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021 MAGAZINE AUTUMN 2011 * View our website www.021cape.com or follow 021Club on Facebook and 021Magazine on twitter autumn 2011 issue # 9 Dear Readers, The last time I visited my sister and her family in Cologne, Germany, I saw crates filled with frozen vegetables parked outside their house. It was in the middle of winter and unusually cold. “Oh,” my sister explained pointing at the crates, “these were delivered yesterday by the supermarket guys. I haven’t had the time yet to place them in our freezer box, but with temperatures so low I left them sitting out here. It’s quite convenient, isn’t it?”. Startled, I heard myself mutter rather unnecessarily “But is nobody going to take them?” The words were not even out of my mouth, when I knew it was going to happen. And there it was: My sister gave me the lazy eye, blew little puffs of air through her nose and said in a voice that reminded me of Helen Zille addressing parliament “You know, really, this is not South Africa.” I do wonder at times how much of South Africa I’ve absorbed, without even being aware of. Am I tolerant of conditions of life that shouldn’t be acceptable? Am I seeing the world in a warped way just because I live here? I was reminded of this at one of our editorial meetings. Discussing images for this issue, we came across the one you now see in the thumbnail on the cover, showing the fat guy in the chair, with the skinny one flopping his heels into the air. The image struck a humorous chord with us, and someone pointed out that it seems a clever parody of the political situation with the white guy playing court jester to the ruling black monarch. But that’s not the way everyone in the world sees it. When we called James Clowney, the man in the chair, to find out more about Cirque du Soleil’s tour to South Africa, he was baffled by our interpretation. “What do you mean?” he twanged into the phone in his thick New York drawl, “Everyone takes turns to sit in the chair.” Learning a thing or two about oneself doesn’t have to be always complex, or embarrassing. It can also happen by attending a U2 concert at Cape Town Stadium. Days later, I’m still struggling to find words for the band’s performance, the visual pyrotechnics and even more so for the sight of so many people joined in movement, sound and excitement. It all adds to the ever changing picture one has of this place we call home. At 021 Magazine we share an excitement for discovery and imagination. We learn through interacting with some of the most exciting and creative people in the country and beyond, and their stories make us cringe, cry and laugh, sometimes all at the same time. We hope that by reading this edition of 021 we can share some of the talent and creativity we have encountered in the last couple of months. Inside this edition you will meet people who question and those who simply want to entertain you. Enjoy! PICTURE STEPHEN GOLDBERG P.S. To make 021 available to as many readers as possible, we’ve now decided to grow our free distribution to more than 1 200 community hotspots (cafes, theatres, airport lounges etc) in the Western Cape. Of course you can purchase your own copy in 021’s sales outlets, but for convenience’s sake, we suggest you subscribe. See page 71 for further details. ED'S NOTE.indd 2 2/21/11 6:55:32 PM
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Dear Readers, or follow 021Club on Facebook and 021Magazine on twitter P.S. To make 021 available to as many readers as possible, we’ve now decided to grow our free distribution to more than 1 200 community hotspots (cafes, theatres, airport lounges etc) in the Western Cape. Of course you can purchase your own copy in 021’s sales outlets, but for convenience’s sake, we suggest you subscribe. See page 71 for further details. 021 MAGAZINE AUTUMN 2011 PICTURE STEPHEN GOLDBERG
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* View our website www.021cape.com or follow 021Club on Facebook and 021Magazine on twitter
autumn 2011 issue #9Dear Readers,
The last time I visited my sister and her family in Cologne, Germany, I saw crates fi lled with frozen vegetables parked outside their house. It was in the middle of winter and unusually cold. “Oh,” my sister explained pointing at the crates, “these were delivered yesterday by the supermarket guys. I
haven’t had the time yet to place them in our freezer box, but with temperatures so low I left them sitting out here. It’s quite convenient, isn’t it?”. Startled, I heard myself mutter rather unnecessarily “But is nobody going to take them?” The words were not even out of my mouth, when I knew it was going to happen. And there it was: My sister gave me the lazy eye, blew little puffs of air through her nose and said in a voice that reminded me of Helen Zille addressing parliament “You know, really, this is not South Africa.”
I do wonder at times how much of South Africa I’ve absorbed, without even being aware of. Am I tolerant of conditions of life that shouldn’t be acceptable? Am I seeing the world in a warped way just because I live here?
I was reminded of this at one of our editorial meetings. Discussing images for this issue, we came across the one you now see in the thumbnail on the cover, showing the fat guy in the chair, with the skinny one fl opping his heels into the air.
The image struck a humorous chord with us, and someone pointed out that it seems a clever parody of the political
situation with the white guy playing court jester to the ruling black monarch. But that’s not the way everyone in the world sees it. When we called James Clowney, the man in the chair, to fi nd out more about Cirque du Soleil’s tour to South Africa, he was baffl ed by our interpretation. “What do you mean?” he twanged into the phone in his thick New York drawl, “Everyone takes turns to sit in the chair.”
Learning a thing or two about oneself doesn’t have to be always complex, or embarrassing. It can also happen by attending a U2 concert at Cape Town Stadium. Days later, I’m still struggling to fi nd words for the band’s performance, the visual pyrotechnics and even more so for the sight of so many people joined in movement, sound and excitement.
It all adds to the ever changing picture one has of this place we call home. At 021 Magazine we share an excitement for discovery and imagination. We learn through interacting with some of the most exciting and creative people in the country and beyond, and their stories make us cringe, cry and laugh, sometimes all at the same time.
We hope that by reading this edition of 021 we can share some of the talent and creativity we have encountered in the last couple of months. Inside this edition you will meet people who question and those who simply want to entertain you.
Enjoy!
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P.S. To make 021 available to as many readers as possible, we’ve now decided to grow our free distribution to more than 1 200 community hotspots (cafes, theatres, airport lounges etc) in the Western Cape. Of course you can purchase your own copy in 021’s sales outlets, but for convenience’s sake, we suggest you subscribe. See page 71 for further details.
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