Cross Continental Design Catwalk (CCDC) 2007

CC DESIGN CATWALK 07
Jewellery & Fashion Design performance with contemporary dance and live music

30th & 31st March 2007
designforumMQ, Museumsquartier Vienna
New Design Festival NDU

SISONKE means 'togetherness' in Zulu language and stands for a creative exchange between South Africa and Europe. The Cross Continental Design Catwalk (CCDC) is an unique jewellery and fashion design performance created by 200 designers and artists from South Africa, Austria, Hungary and Slovakia. A complex production integrating jewellery and fashion design, music, dance, visuals and poetry for an enthralling event reflecting the theme of 'togetherness', directed by leading contemporary choreographers.

The jewellery pieces and outfits were produced in South Africa and Europe, by top designers and emerging talents. The CCDC was performed at the Museumsquartier in Vienna, within the frame of the New Design Festival 07 of the New Design University, St.Pölten. The SISONKE programme encompassed jewellery design exhibitions, live music acts, DJ lines and film screenings.

SISONKE was developed by KulturAXE Vienna and Imfundiso South Africa as a sustainable platform of exchange between the continents. The SISONKE CCDC was created in cooperation with Ntja-pedi Productions, Blackage Media (RSA), Inzalo Dance Company (RSA), D.ID Dance Identity (A), New Design University (A) and the South African Embassy Vienna.

Choreography:
Liz King (A), www.dance-identity.at
Moeketsi Koena (RSA)

Music Direction:
Samson Mnisi (RSA), blackagemedia.com/...
Karl Ritter (A), www.ritter-produktion.at

Fashion Direction (RSA):
Aubrey Ramatla, Matsatsi Matlou

Jewellery Direction (RSA):
Isaac Nkwe, Linki van Zyl, David Newman
Project assistance Jewellery Design: Karin Vasold (A)
Consultancy: Veronika Schwarzinger (A)

Project Directors:
Caroline Fekete-Kaiser, KulturAXE (A)
Isaac Nkwe, Imfundiso (RSA)

Art Consultancy RSA:
Wayne Barker, www.waynebarker.co.za

Production Coordination:
Szymon Olszowski (A/PL)

Visual composition:
Victoria Coeln (A), www.victoriacoeln.at

Jewerelly designers:
Austria:
Andrea Auer, www.changingroom.at
Andreas Eberharter, www.and-i.net
Hannes Glaser
Andrea Halmschlager, www.halmschlager.at
Susanne Hammer
Margit Hart, www.margithart.at
Anna Heindl
Waltraud Jungwirth
Claire Karó, www.clairekaro.com
Fritz Maierhofer, www.fritz-maierhofer.com
Brigitte Pamperl, www.brigittepamperl-art.com
Veronika Schwarzinger, www.kunstnet.at/V+V
Florian Wagner, www.floschmuck.at
Teje Waidmann
Petra Zimmermann

Imfundiso, South Africa:
Lungile Maseko
Siyabonga Hlongwa
Zinzile Msubo
Nelson Zwane
Agang Dikgole
Judy Raikane
(all by the courtesy of Anglogold Ashanti)
Themba Cindi
Linda Nkwe
Papi Thinavhuyo
Katleho Photolo
Lukas Botha
Yujin Choi
Lise-Marié Pretorius

Tshwane University of Technology, South Africa:
Linki van Zyl
Charné van der Merwe
Renata Pretorius
Xolani Mayikana
Riaan Jansen van Rensburg
Arno Neff
Madelyn Botha
Lauren du Toit
Nicole Lombaard

New Design University, St.Pölten, www.ndu.ac.at

Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Bratislava, www.afad.sk
Jewellery Dept., Prof. Karol Weisslechner

Fashion designers:
Austria:
Anna Aichinger, www.annaaichinger.com
Combinat www.combinat.at:
(Pitour www.pitour.com
MeYoTa, www.meyota.com

Artista, www.artistafashion.com
Km/A, www.kmamode.com
Claudia Guedel, www.c-shop.ch)
Cordula Dethlefsen
Indra, www.indra.co.at
Gudrun Kampl
Claudia Rosa Lukas, www.lukas-by.com

South Africa:
Aubrey Ramatla
Matsatsi Matlou (Hydrandea)
Irmgard Mkhabela
Artistic Soul (Tshepo Modiba)
Maru-A Pula (Ogone Matshidiso)
Jeff International
David Tlale, www.davidtlale.co.za

Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Bratislava
Fashion Dept., Prof. Julia Sabova

SISONKE Music production:
Samson Mnisi, Ntja-pedi Productions (RSA)
Martin Reiter (A), co-composer
Music support: Lorenz Giorgi (A)

SISONKE stage band
(A/RSA/TUN/DRC):
Martin Machapa (Lead Vocals)
Karl Ritter (Guitar & Co-Producer)
Geri Schuller (Keyboard), Christoph Petschina (Bass)
Wolfgang Reisinger (Schlagzeug), Habib Samandi (Percussion)
Yannic, Gloria, Victoria Fundi (Backing vocals)

Dance:
Moeketsi Koena (RSA)
Thabiso Pule (RSA)
Gabriela Saranouffi (MAD)
Karin Label (A/Haiti), label.at.tt
Dancers/Liz King (A),
Choreographic Centre Linz &
Company X.IDA by Esther Linley:
Bwaje, Jean Beauregard (F), Anna Mayder (PL)
Letizia Monea (I), Sebastian Gebura (PL)
Anna Karabela (PL), Anna Lis (PL)
Miriam Remirez (E), Maria Kuchowicz (PL)
Models (A): Mascha Fekete, Victoria Bismarques, Victoria Braun
Nina Schönfeld, Nina Kataeva

Graphic Design:
Katalin Mesterházy (H)

SISONKE Film:
Dumisani Phakathi (RSA)
László László Révész (HU), www.revesz.eu
Emanuel Danesch (A), www.danesch.at

Cultural communication/coordination:
Katharina Grascher (A)

Marketing:
DDr. Elmar Kickinger (A), www.marketconsult.at

Photography:
Studio Photography: Michi Dürr (A), www.michaelduerr.com
Photography CCDC:
Szymon Olszowski (A/PL)
Sascha Osaka (A)

Visuals cooperation/Video:
Hanna Priemetzhofer (A)
Katalin Mesterházy (H)
Peter Muzak (A)
Jan Fekete (SK)
Walter Doppler (A)

Styling:
(Studio) Ulla Hinterwirth (A)
(Show) Martin Machapa (RSA)
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Press:
Vladimir and Estragon
vladimir.estragon.at

Webdesign:
Nicolas Kaiser (A)

Institutional partners (Jewellery & Fashion Design):
Tshwane University of Technology (RSA), www.tut.ac.za
South West Gauteng College, Soweto (RSA), www.swgc.co.za
Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Bratislava (SK), www.afad.sk
New Design University, St.Pölten (A) www.ndu.ac.at
V & V Gallery Jewellery Design, Vienna (A), www.kunstnet.or.at/V+V

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Cultural Department, City of Vienna,
www.wien.gv.at/...
Austrian Federal Ministry for Education, the Arts and Culture, Arts Division
www.bmukk.gv.at/...
Austrian Foreign Ministry, Cultural Policy Section
www.bmaa.gv.at/...
Austrian Development Agency, www.ada.gv.at/...
DCM DECOmetal GmbH, Austria,
www.dcm-vienna.com/...
Wohlleb Rahmen - art for art, Vienna,
wohlleb.co.at/...
& SISONKE partners