From Benin City to Lagos, Togo, Nairobi, Lamu, Mombasa, Diani, and finally Turkana – Nigerian multidisciplinary artist Aize Muhammad Paul has travelled far and wide across the African continent unearthing the hidden treasures at present in hopes of making sense of the nebulous spiritual realm that looms in the afterlife. Through his findings, he presents…
Given the precarity that comes with choosing to pursue a creative career — especially in an African context, for a number of intersecting and diverging economic, infrastructural and socio-political reasons — I often find myself asking why it is that so many of us still endure doing this work. What compels us to take up…
A smattering of natural tones, a lush green forest, the brown-red autumn leaves, the earth beneath our feet, textured and tried through centuries, through millennial she has known the footsteps of many different animals and many different people, she has grown and nurtured forests, she has fed and homed countless creatures. But how long before…
What do we as outsiders imagine indigeneity to look like in an ever-growing globalised world? Are we captured, clutched firmly in the grasp of Western traditions and ideals that, for some reason, still attempt to dictate the tone and voice of our own histories and contemporary forms of expression? Furthermore, what does modern indigeneity look…
Many of my articles surrounding the ever-growing world of analogue photography start the same. A simple introduction that states the name, age and base from which said artist works. A customary introduction of sorts to give you, the reader, the bare minimum set of particulars to at least have a name mulling around your mind…
Ghanaian photographer, Kojo Anim first became fixated with the artform of photography when he came across his brother’s camera at the age of 10 years old. Now 23 years old, Kojo says that his aim as an artist is to reveal to the world the “soft and unseen emotions” of Africans. Speaking to writer Precious…
“The tragic passing of George Floyd at the hands of American police was a moment that brought international attention and served as a pinnacle of the Black Lives Matter movement.” Zahra Doola, Justice for George Floyd | Black Lives still matter George Floyd’s passing in 2020 (re)sparked the Black Lives Matter movement in America when…
On Friday, 13 May 2022, Bubblegum Club presented the Project 16.1 C launch event in celebration of the ‘Everyday Resistance’ collaboration between Thebe Magugu and Wanda Lephoto. See images below and tag #EverydayResistance Event presented by Bubblegum Club Photography: Paul Shiakallis Location: House Rech by Silvio Rech and Lesley Carstens Production: U4RIA Experiential Agency Powered by Jägermister…
During the early 1970s, a twenty one year old Annie Leibovitz attended a night class on photography at the San Francisco Art Institute not knowing that three years later she would become the chief photographer at what is now considered one of the most world renowned music publications: Rolling Stone. Leibovitz went on to photograph…
Within an incredibly short space of time, my next interviewee has forged an impressive professional career within the photographic space, amassing an extremely impressive portfolio of work under her belt. Assante Chiweshe, known to many by her creative moniker Kahlo Greed, is an emerging Johannesburg-based photographer, identifiable through her signature film portraiture. Taking a closer…
Cape Town based multidisciplinary artist Delmaine Donson may need no introduction to many of you. Her digital illustrative work, which focuses on celebrating the beauty of femmes of colour, has amassed her a large online presence and led her to work with a multitude of big clients and the illustrations for a children’s book. Today,…
It was only last week when Mishaal Gangaram was announced as a part of The Design Indaba Emerging Creative Class of 2022. Gangaram is an emerging Johannesburg based conceptual photographer, storyteller and self-portraitist — who also happens to be one of my current local favourite photographers. If you’re plugged into local pop culture, it’s likely…
