Simphiwe Ndzube’s 'The Fantastic Ride to Gwadana' worldscape, at Stevenson … [Read more...] about Elastic Beings: Simphiwe Ndzube’s ‘The Fantastic Ride to Gwadana’
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Rendering the Unseeable: on Pardon Mapondera
Towards the end of 2020, controversial stories about South African and … [Read more...] about Rendering the Unseeable: on Pardon Mapondera
Art-Binge: Grad Show Edition 2020 [Rhodes and Ruth Prowse]
A snazzy roundup of some of the work on display at the graduate exhibitions at … [Read more...] about Art-Binge: Grad Show Edition 2020 [Rhodes and Ruth Prowse]
The Time of Waiting: Senzeni Marasela’s ‘Waiting for Gebane’
“What does it look like, entail, and mean to attend to, care for, comfort, and … [Read more...] about The Time of Waiting: Senzeni Marasela’s ‘Waiting for Gebane’
Colouring Skin: On Tizta Berhanu, Thembinkosi Goniwe, and Dada Khanyisa
The word ‘colour’ adapts to many interpretations; to pigment, to fill with, or … [Read more...] about Colouring Skin: On Tizta Berhanu, Thembinkosi Goniwe, and Dada Khanyisa
The Morality of Things: On Kendell Geers
Day 1: 2021. I’ve scooped and mopped the dogshit in the study, cleared the … [Read more...] about The Morality of Things: On Kendell Geers
Epiphany and Fragments: Simphiwe Ndzube, Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum and Athi-Patra Ruga
One of the most memorable literary put downs for me is Michael Moorcock calling … [Read more...] about Epiphany and Fragments: Simphiwe Ndzube, Pamela Phatsimo Sunstrum and Athi-Patra Ruga
The Magic of Her Kingdom: Cassi Namoda’s ‘To Live Long is to See Much’
It all looks very simple with its tight, consistent palette of oil and acrylic … [Read more...] about The Magic of Her Kingdom: Cassi Namoda’s ‘To Live Long is to See Much’
Carving Otherwise Futures: Jackson Hlungwani’s ‘Alt and Omega’
Central to the Christian civilising mission was the desire (or fantasy?) to … [Read more...] about Carving Otherwise Futures: Jackson Hlungwani’s ‘Alt and Omega’
The Catalyst, Not the Error: Mame-Diarra Niang’s ‘Call Me When You Get There’
Jorge Luis Borges has a short story about a guild of cartographers who, in the … [Read more...] about The Catalyst, Not the Error: Mame-Diarra Niang’s ‘Call Me When You Get There’
