All the cars had parked along the pavements, so the people (unable to move between the wing mirrors and the walls) had all taken to walking in the streets. They moved like rivers, sweeping up drifters and carrying them along. read more...
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Listening with my Eyes
May 22nd, 2013 by Katie de Klee, images by Le Poulailler
All the cars had parked along the pavements, so the people (unable to move between the wing mirrors and the walls) had all taken to walking in the streets. They moved like rivers, sweeping up drifters and carrying them along. read more...
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Dear Back To The City
May 22nd, 2013 by Ts’eliso Monaheng
Peace Back To The City,
What's good, what it do, whoop de whoop, sharp hoezit, fede?!! I've been wondering what you guys have been up to in the past three weeks since the, um, "BIGGEST HIP HOP GATHERING IN AFRICA" happened. At least I know one thing, the email you promised would, “take 20mins to answer" still hasn't arrived in my inbox. But TIA, isn't it? For all we know, the mail could still be entangled in the bits of fibre optic cable somewhere in the Indian Ocean. Ja ne, technology! read more...
Shaking the Habitual
May 21st, 2013 by Brandon Edmonds
The Bowie-singing astronaut guy was one of the worthiest viral videos in a while. No cats in sight. It (sort of) put back all the humanity left out of Kubrick’s chilly space epic 2001. Stanley wasn’t big on people. But in the end, astronaut guy returns to earth. Gravity applies. Enchantment ends. To really shake the habitual, we need to keep going back to work out what we’ve just seen, where we stand in relation to it. That is a cultural experience worth having, the ones you can’t easily move on from. Strong culture arrests you. read more...
Mack the Night
May 21st, 2013 by Mack MagaganeMahala > Social
Mack Magagane was born in Soweto in 1990 and joined the Market Photo Workshop back in 2009, where he received the Tierney Fellowship. He caught everyone's attention with his first solo exhibition ...in this city and followed it up exhibiting a series on teen suicides, called I'll Be Gone Soon, in Paris. His project Light Hours is also worth a look. He cites Mikhael Subotzky as a major influence and mentor. Mack's theatrical style has made last Friday night at the Puma Social Club look like a film noir. But with fewer cigars. read more...
Down in the Basement
May 20th, 2013 by Katie de Klee, images by Matt Ginsburg
For a lover of language there is something erotic about a bookshop. It’s all the virgin editions with their uncreased spines and unhandled pages; all the books you can't afford. And all the covers are prettier than the ones you have at home. read more...
Return to Fook Island
May 20th, 2013 by Layla LeimanMahala > Art
In 1971, in response to yet another conceptual art show, Walter Batiss purportedly came up with the idea of creating a fake island. “I will make up a concept of an island,” he said, and “the concept will become real. It won’t just be a selfish thing that an artist makes and pins onto the wall, but something that everyone can participate in. That will make the island real…[although] it is a fake island.” read more...
The Missing Identity
May 20th, 2013 by Nolan Stevens
Watching The Chester Missing Road Show at the Market Theatre is an experience that goes way beyond the political-satire brand of humour that Mister Chester Missing, and Conrad Koch, are so well-known for. It; the show they put on, has a rich subtext that deliberately does a gumboot dance through the minefield of South African identity politics. read more...
