BOOM+27 – Episode 02
For our second episode of Boom+27 we check out Toffie Pop Culture Festival, the 12th annual Cape Town International Jazz Festival, Desmond and the Tutus performing at Assembly and the latest exhibition at the Woodstock gallery Museum.
James Frey takes on God, & the faithful on Darwin & The Satanic Verses.
It’s always been my ambition to write the most influential, most widely read, most controversial book of all time – James Frey Fresh from his battles with Oprah and Larry King, James Frey’s got a new target: God. In his new book, The Final Testament of the Holy Bible, Jesus Christ is alive and...
Contemporary South African Art in Brazil
The work of top South African artists like William Kentridge, Roger Ballen and Mary Sibande is currently showing in Brazil, as part of an exhibition of contemporary South African art at The Niterói Contemporary Art Museum (Museu de Arte Contemporânea de Niterói, or MAC).
Unity Gallery & the Joburg Art Scene
In issue 22 of one small seed, The Joburg Issue, the notorious DJ Chubbi from YFM takes us on a Jozi street tour through all his favourite stops in the art, music, fashion and nightlife scenes. One of the art stops is Unity Gallery in Newtown, and Chubbi stops to chat to the owner, Andrew...
In the Name of Dance: Flash Republic Album Launch
On 26 March 2011, Joburg hipsters and dance junkies descended to the house of indie, better known as The Alex Theatre, to pay live tribute to Flash Republic’s latest offering: Killer Moves. That night Flash Republic brought new meaning to the saying ‘if it aint live, it’s dead’ as the South African dance trio...
PAN AFRICAN SPACE STATION
I heard about the Pan African Space Station from the guy working in Cape Town’s raddest little record store, Mabu Vinyl. He was playing some wacky ’70s electric jazz by the American jazz legend Chick Corea (look him up), which got me stuck in the shop and chatting to this guy as he was mixing...
ARYAN KAGANOF. THE SOLIPSIST.
It doesn’t seem fair that one man is able to express himself successfully through almost every medium possible. So is the skill of our very own Aryan Kaganof. Responisble for the controversial documentary, ‘The Uprising in Hangberg’ that screened at the Labia, Kaganof now also has a film festival under his belt. Let’s here...
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Boom+27 – Episode 01
Boom+27 is a bi-weekly online news portal showcasing a recap of all the latest events going on in and around Cape Town, Johannesburg and other South African cities. Featuring festivals, parties, award ceremonies, live gigs, exhibitions and more, one small seed will be there to keep you up-to-date on all things relevant in the...
THE FLAMJANGLED TEA PARTY
The term flamjangled has solidified itself into the Cape Town lexicon. The second annual Tea Party offered a smorgasbord of delight accompanied by a genre bending soundtrack , costumed revelry and tea inspired libations. Brought to life by Good Times Events and the fantastic team behind Balkanology, the party proved itself one of Cape Town’s...
THE INCORRUPTIBLE MEDIUM – The Power of Photojournalism
After reading an amazing book on the horrors of colonisation in Africa called King Leopold’s Ghost by Adam Hochschild – specifically focusing on the brutality seen in the Congo in the late 19th Century and early 20th Century by journalist-turned-explorer Henry Morton Stanley - I began thinking about the certain ‘labels’ society puts on people…...
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RAMFEST 2011
one small seed made it to RAMFest 2011 in Cape Town, but barely made it out alive! Check out the footage to see what went down at South Africa’s only REAL Alternative Music festival. RAMfest – The Cape’s Ultimate Rock Festival – spanned 3 venues this year for the first time, bringing Real Alternative Music...
THE LAND OF GIANTS
Landsnet is an Icelandic electric company. About 80% of the electricity produced by Landsnet comes from green sustainable sources. In 2008, Landsnet set out a high voltage pylon design competition. The winners of this competition, Choi + Shine Architects of Boston, MA , USA, were also awarded the Boston Society of Architect’s Unbuilt Architecture...
The Zimbabwean’s Voiceless Campaign
Just under a year ago we featured the wonderful ad campaign for The Zimbabwean by TBWA Hunt Lascaris Johannesburg, a campaign that highlighted the worth of the Zimbabwean dollar bill by using it to create actual billboards, posters and other outdoor advertising, as a meme representative of Zimbabwe’s plummeting socio-economic circumstances. This year, the same...
