Over the past few months, a sidewalk in London’s Islington borough has been cloaked in a growing collection of flower bouquets. Passersby solemnly place their offerings at the entrance to a four-story building, opposite Smithfield Meat Market. It’s the site of London’s iconic nightclub, Fabric, which has been closed this year after having its operating…
UK-born visual artist Phoebe Collings-James spent some time in SA, so I caught up with her to have a chat about her work and her evolution as an artist. Phoebe’s desire to become an artist came from an impulse as a child. Being influenced by her dad who did photography at night taking pictures of…
The black body is a highly contested terrain that demands serious and complex examination into the lived experience of marginalized people. The Black Portraitures conference III, “a series of conversations about imagining the black body” was held from the 17th till the 19th of November 2016. This event was to be “a forum that [gave]…
“Truth is written on all our faces. We cannot allow what is happening today to control your tomorrow. In life we only live to tell the story.” These are the words that open up the short film Gloves Up produced by Zola Brunner, founder of Beyond Her and newbie to eNCA, and directed by Galegake…
The free-standing building is isolated – a visual juxtaposition to the once-high-end and now dilapidated apartments around it. Surrounded by a colourful and bustling city center – it is a relic of a bygone era in Johannesburg. A façade of stone and traditional columns preceded by grand stairs elevate up from the local hustle and…
Moya is a phrase used to define a spirit, a soul or other presence. Woza Moya is an expression used to summon or call Moya to one’s presence. Corrugated paths connect piles of sand – remnants of earth peppered throughout the city. Collected and congregated, dimed lights cast shadows on the hallowed ground. Plastic silhouette…
How does one become an artist? One goes to university, participates in an internship or even just picks up a brush to teach oneself. A similar path can be said for those wanting to enter into the business world. One can get a degree, start their own business or become an entrepreneur. Yet questions less…
One of the defining features of nightclubs is that they are loud and dark: there’s little allowance for speaking. It’s a space where our bodies are especially loaded, in part because they are the primary means by which we signal to, and experience, one another. We dance, we push, we touch, we avoid, we shoot…
“We believe exploring the world is something everyone should experience” Travel Noba, founded by Singatha Hlazo, and Zulu Nomad, founded by Phaka Dludla, are two different travel suppliers that operate together. Working together as a team allows for Travel Noba and Zulu Nomad to get individual focus from their respective founders while allowing the two…
How do we talk about death in the time of digital communication? When you die your ideas, images and other such expressions of who you are remain on your social networks. One’s Facebook page becomes a mausoleum for the one’s love after they have gone. Timelines is a documentary that examines such questions about grief…
The Fees Must Fall movement has become one of the most prominent movements of our time, with students calling for free, quality, decolonized education. Their efforts to have this demand taken seriously as a benefit to all in society has been met with the militarization of campuses and has seen students confronted by violence and…
Utopia is more than just a description of the ideal society but a description of who we want be. It Is a description of our understanding of the ideal state of the human being and for those who seek social change, it is the space that allows us to become the expression for our very…
