Dark Encounters
Fairies and Gargoyles, red velvet, donkey-eared Anne Rice novels and jewellery boxes of symbolic treasures. The enigmatic & elusive people of the night: a subculture that has outlived most others. …what is Goth? Is it a Lifestyle? An escape? A common ground? An identity? And are they, er, alive in Cape Town? Is our city a refuge...
Coarse – Friends Grow Apart
Executing another exhibition style piece in vinyl, Coarse brings their latest figure assemblage, “casting shadows” to light. It includes an original sculpt of definitive coarse character, noop, huddled in sorrow, and his new shellbound pet, nism, to illustrate the narrative of this contrasted set. The noop clings to a fabric kite reminiscent of long time...
May: images of the week
Images of the Week features two astounding visual delights every week from one small seed network. At the end of each week, we add two more images to that month’s gallery collection and feature the images in our weekly newsletter, sent straight to your inbox (which you can sign up to on our home page)....
Boom+27 – Episode 04
…And here it is – episode four of Boom+27, our online pop culture news show! Come with us as we check out the Design Market, Artliftment Park Jam, Sowing the Seeds and Rubadub. On our side – make sure you’ve cast your vote for your top Selected Creative on onesmallseed.net and decide who will be...
ROB ONE – AFRICAN
‘Too many emcees, not enough fans’ is a phrase oft-used in hip-hop circles to describe the over-saturation of rappers in the scene, the consequence of which is a diminishing pool of people who are willing to be listeners, to ‘support the cause’ in a sense. What happens, then, when this affirmation does not hold? What...
BEATS, SWEETS AND FREAKS ON HEAT.
Slop tans, fresh beginnings and “noses painted peppered sunlight”, summertime is over kids, and soon so will be the trance parties. So, here’s to the beats, the sweets and all you freaks… ’till next season kids.
We like our turkey cold, thanks.
I always knew it would be a riot. Let’s be honest, there’s no room for good intentions when a public holiday is there to back you up the next day. Thursday night’s sequence of now-hazy incidents led to a fast-food ‘refuel, re-think and repress’ two days inside. But all was redeemed by Sunday morning; it...
ASHKAN HONARVAR MAKES ART OF MUTILATION
Ashkan Honarvar’s paintings, drawings and collages are macabre and yet beautiful at the same time. When looking at them, you’re not sure whether you should look away or stop and stare. But one thing is for sure; all of the artist’s images are extremely intriguing.
ALBUM OF THE WEEK: APRIL 2011, WEEK 03
This week’s album of the week is Live by Elsa Bleda and features a selection of live performance photography. We hope you enjoy our selection for the third week of April 2011. To have your work featured in an Album of the Week, simply sign up to one small seed network, upload your work and then create...
Hasta la vista Pablo!
Last week Saturday saw the return of The Succulent’s highly successful annual Afrika Burns fundraiser – ‘Pablo’s Summer Send Off’ – at Ibis House and as expected, this tribute to beats under the sun was one hell of a jam.
INTERVIEW WITH JEREMY LOOPS
Bringing something fresh, eclectic and accessible to the Cape Town scene, Jeremy Loops is fast becoming well known for his unique sound… Danielle Laity caught up with Jeremy to chat about music, collaborations and social initiatives.
The Lessons of my Fashion Indoctrinated Weekend
There is something alluring and attractive about the fashion industry and their lavished do’s that have everyone hopelessly captivated in awe, almost wishing to be a figure as stoic or worshipped as Anna Wintour. Fashion week, regardless of the country, is always a socialite’s dream, a fashionista’s must-be-seen-at and a chance for the who’s who...
ALBUM OF THE WEEK: APRIL 2011, WEEK 02
Our second instalment of Album of the Week features a vibrant collection of street art shots by our network member Rene Bohnen. The series is simply titled Graffiti. We hope you enjoy it. To see more of Rene’s work, go to her profile page.
