Founded by world renowned South African artist William Kentridge, The Centre for the Less Good Idea is one of Joburg's most exciting new cultural projects of recent years. The 'centre' is hosted at Kentridge's expansive artist studio in the Arts on Main building in Maboneng and also incorporates the neighbouring spaces that were once occupied by the Goethe On Main and Hazard galleries.<br /> <br /> A non-commercial collaborative space, the centre brings together artists, musicians, poets, dancers, actors and filmmakers who all work in the city of Joburg. The Centre for the Less Good Idea's aim is to support experimental, collaborative and cross-disciplinary arts projects and give artists the breathing space to try out new things.<br /> <br /> The 'less good idea' is explained thus by its founders; "Often, you start with a good idea. It might seem crystal clear at first, but when you take it to the proverbial drawing board, cracks and fissures emerge in its surface, and they cannot be ignored. It is in following the secondary ideas, those less good ideas coined to address the first idea’s cracks, that the Centre nurtures, arguing that in the act of playing with an idea, you can recognise those things you didn’t know in advance but knew somewhere inside you." <h2><strong>Season 2, 2017</strong></h2> <strong><strong><a href="https://lessgoodidea.com/bookings/">Booking is now open</a> for the second season of the Centre For The Less Good Idea which features four events. </strong></strong><br /> <br /> <strong>Oct 11</strong>–<strong>14<br /> Invisible Exhibition</strong><br /> This virtual exhibition features works by a range of exciting local artists including Marcus Neustetter, William Kentridge, Deborah Bell, graffiti artist Faith47 and celebrated multidisciplinary artist Robin Rhode. The artworks at the Invisible Exhibition were created with a 3D virtual reality painting programme. Visitors arrive, are instructed to leave their cellphones with security and are then provided with an iPad to use to explore the space.<br /> Entrance is free. Booking is essential. There are three session per day at 12:00, 13:30 and 15:00.<br /> <br /> <strong>Oct 11</strong>–<strong>14 at 19:00<br /> At The Centre</strong><br /> A series of interactive interdisciplinary performances that merge digital art, dance, music and performance art. The performances have been brought together by a broad range of leading artists including William Kentridge, saxophonist Nhlanhla Mahlangu, Standard Bank Award winning contemporary dancer Thandazile Sonia Radebe and Tegan Bristow, head of the Interactive Digital Media department at Wits University.<br /> Tickets R100, booking essential.<br /> <br /> <strong>Oct 11</strong>–<strong>14 at 21:00<br /> At The 2nd Space: Fully Automated Luxury Influencer </strong><br /> A unique interactive three-part film installation. The film is brought to life with live music, DJs and performances ensuring a unique visual and sonic experience. Collaborators on the project include popular radio DJ Ravi Govender, art collective Bubblegum Club, Jamal Nxedlana, founder of the fashion label Misshape and composer, artist and music producer thegooddokta.<br /> Tickets R100, booking essential.<br /> <br /> <strong>14 Oct at 16:00<br /> Chant </strong><br /> Nhlanhla Mahlangu is a graduate of the internationally acclaimed dance company Moving Into Dance Mophatong and the founder of his own company Song and Dance Works. <em>Chant</em> is considered to be Mahlangu's seminal body of work and is the tale of a grandmother, a dog named Penny and a young boy’s journey from the Joburg suburbs of Alberton to Phola Park squatter camp during the turbulent final days of Apartheid in the 1980s and 1990s.<br /> Tickets R100, booking essential.