If you’re looking for an in-depth look into what is happening in popular culture around the world, then book your tickets for the TOFFIE Popular Culture Festival from 26 to 28 March 2010. The pop cult fest is taking place at Rondebosch Boys’ High School and is said to be “Everything that is the Shit”, a proverbial feast for popular culture fanatics.
TOFFIE hosts a number of international speakers presenting on fashion, sneakers, music and magazines. Here is some of the line up you can expect to see:
Peet Pienaar - Creative director at South African design and publishing agency, The President.
Wynand Myburg - One of the founders of iconic South African bands Fokofpolisiekar and Van Coke Kartel.
Shawn Carboy - Sneaker designer for Nike Skateboarding and former lead footwear designer for skateboarding shoe brand Emerica.
Sean Taylor - Vice president of creative for MTV International
Kim Jones – Creative director of British luxury brand Alfred Dunhill and winner of the British Menswear Designer of the Year award in 2006.
Fly on the Wall – A Cape Town-based production house that has produced short films and music videos including Fokofpolisiekar’s movie “Forgive them for they know not what they do.
Jorge Alderete – Co-owner of independent record label Isotonic Records and independent animator for MTV Latin America and Japan.
Richard Hart – Durban-based graphic designer and founder of Disturbance studio who led the “Them and Us” collaboration project.
Siggi Egertsson – Illustrator and was named as one of the 20 brightest design stars in the world under 30.
If you want to get your hands dirty, there are also practical workshops in everything from circuit bending and screen-printing to vinyl toy design. Leading graphic designers will also be exhibiting their work along with champion BMX and skateboard riders, while a multitude of stores will be selling limited edition goodies for those that need mementos. Festival goers are also invited to dress up for the disease-themed party that will feature bands Van Coke Kartel, Ooorlog Frankenstein and Argentinean electro rockers Manta Raya. that will have you decking out your room as a shrine to modern day popular culture.
There is something new brewing in Cape Town and this is it, a festival moving away from the mainstream and offering something different in the ever-increasing haze of commercialisation. A ticket for R680 will get you in and have you breathing, eating and sleeping pop cult for a solid weekend.
If you’re looking for an in-depth look into what is happening in popular culture around the world, then book your tickets for the TOFFIE Popular Culture Festival from 26 to 28 March 2010. The pop cult fest is taking place at Rondebosch Boys’ High School and is said to be “Everything that is the Shit”, a proverbial feast for popular culture fanatics.
TOFFIE hosts a number of international speakers presenting on fashion, sneakers, music and magazines. Here is some of the line up you can expect to see:
Peet Pienaar - Creative director at South African design and publishing agency, The President.
Wynand Myburg - One of the founders of iconic South African bands Fokofpolisiekar and Van Coke Kartel.
Shawn Carboy - Sneaker designer for Nike Skateboarding and former lead footwear designer for skateboarding shoe brand Emerica.
Sean Taylor - Vice president of creative for MTV International
Kim Jones – Creative director of British luxury brand Alfred Dunhill and winner of the British Menswear Designer of the Year award in 2006.
Fly on the Wall – A Cape Town-based production house that has produced short films and music videos including Fokofpolisiekar’s movie “Forgive them for they know not what they do.
Jorge Alderete – Co-owner of independent record label Isotonic Records and independent animator for MTV Latin America and Japan.
Richard Hart – Durban-based graphic designer and founder of Disturbance studio who led the “Them and Us” collaboration project.
Siggi Egertsson – Illustrator and was named as one of the 20 brightest design stars in the world under 30.
If you want to get your hands dirty, there are also practical workshops in everything from circuit bending and screen-printing to vinyl toy design. Leading graphic designers will also be exhibiting their work along with champion BMX and skateboard riders, while a multitude of stores will be selling limited edition goodies for those that need mementos. Festival goers are also invited to dress up for the disease-themed party that will feature bands Van Coke Kartel, Ooorlog Frankenstein and Argentinean electro rockers Manta Raya. that will have you decking out your room as a shrine to modern day popular culture.
There is something new brewing in Cape Town and this is it, a festival moving away from the mainstream and offering something different in the ever-increasing haze of commercialisation. A ticket for R680 will get you in and have you breathing, eating and sleeping pop cult for a solid weekend.
