Sand artist Ilana Yahav set to perform for charity

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In her work, Yahav uses her hands, fine sand and a lightbox

Yahav creates her images out of sand on a glass table

Sand animation comes to Joburg In Johannesburg to appear in a television advertisement, Israeli sand animation artist Ilana Yahav is performing a concert to raise funds for Masibambane College. January 26, 2007 By Michael Tsingo MASIBAMBANE College in Orange Farm is to benefit from the ethereal sand art of Israel's Ilana Yahav. An internationally acclaimed sand animation artist, Yahav is in South Africa to perform her unique art, dubbed "Sand Fantasy", for a television advertisement. She was asked by The Agency, the local advertising agency, to appear in an advertisement for the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA). While here, she will perform live, with the proceeds earmarked for Masibambane College. The performance will take place on Monday, 29 January. The idea came from Meirion Griffiths, The Agency's group creative director. "I just asked her, 'How about a charity event when you are in Johannesburg?' And she agreed, just like that … [Yahav] is a wonderful and friendly person," Griffiths says. Israel's Ilana Yahav puts sand to artistic use She was picked to perform in the advertisement because her work symbolises building lives from the ground – earth or sand – upwards, Griffiths explains. This ties in with the DBSA's work. During her Sand Fantasy, the artist takes the viewer on a visual journey, the vehicles are her hands, fine sand and a lightbox. Using a video recorder and a giant television, viewers are able to watch as her images are created out of sand on a glass table. Yahav's images portray movement, natural features like oceans, and creatures. She draws in rhythm, with musical pieces accompanying her performances. The performance is on Monday, 29 January at 7pm. It takes place at the Big School, St John's College, in Houghton. Tickets are R50 each and are available from St John's College through Carol Wiswall on 082 821 7721 or by email at wiswall@stjohns.wits.ac.za. For more information, contact Deidre Bevlis on 011 894 2767 or 084 426 0410. St John's College, one of Johannesburg's leading private schools, has played a pivotal role in Masibambane's growth since its inception in 1996. Seed funding came from the City of Vienna, in Austria. The two schools' close relationship cannot go unnoticed - even though one is in Houghton and the other in Orange Farm; they share a school uniform and use the same teaching ideas. Permission to use web site material Publishers may use material from this site free of charge, as long as: Credit is given to either the "City of Johannesburg website (www.joburg.org.za)" or to "Johannesburg News Agency (www.joburg.org.za)"; If the article is used online, a link is provided to the original article on this website; The name of the article's author is acknowledged; The webmaster is informed of how and where the material is used (fill in this brief online form). Johannesburg News Agency is operated by BIG Media at 011-484-1400 Print this Page E-mail this article to a friend Help using Joburg.org.za