Sound. The vibrations that travel through the air (or another medium) that can be heard when in contact with a person’s eardrum. Nigerian artist Emeka Ogboh takes this definition of sound outside of physics and places it within history and urban anthropology. In his artist bio Emeka Ogboh explains that he creates soundscapes to explore…
Siwa Mgoboza‘s recent work explores difference and belonging, which is strongly tied to his personal experiences growing up abroad and later moving back to South Africa for university. Within these larger themes of difference and belonging, Mgoboza tackles his own expectations of equality and fairness he attached to South Africa while living abroad, and how…
Originally titled Crazy Boy, Tanlume Enyatseng explained that changing the title to Buying Black as it makes an unswerving political link to the theoretical scaffolding that he used to construct the creative concept for the editorial. The shoot was inspired by the book “Capitalist Nigger” by Chika Onyeani – a controversial book which provides Onyeani’s…
“As a performing artist, it is my duty and passion to be able to document life experiences and speak up against injustices. As a slam poet, who explores social injustice and gender identity issues, I am dedicated to shedding light and inspiring change through my art forms,” South African poet Lee Mokobe states in an…
The lines between the digital and the physical are intertwined. We witness, and are part of, the amalgamation of machines and organic matter. Human forms are able to be generated at will on screens through the use of code. Debates about the future of humans has reached a point where the possibilities of immortality are…
“When I grow up I want to be sexualised, objectified, made to feel wrong, ignored, used, abused and belittled. I want to be defined by the colour of my skin, the size of my tits or the use of a tampon, my hair, my muscles and what I’m packing in my toolbox. I want to…
OluTimehin Adegbeye is a Nigerian speaker, writer, and activist. Her work is derived from a self-perceived duty to social justice with a focus on gender, class, sexualities and sexual violence. Other concerns addressed in her work are Sustainable Development and Urban Poverty. When asked about her career path, OluTimehin expresses “I don’t know that I…
Dolls fire our collective imagination, for better and – too often – for worse. From life-size dolls the same height as the little girls who carry them…to Barbie and her fashionable sisters, dolls do double duty as child’s play and the focus of adult art and adult fear. – Ellen Datlow A multi-sensory moment. Inflated….
Urko Sanchez Architects is an award-winning boutique architectural firm based in Kenya and Spain. It’s founder, Urko Sanchez, started his architectural studies nearly thirty years ago and took several years to complete his coursework due to his love for travelling. Urko participated in various architectural projects during his studies, and his life as a traveler…
The development of virtual reality technology has been making its way into the art world in recent years, with a new generation of artists beginning to produce works in this medium. Some of the these works are exclusively made for display in galleries whereas others are made accessible online. Total immersion will soon be added…
Senegalese photographer Omar Victor Diop recently gave a talk at The High Museum as part of the exhibition “Making Africa: A Continent of Contemporary Design“. His own series, The Studio of Vanities, is displayed alongside than 120 artists and designers from 22 countries. In his talk he addresses his own medium, portrait photography. Mentioning that…
Photography and other forms of digital imagery have the ability to unwrap the positive cloth that people in positions of power use to cover up the societal problems that they have not been able to address o have an active hand in perpetuating. Photographer and graphic artist Mustafa Saeed recognizes that releasing his shutter provides…
