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Lebogang Mabusela’s Ukwatile? | Who is safe to violate?

If I had access to someone at the offices of Google or Meta, I would have asked them to track how many people — how many men — had snapped images of Lebogang Mogul Mabusela’s work, put it on social media with a hashtag and some random non-contextual remark without taking responsibility for their own…

Navigating our relationship to time with A4 Gallery exhibition: ‘Customs’

There is ‘something’ liberating underscoring our relationship to, and fear of, time. Something co-curator Sumayya Vally describes as a part of the ‘inarticulable’ tether binding the collection that makes up Customs, the latest group exhibition at A4 Gallery, by A4 Arts Foundation. “Not because [the knowledge is] not being articulated,” Vally explains in the show’s…

Transforming the narrative of Brazilian blackness by talking about love and affection

Black Brazilian singers and artists are “finally” talking about love and affection in their music and work — in addition to stereotypes, masculinity, patriarchy, racism and censorship. With the continuous breaking down of barriers, combined with recent access to power and the market, and above all, narratives of protagonists and valorisation, more people can be…

Theo Jansen & the Strandbeest | A kinetic wonder

Over the last week or so, Dutch artist Theo Jansen and his art exhibit named Strandbeest which means “beach animals” in English went viral on Twitter. The exhibition is of “creatures” made of various materials that are engineered to walk or even fly over beaches. It’s barely surprising that such an interesting and unique mix of…

Obsessed with alt film representation: A24 & MUBI

With the trajectory of film moving forward from the centralisation of big studio ideas and principles such as, Warner Brothers, Sony and Walt Disney, it is important to have a look at the new emergence of film houses producing some impactful work. Despite the cinematography, the important work that is being done is through alternative…