 | 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 |
Return to Fook Island
Monday, May 20th, 2013 by Layla Leiman
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Last Sunday
Sunday, May 19th, 2013 by Jonathan Kyriakou
 | Last Sunday Elsie’s River 12hr49. ...read more |
Livin’ on a Prayer
Monday, May 13th, 2013 by Hugh Upsher
 | My mom drove for five hours to Cape Town to see Bon Jovi perform. When I asked her how old she was when Slippery When Wet came out she shrugged in a way that indicated she wasn’t sure she understood the question properly. Bon Jovi is one of those bands that have just always been around. Regardless of whether you were buying their albums, you’re guaranteed to know more than a few of their songs. ...read more |
The Funeral
Friday, April 26th, 2013
 | Dada bin ubu poetry and werewolf vocals. Rumours of his death were somewhat exaggerated. His books include Drive-Thru Funeral, Tombstone Dues, Post-Mortemist Poems as well as the much funnier Ballad Of Sugar Moon And Coffin Deadly. Best known for inventing the “feelbad” movie genre with such audience pleasers as SMS Sugar Man. ...read more |
Symbolic Possession
Monday, April 22nd, 2013 by Andrei van Wyk
 | Tonight, windy and desolate in downtown Johannesburg, marks the opening of Mikhael Subotzky’s new exhibition Retinal Shift. At the age of 32, the Standard Bank Young Artist of 2012 has become an important, uh, ‘voice’ in South African art photography. ...read more |
