“The festival is a hub for South African and Norwegian cultural exchange free of cultural, artistic or other prejudice. We also present artists from Sweden, Switzerland and New York and are always looking to expand,” says festival organiser and founder, Morten Minothi Kristiansen.

The performances in Johannesburg will take place at Wits University on Friday, 21 and Saturday, 22 February while the Cape Town segment runs in Langa on Friday, 28 February and at a second Cape Town venue (details TBC) on Saturday, 1 and Sunday, 2 March.

Featured artists in Johannesburg include Nicolas Collins (USA), Patric Thorman (Sweden), Josh Ginsburg and The Edge Of Wrong festival founder Morten Minothi Kristiansen (RSA and Norway), Nduduzo Makhathini and Tonny Kluften (RSA and Norway), Sudden Infant (Switzerland/Germany), Lukas Ligeti (USA) and Jonathan Crossley (RSA).

In Cape Town, the line-up includes: Dizu Plaatjies, Bjarne Kvinnsland and Patric Thorman (RSA, Norway and Sweden), Sudden Infant (Switzerland/Germany), Makeson Browne, Standard Bank Young Artist Award for Jazz 2013: Shane Cooper and Morten Minothi Kristiansen (RSA and Norway), Kesivan Naidoo and Tonny Kluften (RSA and Norway), Glenn Cornett (USA), Jill Richards and Christophe Falley (RSA and Switzerland), Patric Thorman and new friends (Sweden and RSA) and AS IS (RSA and France).

“We aim to create a framework for exploratory music and art that prioritises collaboration between different cultural groupings, most notably South Africans and Norwegians. We believe that the arts provide invaluable and necessary means to bridge cultural differences and expand knowledge systems. Further, we believe that while collaborative artistic projects bring individuals together, facilitating lasting connections between communities requires consistency,” says Kristiansen.

“Edge of Wrong festival embraces variety by seeking out artistic practises that are exploratory or experimental in nature, and predominantly from Norway and South Africa. Thus far, we have presented work in the form of dance, storytelling, music, cooking, fine art, literature as well as oblique activities like a performance by a world-record-holding yo-yo champion or music made by live ping-pong,” he said.

"We want to thank Concerts SA for their kind support. Norsk jazzforum has supported us every year and Music Norway for the last three years. Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia has sponsored an artist for the last five years. Past funders we would also like to thank are MMINO, Kristiansand Kommune, Bergen Kommune, BEK, PNEK, Fond for Utøvende Kunstnere, and Norsk Kulturråd," concludes Kristiansen.

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