deufert&
plischke
spinnereischwelm
Rona
Wed 04 Mar
|Goethe-Institut South Africa
Film preview & the power of collaborative work across continents
When & Where
04 Mar 2026, 18:00 – 22:00
Goethe-Institut South Africa, 119 Jan Smuts Ave, Parkwood, Johannesburg, 2193, South Africa
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Film preview and artist talk.
RONA
Single-channel video, 50 min., color, sound Various languages with English subtitles 2026 (ZAF, GER)
A film by: Gaby Saranouffi, deufert&plischke, Moeketsi Koena and Thabiso Heccius Pule
RONA (Sesotho: together / we) explores, in cooperation with the South African artists Gaby Saranouffi and Moeketsi Koena, the powerful connection between everyday life, dance, music, and community work in South Africa. Produced collectively, the film portrays—against the backdrop of poverty and gender-based violence—particularly the voices of women and children in Johannesburg.
In December, the befriended artists came together in Soweto and Yeoville to collaboratively realize the community performance project Ballroom Bliss. Alongside this on-site collaboration, a nearly one-hour film emerged, portraying the interweaving of dance, music, and spiritual practices in three very different locations in Johannesburg. In doing so, the film connects the city’s unique history with the question of the position of contemporary art within the ongoing negotiation of…