Until Until are a fast-rising crew of young entertainment entrepreneurs, curating events that attract as many as 4000 partygoers. After only 3-years in the game, this squad of 11 twenty-something’s describe their members as ‘pretty socially relevant’: a humble understatement since each boasts 1000-or-so Twitter followers and an astonishing ability to pull crowds. As a…
The Stevenson gallery, a contemporary art space in Johannesburg and Cape Town, focusing on both national and international artists, is once again pushing the boundaries of the exhibition format beyond the confines and limitations of the white cube. The first exhibition series within this vein was Ramp at the Gallery in Cape Town, where the…
The internet has surely changed everything, for the millenial generation it is now an intrinsic part of how we form our beliefs and how we perceive the world around us. In Africa, a continent misrepresented since it’s naming, the world wide web has opened space for Africans to tell their stories and represent themselves on…
On the 28th March, the Nothing Gets Organised group is opening a new project space in the Johannesburg CBD. NGO – NOTHING GETS ORGANISED will highlight a wide program of visual arts against the unassuming background of a converted commercial property wedged in next to car repair shops. The event spotlights a diverse range of…
A chair ignites and something seeps in from beyond the border- it’s all unsettled. A sudden awareness of the force of the floor when it flat-catches your foot reaching for a stair that isn’t there. In preparation for this article, I was sent a video documenting Andrew Aitchison’s ‘Containing Space’, a body of work produced…
Our story begins with a little girl, bright eyed and curious, in search of her place in the world. This is a story whose tale can be found in all of us yet whose journey resonates mostly with those who find themselves denied their place. This is the story told in the children’s book by…
Noirwave is telling the story of black glory, of Africa, through art. The creative collective of Petite Noir and RhaRha Nembhard form the heart of Noirwave and their collaboration with Lina Viktor reveals the beauty and diversity of experience that is being African. While the immorality and brutality of imperialism perpetuates much pain and suffering on…
The erotic is a phenomenon that has purposefully been made hidden. With the imposition of Christianity and Roman-Dutch law during colonialization came the strict distinction between the public and private lives, where the latter would be strictly define and restrict understandings of sexuality at the time. With the introduction of a constitution, rights would now…
The world of words is a haven. Books are a sanctuary for those lucky enough to look inside them. Lerato Serumula has produced such a sanctuary with Empire Gone, a Young Adult novel. The story features themes of mystery, fantasy and the fight for justice and equality. The authour was inspired by her own prolific reading…
In the 2000s, two tv shows on the SABC represented polar opposites in quality. On one hand was Late Nite with Paul Viv, a talk show so bad, and with a host so inept that it could have passed as a parody of the format. In stark contrast was The Pure Monate Show, which dramatically…
“Our bodies are political. Our pain is systematical. We represent the bastards. We stand for the nothings. We shout for the unheard. We occupy space for the excluded. We demand representation for the invisible. We speak with people like us.” The Trans Collective is a radical black decolonial student movement with close affiliations to…
Alphabet Zoo, the Johannesburg based collective founded by printmakers Minenkulu Ngoyi and Isaac Zavale is hosting zine making nights at the Bubblegum Club project space in Newtown. Ngoyi and Zavale have extended an open invitation to cultural practitioners interested in collaborating on the development of a zine over a three “zine nights” residency in March….
