The Zeitz MoCAA Heatherwick Studio The attention paid to contemporary African art and design production has seen a constantly growing rate in recent years. Festivals like Design Indaba and Cape Town Art Fair, both hosted in the South-African capital, keep fueling this interest, providing international exposure to the state-of-the-art of the African scenario. It was at …
Staff Riding Marco Casino STAFF RIDING SUB ENG from MARCO CASINO on Vimeo. Staff riding, the local slang for train surfing, is a widespread phenomenon in SA. Katlehong is one of the largest townships in South Africa and has played a key role in the history of the struggle against apartheid. The population is almost …
Mohau Modisakeng Tyburn Gallery Mohau Modisakeng, Untitled (Test), 2016 Courtesy Mohau Modisakeng Studio Material, metaphor and the black body are the tools that Mohau Modisakeng uses to explore the influence of South Africa’s violent history that has been ignored in today’s society, on how we understand our cultural, political, and social roles as human beings in post-colonial Africa and …
