

20:00 – Hlengi

20:40 – Rose Bonica

21:20 – Rea da Soul X Starzo Rtee

22:00 – LIKKY LIKS

22:40 – Aux Alaio

23:20 – Unticipated Soundz

00:15 – TeePeeMassox

 

Groove Bienniale is about “Exploring architectural forms, contextualised into the experience of music-based events at night, the Groove Biennale is a large-scale exhibition which showcases the creative side of the construction industry, investigating the relationship between music and space. ” DORMANTYOUTH explains.

 

“My collaborators and I are designing and building a modular scaffolding structure that is the biennale pavilion where all these parties will happen in, on, under and around.” Collaborators include spatial practitioners, architects and researchers Izak Potgieter, Siwe Mathenjwa, Nothando Lunga, Dylan Fernandes and Gio Rech.

 

Night Embassy by Jägermeister is a residency programme centred on ‘Freiraum’, a space for unbridled self-expression and unlimited creativity. Night Embassy began in Berlin, moved to Moscow and in July 2021 launched in South Africa. Night Embassy Joburg supported the selected Ambassadors of the Night – Unmuted, Other Village People, Kombonation and Dormantyouth-through Freiraum, production support, budget and mentorship by the Night Embassy Creative Board: Event producer, business strategist and venue owner Theresho Selesho; designer, artist and creative director Jana Hamman; LGBTQI pioneer, DJ and content creator Lelowhatsgood; skate scene champion and filmmaker Day Marumo and amapiano centered talent management agency owner Thuli Keupzz.

 

DORMANTYOUTH entered Night Embassy Joburg because the call to action on the application form matched, “My masters dissertation topic almost to a tee. I had been studying Joburg’s alternative nightlife scenes and their lack of architectural typology at the Graduate School of Architecture at UJ from 2019 to 2020.”

 

For DORMANTYOUTH, “Night Embassy Joburg is the perfect chance to prototype my architectural ideas and actually realise my design concepts. This is important for other young professionals in the built environment, to look beyond what our professions have historically

shown us. I think this residency will show an alternative perspective of architecture beyond its technical and formal predisposition.”

 

They believe, “Groove Biennale has the potential to push the limit on what can be done within the aesthetics of Joburg groove. We have seen the clubs with VIP areas and dress codes and we are now in an era where that doesn’t necessarily equate to a good time. This residency could shed more light on alternative events being sought after, safe and enjoyable.”

 

On 16 July Night Embassy will close out with a big underground party in Johannesburg at Moon River. Complimentary tickets can be found on http://www.night-embassy.com/jhb/ 

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