Having fallen in love with the magic created by a never-failing pinhole camera and darkroom, and discovering how she could paint with light and bring mood into her images, Thandiwe Msebenzi found photography to be her unexpected fine art soul mate. Since this initial blossoming of her passion for images, coupled with the desire to…
“I don’t have the privilege to take a break from being a womxn. By creating artwork that speaks to these issues I am able to heal and tackle them head on and in the process hopefully, challenge the oppressive system we all exist in.” – from an interview with Design Indaba. Thandiwe Msebenzi, a photographer…
I interviewed photographers Nobukho Nqaba, Thandiwe Msebenzi and Sitaara Stodel about their upcoming exhibition, Displacement. Having met while studying at Michaelis School of Fine Art at UCT and being exposed to each other’s individual creative practices, being awarded the Tierney fellowship solidified their desire to thread together the similarities in their work. They each create…
“En as die voels sing, kom daar bink straatjies uit die voels se vertjies.” (And when the birds sing rays of light stream from their feathers.). When asked about why this is her favourite quote, Bronwyn Katz explained that this quote by her grandmother speaks to the ideas she has about voices, the importance of…
