Cloud Thursday Experience | Last Thursday of every month

ABOUT

Included:

• Art gallery by night and access to Wit(h)ness Exhibition curated by Dylan McGarry
• Special vegetarian / vegan small plates by Italian brothers from Riva Fish Restaurant
• 3 hour hand pan performance by Kerstin de Beer
• Poetry recitals by renowned poet, Christi Steyn
• Paid 0% Bar, Cape Town's first alcohol-free cocktail bar

Imagine. It’s Thursday night and you step into Cloudigital Art Galley. Your eyes are met with a collusion of modern day design and granular, soulful tales of human-ocean connection. You are in a creative-galaxy with the works of South Africa’s most provocative and endearing artists as they explore the ways that grievances and hope can be witnessed in the world, and the movement that will shift us away from the old, into the new, if we choose. The Wit(h)ness exhibition is a space of co-creation by design; all are invited to be involved in creating artwork; welcoming you into the heart of a shared experience that continues to unfold throughout the evening.

You are handed a welcome drink specially crafted with no alcohol, instead you breathe in the scent of fresh ginger, natural botanicals and herbs freshly picked for you. Drink in hand, you let the earthy colour-palette of the exhibition unfold before your eyes like a desert-mirage , between heart-wrenching tapestries, slow and meditative works of art, and hand-crafted pottery. These works share the powerful message of human connection amidst crisis; connection to ourselves and to others. The need to feel it all, and the question of how to move forward as a collective. 

432 hertz music combined with live performances by our selected artists, invites you to open your heart as you connect with the artworks and social gathering in the space. You are met with the theatrics of our mixologist, the alchemist and curator of the drinks – right here – at Cape Town’s very first 0% bar within the art gallery. Matcha, sceletium, beetroot, fresh ginger and more; every sip is designed to calm your nervous system or invoke a subtle, natural high that enhances connection. 

To tantalise your taste, beautiful small plates served by Italian brothers from Riva Fish Restaurant, with a special vegan/vegetarian menu for Cloudigital, are circulated and you pick one up as it passes you by. You close your eyes, soaking in the mediterranean emulsion in your mouth. Decadent deserts follow, made by Cloud Cafe’s experienced patisserie chefs – pure vegan, vegetarian, gluten-free deliciousness.

Between conversation the hand pan DJ set by vibrant DJ Kirsten De Beer softens and the voice of renowned poet and published author, Christi Steyn, moves like light into the space, captivating the gallery in a harmonious heart-felt recital that brings you into the present, and for a brief time - into the whimsical mystery of life.

This is more than a gallery. This is a space for stories to be shared; for life to be experienced. Hear the meaningful conversation and laughter woven through the space? Feel the immersion?

This is Cloudigial Art Gallery. This is the Thursday Experience.