427 Wieners has been unpublished up until today. This short film by Talya Galasko has female empowerment at its core and is aimed at changing the way females are viewed on screen as well as in everyday life. The film is cheeky, daring and a different way of expressing female sexuality. In my interview with…
Masixole Ncevu creates work in charcoal and video, but his photography is taking centre sage at the moment. Having moved to Johannesburg from Cape Town last year, he has been photographing the sprawling metropolis and the vibrant characters that inhabit it. I interviewed him about how his move to Johannesburg has allowed him to embrace…
Buildings mark the moments in our history where a people thrived. Ângela Ferreira’s “South Facing” is the exhibition that marks an important moment in the Johannesburg Art Gallery’s (JAG) evolution. For the artist “buildings can be read as political texts” and this location has its own fair share of history. She examines the relationship…
Elizaveta Rukavishnikova is a Russian born artist currently residing in Johannesburg. Her art functions as a mirror and is rooted in what she calls Space-Mystic Humanism. Her paintings and drawings depict haunting characters all expressed in pastel tones. In my interview with the artist we discussed her past and her creative process. Rukavishnikova grew up…
An iconic red roof rests on brick and mortar in the midst of the bustling city. A mammoth giant. The glass and steel structure extends into lofty space. Flooded with light. The refurbished 1920s power station is a vessel of display for burgeoning young artists, waiting for works to be catapulted into contemporary collections. The…
Poetry offers an avenue for being heard, for travelling through space and time as well as allowing one to construct an understanding of self. I interviewed Rachel Long, the leader of the UK-based poetry collective Octavia, about what poetry and Octavia mean for her. Share with our readers more about yourself and how you fell…
San Francisco Bay artist, Jeffrey Cheung who is also known as a master of zines, established Unity Skateboarding in February 2017. Southern California surfers changed the rules of skateboarding ultimately in the 1970s by moving the sport’s focus from its more technical competition routine components, to skating in empty pools. This move made by what is…
Being 21st century visual artists is a challenge enough on its own! But add trying to tag “ambassador for your faith” on to that and that’s exactly the mission of Hasan and Husain Essop. In a world filled with media that revolves around villainizing the Islamic faith and labeling its followers “extremists”, the Essop’s are…
“Babes. It is never good to be sour babe. Take the power and don’t be sour. Kinda rhymes but not because it should” These are the words of multidisciplinary artist Natalie Paneng’s alter ego, Nice. Nice only exists in the coded world, with the search box on YouTube instructing algorithms to invite us into one…
The streets of Newtown, Braam, Maboneng and Troyeville carry the mark of Opia and her haunting eye illustrations. Lauren Opia is the 19-year-old graffiti artist coming from a private school background. Practicing art in a scene commonly thought of as a boys club she contributes to giving girl culture new meaning. Opia was born in…
Writing can take many forms and take people on multiple journeys. South African-based poet, researcher, project manager and content editor, Katleho Kano Shoro, recognises the reflective and transformative power of words. I interviewed her about soon to be released book, Serurubele, published by South African publishing house Modjaji Books. Katleho also shared with me the…
Future Cape Town takes on a transdisciplinary approach to research and urban living. In the spirit of this they put together the project Constructing Future Cities and selected 5 female artists who operate within the built environment to re-imagine cities led and designed by women. This involved a short trip to Durban and a week…
