Christa Dee

Christa Dee is a Digital Visual Anthropologist and writer. Her previous Anthropology research has focused on Instagram and its uses for re-thinking Johannesburg imaginaries and mapping practices. Her recent Masters research unpacks the remediation of the African knowledge and technology as form through digital art shared on the Internet.

Latest Posts

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Christa Dee / art&culture

Thabiso Sekgala // Bôna – exploring how social borders determine visibility in society

In the entrance of Goodman Gallery Thabiso Sekgala's Tiger, selected from his series Second Transition confronts visitors. The direct,...

Christa Dee / art&culture

Azibuye – The Occupation // SA’s first VR documentary to show at Sundance Film Festival

Azibuye - The Occupation is the first South African VR documentary to be shown at the Sundance Film Festival. The documentary tells the inti...

Christa Dee / art&culture

The Lagos Biennial // Bringing Together Reflections on Contemporary Art and Urbanism

The Biennial is intended to place art in dialogue with the city. The first edition in 2017 took place at a railway compound in Yaba, beginni...

Christa Dee / art&culture

Steven Cohen’s There’s glitter in my soup! Offers a different perspective on self-portraiture

Steven Cohen's latest exhibition There's glitter in my soup! invites audiences into a behind the scenes, post-performance moment. His series...

Christa Dee / Photography

#BlackDragMagic – a visual offering of reclamation and assertion of validity

#BlackDragMagic is a collaborative project by drag artist and activist Belinda Qaqamba Ka-Fassie and photographer Lee-Ann Olwage. This proj...

Christa Dee / Wokeness

A Female Lens – a podcast series building a community and celebrating women in film

Filmmakers based in LA, Jennifer Zahlit and Larkin Bell are the founders and co-hosts for A Female Lens; a podcast series for filmmakers and...

Christa Dee / Photography

Erem Malo // translating and encouraging human connection with photography

Vuyo Tlholoe, aka Erem Malo, stumbled into a connection with art at a relatively young age through befriending someone new at school. She de...

Christa Dee / art&culture

‘Unearthing’ – a solo by Namibian artist Isabel Tueumuna Katjavivi

Unearthing - a solo exhibition by Namibian artist Isabel Tueumuna Katjavivi. The walls of Goethe-Institut's exhibition space are systematica...

Christa Dee / fashion

Sindisile Mbobo on having a positive change through fashion

Winner of this year's African Fashion International's Fastrack programme Sindisile Mbobo, with his label Name Brand, plans to build a purpos...

Christa Dee / art&culture

‘Artist Unrecorded’ – a curatorial reflection on historical collection strategies

The legacy of colonialism and cultural bias continue to haunt the walls and archives of museums and other spaces of exhibition and public me...

Christa Dee / fashion

‘Iksasa elethu [the future is ours]’ – a zine that highlights African heritage

As with most collaborations, the curiosity that accompanies creativity led Mongezi Mcelu (aka Bambatha Jones) and Lwazi Madonsela (aka Umsin...

Christa Dee / Photography

‘Sibadala Sibancane’ // Lebogang Tlhako’s Nostalgic Exploration of Self

Lebogang Tlhako aka Sisterbozza combines her love for fashion, photography, thrifting and township life. Brought up in Katlehong, the Market...