Year in Review, 2023 and 2022

Story Posted: 8 November 2023
Categories: Festival,Report

Fak’ugesi 2023

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Fak’ugesi 2023 Livestreams

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Fak’ugesi 2022

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See our live stream content below:

Fakugesi Awards 2022 – 21 October
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Opening Ceremony 13 October 6pm
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Day 1 Conference – 14 October

Day 2 – 15 October

Sunday:

Maker Day – 16 October

16 October – Jamz Gaming Launch

Intermediaries Forum 17 October

Intermediaries Forum 18 October

Jamz Pitches – Animation and Video Games

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2022 Team

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Jamz

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Pan-African Market Showcase for MUTEK

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Fak’ugesi 2022 Poster Competition

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9 September 2021

DigitIntermediaries Bootcamp – SIGN UP / INSCRIPTION

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Open Call for Creatives – DIGITAL SUPERPOWER! LAB

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Fak’ugesi Labs 2021 Residency Artist: Interview with Artist & Animator Ana Maria Boquero

CALL FOR DIGITAL ARTISTS FOR THE ANNUAL POSTER COMPETITION 2021

Fak’ugesi Festival 2021 – #BuildCozYouHaveTo

Telematic 360: Pan African Telematic Art Project

SURREAL: An Immersive Media Lecture Series

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22 September 2020

Fak’ugesi Festival 2020 #POWERTOTHEPIXEL Programme Preview

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Fak’ugesi Festival 2020 Online #PowerToThePixel

Virtual Black Out: Experiments in Future of Form

Africa2020 x NewImages Festival

Masidlale Play Fest – 14 March

3 February 2020

Open Call – CairoTronica

22 January 2020

Partner Project – Masidlale Fak’ugesi Arcade Box

16 January 2020

Call for Projects – Digital lab Africa #4

23 October 2019

Winners of the Blockchain for Creative Industries Hackathon 2019!

2022 Expo Stands

Digital makers invited to ‘Own Your Force’ as Fak’ugesi African Digital Innovation Festival reaches new heights in 2019

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Save the Date – 2019 Program

Cultural Economies Forum – 4th July 2019

2019 Poster Illustration Finalists and Winner – Leigh Le Roux!

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2019 Call for Illustrators Open!

26 February 2019

Source Code Gallery Launching

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Fak’ugesi 2018 and Zimbabwean Residents at ‘Digital Imaginaries: Africas in Production” ZKM, Germany

2 November 2018

We Are Hiring! Business Development Manager / Fundraiser

24 September 2018

Fak’ugesi Beats & Fak’ugesi Arcade – Final Week of Fak’ugesi 2018

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Call for Participation: “Digital Spirit” AR Workshop

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Digital Imaginaries: Premonition @ WAM & Fak’ugesi

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Award Winning Performance

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18 January 2017

Dates Announced for Fak’ugesi 2017

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Poem Call To Action

Festival Residency Call

10 September 2015

Opening of the Fak’ugesi Lab Exhibition

2 September 2015

Fak’ugesi Lab First Thursday at WAM

Market Hack: making & hacking for everyone!

Treasure Hunting for a Smart City with Ling Tan

Residency Events, how do YOU see the future of Joburg?

“Reverse” Digital Hustle – 27th Aug

A MAZE/JHB – new 2015 CI

BodyTech – first announcement

Media Release: BodyTech 2015

A MAZE to return to Fak’ugesi with more games and plenty to play with!

The 2015 Fak'ugesi Residency crew

Meet the Fak’ugesi Residents

Market Hack will be in The Grove Courtyard

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Facebook’s Kent Beck at Agile Africa 2015

Launch of the Fak’ugesi African Digital Innovation Festival 2015

Contact Fak'ugesi

Tshimologong Precinct

Address : 41 Juta St, Johannesburg, South Africa

Call : 010 822 3530

Website : tshimologong.joburg

Organisational Partners

Digital Lab Africa

Tshimologong Innovation Precinct

Wits Digital Arts Dept.

Wits School of Arts – University of the Witwatersrand

Partners & Funders

Agence Française de Développement (AFD)

British Council

Business and Arts South Africa (BASA)

GALA Queer Archive

Gauteng Film Commission

German Cooperation (BMZ) & GIZ

Goethe Institut South Africa