{"id":8,"date":"2025-03-13T08:05:02","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T08:05:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/playgroupjozi.co.za\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2025-06-16T15:23:00","modified_gmt":"2025-06-16T15:23:00","slug":"homepage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/playgroupjozi.co.za\/","title":{"rendered":"Homepage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light wp-duotone-unset-2\" style=\"min-height:100vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><video class=\"wp-block-cover__video-background intrinsic-ignore\" autoplay muted loop playsinline src=\"https:\/\/playgroupjozi.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/HOME-PAGE-02.3.mp4\" data-object-fit=\"cover\"><\/video><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-40 has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#0074ff\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-cover-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(50.171px, 3.136rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 4.41), 100px);font-style:normal;font-weight:900;line-height:1.2\"><strong>playgroup<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-white-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:clamp(17.905px, 1.119rem + ((1vw - 3.2px) * 0.893), 28px);\">Johannesburg-based multidisciplinary art collective<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:55px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--1\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-white-color has-text-color wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/playgroupjozi.co.za\/?page_id=2\" style=\"border-radius:0px\"><strong>WORK<\/strong><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div style=\"height:57px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\" style=\"letter-spacing:1px\">Playgroup<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left\"><strong>Playgroup<\/strong>&nbsp;is a Johannesburg-based multidisciplinary art collective whose main creative and theoretical interest is in the city space, with a particular focus on how it is experienced through sound. The group has three members: Jurgen Meekel, Jill Richards, and Barend Engelbrecht. Jurgen Meekel, a multi-disciplinary artist and lecturer at Wits University, explores various fields within filmmaking, with a particular interest in the intersection of visual art and sound art. Jill Richards is a classically trained pianist, free improviser, sound artist and inter-disciplinary collaborator. Barend Engelbrecht is an artist and researcher. His current research interest aims to provide an auditory perspective on the relationship between urban design and the cultural ecology of the city.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-03627597 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--3\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-small-font-size has-custom-font-size wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/playgroupjozi.co.za\/?page_id=9\" style=\"border-radius:0px\">ABOUT US<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:57px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"partners\" class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-content-justification-center is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-dc06fb1d wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:20%\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Playgroup Playgroup&nbsp;is a Johannesburg-based multidisciplinary art collective whose main creative and theoretical interest is in the city space, with a particular focus on how it is experienced through sound. The group has three members: Jurgen Meekel, Jill Richards, and Barend Engelbrecht. Jurgen Meekel, a multi-disciplinary artist and lecturer at Wits University, explores various fields within &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/playgroupjozi.co.za\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read more<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Homepage&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/homepage-no-hero.php","meta":{"_inspiro_hide_title":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-8","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"featured_media_urls":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/playgroupjozi.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/playgroupjozi.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/playgroupjozi.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playgroupjozi.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/playgroupjozi.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8"}],"version-history":[{"count":30,"href":"https:\/\/playgroupjozi.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":234,"href":"https:\/\/playgroupjozi.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/8\/revisions\/234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/playgroupjozi.co.za\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}