Leila Anderson

Leila Anderson
Leila Anderson
	Leila Anderson: ; Diagnosis (Infecting the City, 2012)
Born	June 3, 1984 (age 42)
Known for	Performance art, Theatre
Awards	Theaterformen Festival Grant Holder, 2011 ; Naledi Theatre Award (Nomination) – Best Costume Design, 2011 ; Fleur Du Cap Award (Nomination) – Best Costume Design, 2008 ;

Leila Anderson (born 1984) is a South African performance artist whose work balances the theatrical, the visual, and the performative. Her ongoing collaboration with Dutch artist Stan Wannet has produced several live installation works during the 2010s. She is a part-time lecturer in contemporary performance at the University of Cape Town.

Career

Performances & Exhibitions

2012

Infecting the City
The Diagnosis - i.c.w. Stan Wannet - Shop 4 Allianz House, Infecting the City Public Arts Festival
Afrika Lag [Deel 2] - i.c.w. Stan Wannet - On the Edge of Wrong Festival, Commune 1

2011

Who knows what it is this mysterious substance that everyone seems to be so worried about identifying - i.c.w. Stan Wannet - Stedelijk Museum 's-Hertogenbosch
Who knows what it is... - i.c.w. Stan Wannet - research and development phase on residency at Beijing

Art Lab

EXOTIC ALIEN – photographic series created with Guy De Lancey
EXOTIC ALIEN - solo performance in On the Edge of Wrong Festival

2010

Foreign Affair: Trotsky – i.c.w Rodney Place - solo multi-media performance, X-op Helsinki and at the Kunstmuseum Bonn
Foreign Affair: Trotsky – i.c.w. Rodney Place - solo performance with print exhibition, Resolution Gallery
Imperfections – co-director, designer & performer, Infecting the City, Spier Public Arts Festival
Inkosazana – director, writer & designer, Out the Box Festival

2009

Inkosazana– director, writer & designer, premiered on the Edinburgh Fringe
Wrecked – director, co-designer, performed on the Edinburgh Fringe
Out of the eater came forth meat/ Out of the strong came forth sweet – with the erf [81] cultural collective, FNB Dance Umbrella

" Dinner for Three – actor, co-writer

2008

Suckle- director, writer & designer, Out the Box Festival
we are too many - solo performance i.c.w. Peter Van Heerden - erf [81] cultural collective, Spier Contemporary

2007

Shlof shoyn, mayn Kind - director, performer, Fresh II - National Arts Festival
'Publication: Leila Anderson, ‘Obsession and the other: A critique of the influence of the Japanese aesthetic in the work of Geoffrey Hyland’, South African Theatre Journal SATJ 20 (2006)

Notable works

The Diagnosis

Live installation and performance, as part of the 2012 Infecting the City festival in Cape Town

Who knows what it is, this mysterious substance that everyone seems to be so worried about identifying

Installation and performance i.c.w. Stan Wannet, Stedelijk Museum 's-Hertogenbosch.

Foreign Affair: Trotsky

Live performance, video, Johannesburg, 16 minutes, 2010 i.c.w. Rodney Place

Inkosazana

Performance, Edinburgh Fringe, 60 minutes, 2009

References

1 2 Leila Anderson, CV. http://www.leilaanderson.com/resume/Leila%20Anderson%20CV.pdf Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
↑ "Infecting the City 2012". Archive.ph.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
1 2 3 Leila Anderson, Selected Photographic Documentation, 2007-2011, http://www.leilaanderson.com/resume/Leila%20Anderson%20Docu.pdf Archived 16 June 2022 at the Wayback Machine
↑ Sichel, Adrienne (20 March 2012). "Public art paradise". Independent Online (South Africa). Retrieved 11 April 2012. ... the brilliant creativity the city has on offer. Top of the list would be ... [one other item] ...; Leila Anderson and Stan Wannet's riveting Castle Street shop instal-lation, The Diagnosis; and ...[third item].
↑ "Play on marriage and identity for Edinburgh Fringe". The Monday Paper. Vol. 28, no. 11. University of Cape Town. 10 August 2009. Retrieved 11 February 2012.

External links

Artist website
The Diagnosis, Infecting the City: Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine
Artist site Stan Wannet:

[resume-1] 1 2 Leila Anderson, CV. http://www.leilaanderson.com/resume/Leila%20Anderson%20CV.pdf Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine

[ITC-2] "Infecting the City 2012". Archive.ph.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

[Docu-3] 1 2 3 Leila Anderson, Selected Photographic Documentation, 2007-2011, http://www.leilaanderson.com/resume/Leila%20Anderson%20Docu.pdf Archived 16 June 2022 at the Wayback Machine

[iol-4] Sichel, Adrienne (20 March 2012). "Public art paradise". Independent Online (South Africa). Retrieved 11 April 2012. ... the brilliant creativity the city has on offer. Top of the list would be ... [one other item] ...; Leila Anderson and Stan Wannet's riveting Castle Street shop instal-lation, The Diagnosis; and ...[third item].

[Monday-5] "Play on marriage and identity for Edinburgh Fringe". The Monday Paper. Vol. 28, no. 11. University of Cape Town. 10 August 2009. Retrieved 11 February 2012.

Leila Anderson
Leila Anderson: Diagnosis (Infecting the City, 2012)
Born	(1984-06-03) June 3, 1984 (age 42)
Known for	Performance art, Theatre
Awards	Theaterformen Festival Grant Holder, 2011 Naledi Theatre Award (Nomination) – Best Costume Design, 2011 Fleur Du Cap Award (Nomination) – Best Costume Design, 2008