Cuss Group is a Johannesburg based art collective. Formed in 2011, the group uses video, installation and performance to explore the commercial, cultural and technological forces that shape the complex realities of post-apartheid, hyper-capitalist South Africa. As one of the first local art collectives to focus on digital technologies, they have wildly shown their work…
The line between online and offline ways of engagement have been seen as almost non-existent for years. This also means that the frameworks and social codes that govern behaviour, prejudice, discrimination and victimization unfortunately also bleed from the physical into the digital, and vice versa. This has led to highlighting the importance of creating safe…
Brands, research institutes and related companies are mining our own species for data. The everyday human is consciously and unconsciously being used as an instrument in the branding and information machine, reproducing a “consensual hallucination” in which data may be visualised, heard and felt (Stone 1991: unknown page). Stone uses this term to refer to…
“To the past, or to the future. To an age when thought is free. From the Age of Big Brother, from the Age of the Thought Police, from a dead man – greetings!” ― George Orwell, 1984 The modern digital technology of the internet has been an integral element in the democratization of knowledge –…
Alt Reality is a technology studio focused primarily on Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality. The studio investigates other technology forms by looking at their ability to move into virtual reality and augmented reality. These technologies include 3D Printing and iOT data to name a few. I had an interview with Alt Reality creative technologist Rick…
The Fak’ugesi Conference titled The Future of Creative Innovation & Technology is happening today, the 14th of September. We had a conversation with Benoît Hické, the curator of the French film festival F.A.M.E. He is also one of the panelists for the conference discussion titled ‘Sonic Visions: Understanding new collaborations in film, design and music’….
For its 6th year A MAZE. is welcoming African and international game developers, digital activists and digital artists to Johannesburg in order to trade ideas and techniques related to indie game development and playful media. A MAZE. / Johannesburg forms a part of the Fak’ugesi African Digital Innovation Festival and includes talks, workshops and a…
Having been captivated by the world of gaming from when he received a PlayStation for his 7th birthday, Cukia Kimani knew that he wanted to be part of that world. “From the moment I put it on and saw the magic on the screen, I knew I had to become one of those magicians making…
Now in its 4th year, the Fak’ugesi African Digital Innovation Festival is a celebration of technology, creativity, collaboration and innovation from across the African continent. The festival includes a range of seminars, talks, exhibitions, workshops, hack-a- thons, films, artists, games, innovation riots and music. With highlights including the Fak’ugesi Conference, Making Weekend as well as…
Onyx Ashanti is a musician, programmer, 3D print-designer, writer, performer, inventor…a self described child of the internet, and disciple of the open source philosophy. He is the creator of a new way to combine improvisation, dance and sound design with his invention “Beatjazz”, which merges between art and science, representing the intersection of hardware, software…
The category digital art includes a wide variety of artistic practices. Digital artist and curator Jepchumba describes this form of art as encompassing artwork whose production and presentation uses digital technology as an essential part of the creative process. Post African Futures, referring to an exhibition at the Goodman Gallery in 2015, and used in…
The sky above the port was the colour of television, tuned to a dead channel – The Neuromancer by William Gibson A preamble of creaking wooden stairs. Navigating historical remnants – a building reclaimed. Ascending the landing. Within the antique walls of The Cosmopolitan the contemporary Hazard Gallery is housed. Pressed ceilings peeled back,…
