Storm Thorgerson: The Raging Storm
In issue 24 “Listen to my Colour & Look at my Sound” - we interviewed legendary album artist Storm Thorgerson. In February 2012, Thorgerson will be coming to Cape Town to showcase his work. To follow is an interview that first appeared in the Cape Argus ‘Good Weekend’ of 2012/01/2. Written by Evan Milton, Courtesy...
Control over Nature: Amon Tobin & Tessa Farmer
Put the work of a Brazilian electronic music pioneer and a London-based sculptor in one room and you will get a sensational exhibition… A supernova of the senses.
Album of the week: February week 2
February’s second album of the week is ‘PRIDE-ILLUSTRATIONS’ by Durban based one small seed community member Warren Green Green has this to say about the album: these illustrations were created for my b-tech year of graphic design. the concept behind the design was combining traditional tattoo images and the rich local flavour of Westville and...
Nicole Du Phessis – Blackbird Design
Nicole du Plessis, based in Western Cape, isn’t a stranger to us, she has a profile on onesmallseed.net and does great work for Blackbird design. You could not say she is just a designer she really knows how to handle herself through Photography too. Design isn’t just a job for her, it’s who she is!...
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Issue 24 Preview: Listen to my Colour and Look at my Sound
Issue 24 of one small seed asks you to ‘Listen to my Colour and Look at my Sound’. Music, motion, words and colour – looking beyond the obvious, our latest issue brings a union of the senses. To follow is an all-inclusive preview of the new issue: a full breakdown of content that resonates with...
| Feature Preview | Neuromagic: The Harmony of Synesthesia
In the new issue of one small seed – Issue 24 “Listen to my Colour and Look at my Sound” – we take a closer look at Synesthesia – the neurological condition that lets people see, smell, hear and even taste in colour. We trace its path through the methods and madness of some of...
| Interview Preview | Mr Brainwash: Laughing all the way to the Banksy
Born in Paris under the name Thierry Guetta, street artist/videographer Mr Brainwash’s gap-filled biography has prompted conspiracy theorists to speculate that he’s a Banksy/Shepard Fairey/Invader project and that the acclaimed Banksy-directed documentary Exit Through the Gift Shop is a grand hoax and offers more grift than gift. ...
You Are Beautiful – Street Art
The message is very simple, whomever you are, ‘You Are Beautiful’. This awesome street art project is spreading a positive message throughout the world. The anonymous, Chicago-based artists behind You Are Beautiful shed light on the art project’s optimistic history. Read on to find out more about this interesting project.
A Pop Culture Debate: Plagiarism or Intertextuality?
Plagiarism is defined as the close imitation or purloining and publication of another authors work, ideas or expressions and representing them as your own. Intertextuality is defined as the shaping of one text’s meaning through other texts, either through referencing or by borrowing and transforming that work into something different.
The Bicycle Portraits, an end to the journey.
2 years, 6000k’s and 500 portraits later, the Bicycle Portraits are 56hours away from their goals. Having launched a page on kickstart, where members of the public can fund creative projects, there are 56 hours left on the clock and with $ 11, 720 raised already of the $15, 000 needed, the journey is almost...
Meet Mutant Mickey
Rob McLeod, a Glasgow born artist who emigrated to New Zealand has been developing his art since he began studying art in 1969. His latest collections feature grotesque figures in bright hues, twisted limbs and organs in an array of the most vivid colors.
EXHIBITION: HOMEROOM, REINTERPRETED ART FROM CHILDHOOD
You’re an artist run out of inspiration? Go back to your childhood and take a look at your children’s drafts for some stimulation of your creative brain. The exhibition ‘homeroom’ proves reinterpreted art from childhood can deliver some masterpieces.
Dimitri Tsykalov’s disturbingly interesting art
While a growing part of the population is banishing meat from their diets and becoming vegetarians, there is a growing fascination for raw meat and what we can do with it. We make clothes, art and even photography out of it.
