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The Creative City

September 19, 2011   Tags: cape town, blog, creative week

by VISI BLOGGER Liani van der Westhuizen

Creativity has the potential to make a difference, to improve, enhance and to enrich.

British urban thinker and writer Charles Landry refers to creativity as the "lifeblood" of cities. Cities have always needed creativity to work as markets, trading and production centres, and are the places that allow people room to live out their ideas, needs, aspirations, projects and passions.

Cape Town celebrated the innovative and creative spirit that contributes to the vibrancy of the Mother City last week during Creative Week Cape Town that ran from 9-18 September.

Creative Week Cape Town encouraged urbanites to "Fire the Box" and think, move and create to their hearts' desire. In addition to public talks, exhibitions, gallery visits and open days, a personal highlight was the art and design interventions that seamlessly merged with the fabric of the city and showcased the abundant innovative ideas in the metropolis.

These interventions prompted onlookers and passers-by to stop, stare and consider the possibilities available in their immediate environment. Paths, plaster, pavement and palisades won’t be seen as mundane and dull ever again.

More information: www.creativeweekct.co.za

About Liani:

Liani is an architect who lives and works in Cape Town. With a keen eye for detail, she likes to make the places and spaces people use in the city enjoyable for all. "I'm fascinated by cities - the appeal not only being the bright lights and fast cars, but a city’s capacity to accommodate and provide the setting to multifarious urban lives. Even though our urban environments are familiar backdrops, they contain the potential to intrigue and amaze when seen in a different way.

"One of my favourite pursuits in any metropolis is to wander around aimlessly to get a passing glimpse of the modest and unforeseen delights the territory has to offer. Camera in hand, I enjoy delving into the urban landscape and capturing the average, as well as the amusing, in order to cast a fresh perspective on the familiar scene."

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