FlashBack | Pieter Hugo Nollywood and the Death of Photography | Issue14
Pieter Hugo is quickly gaining notoriety as Africa’s premier photographer for his reinvention of the representation of Africa to the West. Frequently quoted for declaring the death of photography, Hugo is indicative of a generation whose sensibility is fine-tuned to the delicate role of the photographer, realising that to photograph is by no means to...
THE STALKED
Stalking has become easy in an age of social media. In fact, most of us are quite content to release private information into the whacky world of the www. Christine Hogg speaks to Alice Toich, who examins this phenomenon by painting portraits of Facebook users who she ‘stalked’. “None is so famous than the example...
#bottomrightcorner – september week 3
This week’s #bottomrightcorner is all about the weekend! Whatever the method, mood or momentum, we gotta say hello to the weekend good and proper! A little Sleepy Sun, a little Art Bleek, a little of The Drums, a little something for everyone… A little something you’ll like a lot. Happy Friday all! Sleepy Sun...
COMPETITION: WIN TICKETS TO 49M ROCKING THE DAISIES 2012
How hard can you party? It’s time you told us… one small seed is giving away two single tickets to 49M Rocking the Daisies 2012. This year the 7th edition of 49M Rocking the Daisies is bigger and better than ever! A festival that never fails, they are promising to provide one hella epic festival....
In Rainbows with Michael Elion
A glimpse of spring hit Cape Town last week on Friday 7th September, and dancing on a rainbow seemed the perfect way to celebrate! one small seed caught up with Michael Elion artist / architect who mainly works on large scale public artworks. On behalf of Creative Week Cape Town he created a man-made rainbow,...
adidas originals I Represent I Vouks and The Curse I Behind the scenes
Since the 23 September the adidas All Originals #Represent campaign has been running, with entries flooding in from all over the country. Submissions are open until 7 October, so – South Africa – get moving on representing your crew! Whatever your mode, mantra or medium, show adidas and the world what you and your crew...
ROGER BALLEN & DIE ANTWOORD’S ‘I FINK U FREEKY’ AT ERDMANN CONTEMPORARY
The second solo exhibition of Roger Ballen, including stills from the ‘I Fink U Freeky’ music video he directed and work from the Shadow Chamber series, which inspired Ninja and Yo-landi to launch Die Antwoord, opened on September 18th. It seems New York-born photographer Roger Ballen always had an interest in outcasts. This is...
SOUNDGARDEN OFFICIALLY COME BACK WITH THEIR NEW ALBUM KING ANIMAL
8.2 million-record-selling Seattle band Soundgarden‘s new album King Animal comes out on November 12th amongst the come-back spirit of this year. 2012 appears to be the year of grandpa-rocker reunions. Is it the nigh end of the Mayan Calendar or the general fear of remaining wrinkly musicians of an era parents can relate best to?...
I [blank] SA – tees for local charity
IblankSA is a local South African non-profit initiative started up by Adam Lee Casey, who in addition to working as an architect and lecturer is a passionate surfer, skater and traveller. Adam, originally from New York but now living in Cape Town, has spent the past two months setting up a charity project with designed...
Doctor/Patient Privelege – Nastplas
Nastplas from Madrid is an illustrative duo comprising of Dr Franken (a software developer by day) and Natalia Molinos, an interior designer. Using painstaking 3D images, vectors, photography, airbrush and many other media, they take organic textures to a new level with this series of drawings that are quite a sight…
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Adidas calling South Africans to #represent!
Launched on September 3rd 2012, adidas has created a campaign – All Originals #Represent – calling on South Africans to represent the brand with originality, creativity and passion through loading videos, images, audio and mantras as a crew (two or more people) to its campaign website. Uploading must be completed by 7 October 2012. (video)...
pulp, colour & country – neil krug
Neil Krug’s latest creative offering lies in a series of books, entitled Pulp Art Book, (Volumes One and Two) which he created with Joni Harbeck, model and art director, who he is now officicially married to. Like something out of a Quentin Tarantino movie, his images have an authentically seasoned look with the kind of...
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#bottomrightcorner – september week 02
Alright, alright! For this week’s #bottomrightcorner, we are going digital… As many synths, Charlie Brown teacher wubs and echoes as we can stand, we’d like to throw in a little wonk, a little glitch and a little dub just to keep things fresh… With new releases from the likes of our very on Spoek Mathambo,...
