Leila Anderson


Leila Anderson 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
2011Who knows what it is this mysterious substance that everyone seems to be so worried about identifying - i.c.w. Stan Wannet - Stedelijk Museum 's-HertogenboschWho knows what it is... - i.c.w. Stan Wannet - research and development phase on residency at Beijing
Art LabEXOTIC ALIEN – photographic series created with Guy De LanceyEXOTIC ALIEN - solo performance in On the Edge of Wrong Festival
2010Foreign Affair: Trotsky – i.c.w Rodney Place - solo multi-media performance, X-op Helsinki and at the Kunstmuseum BonnForeign Affair: Trotsky – i.c.w. Rodney Place - solo performance with print exhibition, Resolution GalleryImperfections – co-director, designer & performer, Infecting the City, Spier Public Arts FestivalInkosazana – director, writer & designer, Out the Box Festival
2009Inkosazana– director, writer & designer, premiered on the Edinburgh FringeWrecked – director, co-designer, performed on the Edinburgh FringeOut of the eater came forth meat/ Out of the strong came forth sweet – with the erf cultural collective, FNB Dance Umbrella
" Dinner for Three – actor, co-writer
2008Suckle- director, writer & designer, Out the Box Festivalwe are too many - solo performance i.c.w. Peter Van Heerden - erf cultural collective, Spier Contemporary
2007Shlof 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

Notable works

The Diagnosis
Live installation and performance, as part of the 2012 Infecting the City festival in Cape TownWho 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 PlaceInkosazana
Performance, Edinburgh Fringe, 60 minutes, 2009