THE THIRD TOFFIE POP CULTURE CONFERENCE AND FESTIVAL TAKES PLACE IN THE CAPE TOWN CITY HALL FROM FRIDAY 30 MARCH TO SUNDAY 1 APRIL 2012. TOFFIE POP IS A 3-DAY FESTIVAL AND CONFERENCE, FOCUSING ON CONTEMPORARY POPULAR CULTURE, DESIGN, MUSIC, MAGAZINE PUBLISHING, ART AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT RELATES TO EVERYDAY POP CULTURE.
THE LINE-UP INCLUDES OVER 60 LOCAL AND INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS:
- PENNY MARTIN (UK): EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF THE GENTLEWOMAN MAGAZINE
- ROEL WOUTERS (THE NETHERLANDS): DIRECTOR/DESIGNER
- OMAR SOSA (SPAIN): ART DIRECTOR, PUBLISHER AND GRAPHIC DESIGNER OF APARTAMENTO MAGAZINE
- MALIBONGWE TYILO (SA): FASHION BUYER AND FOUNDER OF SKATTIEWHATAREYOUWEARING.BLOGSPOT.COM
- ATHI-PATRA RUGA (SA): WELL-KNOWN PERFORMANCE AND CONTEMPORARY ARTIST
- CHRIS BISSET (SA): FILM DIRECTOR
- SIBOT (SA): SOUND DESIGNER
6 INTERNATIONAL TEAMS WILL BE COMPETING IN THE CREATIVE SHOWDOWN AT TOFFIE. THE TEAMS CONSIST OF FOUR MEMBERS EACH AND HAVE TO COMPETE IN A RANGE OF ACTIVITIES (THEY WILL SPEAK AT THE CONFERENCE, EACH PRESENT AN HOUR-LONG WORKSHOP AND A 15 MINUTE SMALL TALK).
- SPANISH TEAM: ALEX TROCHUT, MICHELE ANGELO, XAVIER MANOSA, DVEIN ANIMATION STUDIO
- DUTCH TEAM: HANNES BERNARD, ROB SCHRÖDER, NINI FOLKERSMA, GUIDO GIGLIO, RUBEN PATER, SENGYONG MOON, STEFAN SCHAEFER, YURI VEERMAN
- SWISS TEAM: BASTIEN AUBRY, DIMITRI BROQUARD, JONAS VOGELI, GUY MELDEM
- SOUTH AFRICAN TEAM: SMISO ZWANE, ZAMANI XOLO, PAUL SHIAKALLIS, ANDREY AITCHISON
- UK TEAM: TOMAS ROOPE, EMMA GIBSON, SIMON “SANKY” SANKARAYYA, WILL HUDSON, IT’S NICE THAT
- ARGENTINA TEAM: JUAN FRONTINI, NACHO GIL, JAVIER LOURENCO, MARCO CAMACHO
TICKETS:
CONFERENCE PROFESSIONALS: R750 for all three days
CONFERENCE STUDENTS: R500 for all three days (100 tickets only)
WORKHSOPS: R250 EXTRA FOR SMALL 20 PERSON SESSIONS WITH SPEAKERS
Video by GuyMeldem/Körner Union (Switzerland)
Sibot in action
