Marcia Elizabeth / art&culture

‘Talitha Cumi’ by Portia Zvavahera // Painting figures of spiritual transcendence

Talitha Cumi Aramaic for ‘Little girl, arise’ references the Biblical narrative in which Jesus brings a young girl back to life, found in th...

Marcia Elizabeth / art&culture

‘Mirrors’ – A cross-continental dance dialogue

Looking in a mirror (an object or a person) means recognizing yourself in an image that goes beyond your body, but that is your body at the ...

Marcia Elizabeth / art&culture

hFACTOR // Transforming art spaces and making in Lagos

hFACTOR is four beautiful souls who collaborate with people everywhere to uncover creative possibilities from under-utilised physical and co...

Marcia Elizabeth / art&culture

‘Massive Nerve Corpus’ // Interrogating white masculinity

A critical engagement with the politics of representation and the instability of images manifests physically through video, film installatio...

Marcia Elizabeth / art&culture

‘AKANTUNSE’ // African folklore and mythology revisited

A non-isolated effort to reconcile the continent's past, contemporary, and future narratives, we hope that this project helps raise awarenes...

Marcia Elizabeth / art&culture

Richard John Jones – working with dance, textile and craft techniques to explore queer histories

Richard John Jones works with stories of erasure, displacement and marginalisation. Specifically, Richard addresses obscured or erased histo...

Gemma Hart / art&culture

BKhz’s ‘Process’ // Ways of Becoming

The process of process includes not only emerging and quantifiable forms, but also the intellectual, emotional, and tangible experience of p...

Marcia Elizabeth / art&culture

Digital Lab Africa – Setting a stage for digital content creation and mentorship

For African creatives working digitally, Digital Lab Africa is an acceleration and incubation platform. Launched in 2016 by the Embassy of F...

Marcia Elizabeth / art&culture

‘Coucou Crumble’ by Maurice Mbikayi – Dystopic realities

What happens when everything falls apart? If the Internet crashes, or mobile money becomes redundant? – these are the questions Maurice Mbik...

Marcia Elizabeth / art&culture

Deep Trash, Eco trash, Ecolove – expressions on ecocide

Presented as a part of the Ecofutures Festival, Deep Trash is a bi-annual, one night only event consisting of unrestricted and defiant perfo...

Marcia Elizabeth / art&culture

James Webb’s ‘3 Dreams of a Sinking World’ – reflections on the Carlton Hotel

It was at the walkabout of 3 Dreams of a Sinking World where I met artist James Webb for the first time. While explaining his methodology be...

Nkgopoleng Moloi / art&culture

Belonging, be-longing, longing with Anthea Pokroy

When you ask someone how they are doing, it is not uncommon to hear one of two responses; "I'm fine" or "I'm so busy". Busyness is a currenc...