kendell geers : curriculum vitae

6 April 1652
Jan van Riebeek declares the Cape Of Good Hope a Dutch colony

1688
French Huguenots flee France settling in the Cape of Good Hope

1814
Great Britain purchases the Cape Colony from the Dutch for 6 million pounds

1815
Sartjie Baartman Dies in Paris

1820
British Settlers arrive in Algoa Bay

1833
Slavery Abolished in the Cape Colony

1838
Slavery Abolished in British empire

1839
Photography invented

1867
Gold and diamonds discovered on Witwatersrand

1884
Berlin Conference Divides Africa amongst European Powers

1879
Anglo-Zulu War

1881
Pablo Picasso Born

1893
Gandhi moves to South Africa

1895
Cinema invented by the Lumière brothers

1899
Anglo-Boer War

1900
Oscar Wilde Dies

1904
The Book of the Law

1905
Theory of Relativity

1912
Titanic Sinks

1923
Television invented

1925
Afrikaans becomes official language

1932
Gold Standard dropped

1943
ANC Youth League Launched

1945
USA Blanket bombs Tokyo killing 200 000 people
11 Million people die in Nazi Concentration Camps
Atom Bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki killing 230 000 people

1947
AK47 Invented
Aleister Crowley Dies

1950
Population Registration, Immorality, Group Areas and Suppression of Communism Acts
Queen Elizabeth celebrates her 21st Birthday in South Africa

1952
Abolition of Passes act

1953
Reservation of Separate Amenities Act
Bantu Education Act

1955
Freedom Charter adopted
Forced Removals in Sophiatown

1957
Ghana gains independence from Britain

1958
Hendrik Verwoed becomes Prime Minister
Ghana declares non-alignment in Cold War

1960
69 die in Sharpeville Massacre
African National Congress (ANC) and Pan African Congress (PAC) Banned
State of Emergency Declared

1961
Armed struggle begins with the formation of Umkhonto we Sizwe
South Africa leaves the Commonwealth
Grandfather commits suicide
Franz Fanon Dies

1962
Sabotage Act
Nelson Mandela receives guerilla training in Algeria

1963
The Rivonia Trial - Nelson Mandela sentenced to life imprisonment
France grants Algeria independence
Organisation of African Unity founded in Addis Ababa

1965
Malcolm X assassinated
Rhodesia gains independence
Alphaville

1966
First World Festival of Negro Arts, Dakar
Hendrik Verwoed stabbed to death in Parliament

1967
Che Guevara dies in combat
Terrorism Act
Biafra declares independence and secedes

1968
Born in May
Marcel Duchamp dies
Martin Luther King assassinated
Protests at the Venice Biennial - last South African participation until 1993
Riots in Paris South Africa expelled from United Nations
Andy Warhol shot by Valerie Solanas

1969
Sharon Tate murdered by followers of Charles Manson

1970
Biafra surrenders

1971
Idi Amin seizes power of Uganda in Military coup

1972
Andreas Baader arrested and later commits suicide
Parents divorce - Father gets custody
Terrorist attack, Munich Olympic Games
Begin school at Rondebult Primary School

1973
United Nations declares Apartheid a Crime Against Humanity

1975
Clement Greenburg visits South Africa
Portugal grants independence to Angola and Mocambique
South African Forces Invade Angola

1976
Soweto Riots
First Television broadcast
Fail Northern Sotho at School

1977
Stephen Biko dies in detention
17 Organisations and 2 Newspapers Banned
Second World Festival of Negro Arts, Lagos
Red Mercury Invented

1978
Jean-luc Godard Visits Mozambique

1979
Sid Vicious commits suicide
Idi Amin deposed
Zimbabwe-Rhodesia set up under Able Muzorewa

1981
New York Times reports the outbreak of "Gay Cancer"

1982
Hospitalised for Meningitis

1983
Car bomb, Pretoria
Run away from home

1984
Hospitalised after car crash
H.I.V. Virus discovered

1985
State of Emergency declared in 36 Magisterial districts
Carl Andre charged with the murder of Ana Mendieta

1986
Arrested for ""Attending an Illegal Gathering"
Car bomb, Durban
Samora Machel Dies in plane crash

1987
2 Attempted suicides
Car Bomb, Johannesburg
S.A.A. "Helderberg" explodes over Indian Ocean

1988
Graduate B.A.(F.A.) Wits University
Publicly refuse to serve in the South African Defence Force (SADF)
Car Bomb, Johannesburg
Battle of Cuito Cuanavale, Angola

1989
Forced into Exile (New York) by South African Defense Force
Chinese police open fire on unarmed demonstrators in Tiananmen Square
Magiciens de la Terre, Paris

1990
Application to Whitney Independent Studies Program rejected
Application to Jan van Eyck Academy rejected
Return to South Africa after Mandela's release from jail
Namibia declares independence

1991
Fired from Newtown Galleries, Johannesburg
Gulf War
Dumile Dies in New York City

1992
2nd Application to Whitney Independent Studies Program rejected
Retrenched and banned from Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg
Car Bomb, Uffizi Museum, Florence
Application for a Fulbright Scholarship rejected
First Dakar Biennale

1993
IRA Bomb, London
Car Bomb, World Trade Centre, New York
"The New Patron" rejected from Vita Art Now
72 members of Branch Davidan die in Waco Texas
Urinated into Marcel Duchamp's "Fountain," Palazzo Grazzi, Venice
Chris Hani assassinated

1994
Kurt Cobain commits suicide
53 People die in Shell House Massacre
Car bomb, Johannesburg
Receive 3 Death Threats in Response to "Untitled (Anc, Avf, Awb, Cp, Dp, Ifp, Np, Pac, Sacp)"
Guy Debord commits suicide
500,000 Civilians die in Rwanda
Kevin Carter Wins Pulitzer Prize and later Commits Suicide

1995
Sarin Gas attack on Tokyo Underground
Car bomb, Oklahoma City
Metro Bomb, Paris
"One Minutes Silence" rejected from Volkskas Atelier
Evicted from Bag Factory Studios, Johannesburg
3 Works censored by Vita Art Now, Johannesburg Art Gallery
Christmas Card Design rejected by Villa Arson
Jean Clair cancels "Aperto" exhibition at Venice Biennial
First Johannesburg Biennale
Africa95, London
"Title Withheld (Hijack)" Rejected from Kwang Ju Biennial
Promotion of National Unity and Reconciliation Act

1996
"Title Withheld (Score)" rejected from Haus der Kulturen der Welt
TWA Flight 800 explodes
Bomb Blast, Atlanta Olympic Games
Cultural Weapons Banned
Felix Gonzales Torres Dies
International Smear Campaign by Candice Breitz

1997
"Guilty" Banned by Pretoria City Council
Rejected from Dx
Hong Kong returned to China
William Burroughs Dies
Fela Kuti Dies
Prince Charles visits Second Johannesburg Biennale

1998
Bill Clinton Visits South Africa
Near Fatal car crash outside Hyatt Hotel
Bomb Blasts in Nairobi and Dar es Salaam
Okwui Enwezor Appointed Director of Documenta 11
Good Friday Accord
Rejected from "Hugo Boss Award"

1999
War in Kosova
Michael Jackson Buys Sun City
Julius Nyerere Dies
DeCss
"White Man's Burden" Censored by Vita Art Now

2000
George W Bush Elected President of the United States
Thabo Mbeki Declares the Aids Virus to Be a Myth
"Love Letter for You" Computer Virus
Concorde Crashes in Paris
Intifada Begins in Palestine

2001
Airplanes Crash into World Trade Centre and Pentagon
United States Invades Afganistan
Slobodan Milosovic Arrested
9 Month Old Baby Gang Raped in Upington

2002
5 Month Old Baby Raped in Johannesburg
Sanctions Imposed by European Union Against Zimbabwe
Euro Introduced
Israel Invades Palestine Again
Jimmy Carter Visits Cuba
Sartjie Baartmans remains returned to South Africa
Code-X rejected from Documenta XI
2002 Peace treaty Signed in Angola ending 27 year Civil War
Vandals destroy The Terrorists Apprentice Palais de Tokyo, Paris
Vandals steal and destroy Suitcase, Johannesburg Art Gallery

2003
United States Invades Iraq again
Idi Amin dies in Saudi Arabia
Visit Hiroshima