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About Ismail Farouk
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Ismail Farouk began his studies with a degree in Fine Art at Wits University where he first embarked on the observation and documentation of the socio-economic inequalities of urban living.
Farouk's early work focused on informal trade in the area of Braamfontein which he documented using an entry level 1.3 mega pixel digital camera. It was specifically the continuous mode feature of this camera (which takes 2 pictures per second) that would become pivotal to Farouk's modus operandi.
After completing his Fine Arts degree, Farouk joined the Geography Department at Wits for a Masters degree in Urban Geography. Here he learnt a theoretical framework for some of the observations he had already been making during his Fine Arts degree.
In 2004, Farouk was hired by a leading architectural firm to develop an alternative methodology for the regeneration of Yeoville. With his business partner and fellow geographer Milos Sajin, the network approach methodology was developed.
Farouk's more recent work has taken him into the suburb of Bertrams. The suburb, the oldest in Johannesburg, has been ear marked for regeneration because of its proximity to the Ellis Park Stadium and the 2010 Soccer World Cup. The area and many of its heritage homes are in a severe state of physical decline. This has long been a problem in the area.
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Exhibitions and Awards
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Exhibition List:
- 2008 FLEFF Finger Lakes Environmental Film Festival - New York
- 2008 Pushplay Video Art Exhibition, Bagfactory Studios - Johannesburg
- 2008 Urban Concerns, Johannesburg Art Gallery - Johannesburg
- 2008 .ZA Young Art from South Africa - Siena, Italy
- 2007 Contemporary Visions of Southern Africa - Tshwane Art Museum
- 2007 Unfair Trade, Graz - Austria
- 2007 Apartheid The South African Mirror, CCCB - Barcelona
- 2007 Positive - Sun City, South Africa
- 2007 Johannesburg Diverging Metropolis - Mendrisio, Switzerland
- 2007 World Social Forum: Moving People, Video Contributor - Nairobi, Kenya
- 2006 Joburg 120 years, Museum Afrika - Newtown
- 2006 SaArtsEmerging, Group Show, Bag Factory Artists Studios - Fordsburg
- 2006 Transcape Biennale, Parking Gallery Group Show - Cape Town
- 2006 Venice Architecture Biennale Video Contributor, Venice - Italy
- 2006 Parking Gallery, Solo Show - Johannesburg
- 2006 Sasol New Signatures Finalist, Pretoria Art Gallery - Tshwane
- 2005 Etester DVD magazine Featured Artist,
- 2005 Sasol New Signatures Finalist and Merit Award Winner, Pretoria Art Gallery
- 2003 Makeshift multimedia exhibition, Johannesburg Art Gallery
- 2002 Room32: Installation/live performance in elevator shaft - Wits University
- 2002 Digital011 Multimedia exhibition - Spark Gallery
- 2002 Info Gap: Solo multimedia exhibition - Horror Cafe, Newtown
- 2002 Martienssen Prize exhibition - Johannesburg Art Gallery
- 2001 Martienssen Prize exhibition - Gertrude Possel Gallery - Wits
Awards and Fellowships:- 2008 Urban Futures Initiative (UFI) Fellow, Mak Institute for Art and Architecture, Hollywood Los Angeles.
- 2007 Photomarathon Pretoria 1st place winner
- 2007 SABC Highway Africa New Media Award Winner (Individual category)
- 2006 Sasol New Signatures Certificate of Acknowledgement Winner, Pretoria
- 2005 Sasol New Signatures Merit Award Winner, Pretoria Art Gallery
- 2001 Martienssen Prize Runner up competition winner - Gertrude Possel Gallery
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Reports / Articles / Contributions / Chapters in Books
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- Farouk, I 2008: Urban Regeneration and Evictions in Bertrams, Johannesburg. Case Study prepared for the Migrants Rights Monitoring Project, special report No.2: Migrant Access to Housing in South African Cities. Report by Jennifer Greenburg and Tara Polzer, Forced Migration Studies Programme, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
- Farouk, I 2008: Bad Buildings, Urban Management and Crime Control: The Case of the Fashion District, prepared for the Migrants Rights Monitoring Project, special report No.2: Migrant Access to Housing in South African Cities. Report by Jennifer Greenburg and Tara Polzer, Forced Migration Studies Programme, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
- Farouk, I 2007: The Hector Pieterson Research Project, Report Prepared for the City of Johannesburg
- Farouk, I. 2007: Sedibeng District Municipality Pro-Poor Policy Review, Chapter Prepared for the Sedibeng District Municipality.
- Farouk, I 2006: The Hector Pieterson Research Project, Mapping the School Routes 30 Years Later, Report Prepared for the City of Johannesburg
- Farouk, I, 2006: The Network Approach to Urban Regeneration, The Case of Yeoville, Research report submitted for the completion of Masters Degree in Geography
- ASM Architects and Urban Designers 2004: Greater Ellis Park Development, Urban Design Framework.
- ASM Architects and Urban Designers 2004: Braamfontein Regeneration Programme, Urban Design Framework.
- Farouk, I. and Sajin, M. 2004: Ekurhuleni Street Trading Facilities Project Report prepared for the Ekurhuleni Municipality.
- Farouk, I. and Sajin, M. 2004: A Preliminary Report on the Pink Dollar Industry in Braamfontein, Report prepared for the Johannesburg Development Agency
- Farouk, I. and Sajin, M. 2004: A report on the Alleyways of Braamfontein, Report prepared for the Johannesburg Development Agency
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Conference Papers/Presentations/Abstracts
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- October 2005: What’s On in Yeoville? Friday Sessions Lecture Series, 26'10 Architects, Vrededorp
- May 2006: The Network Approach: The case of Bertrams, Professional development lecture series, Shift, The Social Housing Foundation.
- June 2006: Kinshasa The Imaginary City, panel discussion, Johannesburg Art Gallery
- August 2006: Bertrams Challenges for Development, Wits University Centre for Urban and Built Environment, Symposium on the 2010 World Cup Soccer, Wiser.
- October 2006: The Hector Pieterson Research Project, Conference Paper presented to inHeritage Conference, University of Cape Town.
- March 2007: Soweto Uprisings. Com: Mapping and the Digital Revolution, Wits Digital Soiree, Wits University.
- July 2007: Soweto Uprisings.com: Digital Mapping applications in Africa, Africa Remix, Digital Africa Panel Discussion #2, Johannesburg Art Gallery
- May 2008: Sidewalk Reservation: Live Performance, Wits Digital Soiree, Wits University.
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Credits
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All original artwork on IsmailFarouk.com was created by, who else, Ismail Farouk.
The website was created by Babak Fakhamzadeh, a traveling web guru currently living in Johannesburg.
The website is a mashup of several different online services, including Flickr, Blogger, Google Maps and del.icio.us.
Inspiration for design came from Andreas at Open Web Design.
Part of the backend runs on TableEditor.
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Contact Information
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I am easily contactable via my Gmail account:
ismail.farouk@gmail.com
You can also view my profile...if you like.
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