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According to Gillougley, the concept for this exhibition emerged fairly late on in her third year of studies, triggered by trauma and in turn becoming a means to rid herself of these negative emotions.

The driving force behind this body of work was my withdrawal to a dark emotional place, and my emergence from that darkness. The photographs deal with themes of underlying emotional and psychological torment and obsession; both metaphor and catharsis.

Though the recurrence of rope bondage in Withdrawal & Emergence is perhaps most readily associated with fetishism and sexual deviance, Gillougley’s subjects are bound and strung up as a metaphor for internal constraint. The staging of her subjects and the stage itself evoke the circus, not simply as an aesthetic centre point, but also to explore notions of psychological game play, manipulation, strength and vulnerability. Being her first body of work on public display, it seems justified to equate the susceptibility and precariousness of the women in this collection with the art-school-graduate’s own position at the threshold of professionalism. But regardless of any specific context, the photographic act is invariably one of self-implication for Cara Gillougley.

I’ve realised that my work is driven entirely by my emotional state of being. As long as I photograph honestly, my work allows me to view my innermost workings and confront them. Ultimately it’s a piece of me sitting on a computer screen or photographic paper. I cannot separate myself from my work because, in a sense, my life becomes my work.

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Every action is creative and every passionate action is art

– Matthew Stone (I.D. Magazine)

So, for every passionate action there should be a passionate reaction, right? From planting a seed to forming a movement, here’s a look back at first thoughts on one small seed, first encounters with the magazine and some first ‘creative seeds’ by singer/songwriter Lindiwe Suttle, zef rapper Jack Parow and photographer Sam Norval as part of the Vodafone Firsts campaign, which encourages people to do things for the first time.

one small seed logo Ⓒ Giuseppe Russo

When one small seed was first ‘sowed’ by founder/editor-in-chief Giuseppe Russo, the idea was to encourage a South African creative movement that could compete with the world. Nine years on, it’s grown into a creative network (onesmallseed.net), various online platforms – including two new initiatives called ‘Cult of Self’ and ‘We Love Sexy’ – and we’re excited to re-launch as a digital magazine.

Blood, sweat and tears went into nourishing the growth of this ‘diversely branched tree’, yet its seed would never have sprouted without the ground-breaking content contributed by artists, photographers, models, musicians, architects, designers, writers or – as the umbrella term neatly summarises – ‘creatives’. The Vodafone Firsts campaign thus seemed an ideal opportunity for us to touch base with some of ‘the creative influencers’ who have featured in past issues. Lindiwe Suttle, Jack Parow and Sam Norval shared their ‘one small seed firsts’, ‘creative firsts’ and current projects that might inspire further firsts for aspiring creatives.

LINDIWE SUTTLE – Singer/Songwriter

Lindiwe Suttle – Image Ⓒ Diane Ducruet

Lindiwe Suttle’s ‘first’ with one small seed goes all the way back to the first issue – that’s when she saw the magazine for the first time and found it ‘immediately intriguing’. In issue 02, she was featured in it and, according to her, it was the first shoot she did before launching her music career. ‘It inspired me to make change through my art. It was such a refreshing magazine to have in SA because, from the start, it focused on artists that were true artists – non-conformist artists who didn’t follow any rules,’ she says.

Produced in Berlin by Ivan Gregoriev and mastered by Dave Clutch (Alicia Keys, John Legend, Foo Fighters) in New York, her solo debut Kamikaze Art just won her ‘Songwriter of the Year’ and ‘Best Female Artist and Composer/co-composer’ at The Wawela Music Awards 2014. In the same vein, but different creative field, as her talk show star mother Felicia Mabuza-Suttle, she’s an ambitioned young lady ready to take up any challenge thrown her way. Currently, she’s working on Enough (Set Us Free), a girls’ and women’s rights campaign that makes use of a song she wrote the lyrics for, and her partner – German rock legend Marius Mueller-Westernhagen – composed. ‘I hope it inspires other artists to use their music to speak out for others that have no voice’.

It was an honour to be in the magazine. I loved that they never chose the most popular artists like other magazines. They made you aware of art that might not have had the chance to shine were it not for one small seed – art that the underground scene knew and not the masses. I’m so proud that the publication is still producing great work. Viva one small seed, viva art!!! – Lindiwe Suttle

JACK PAROW – Zef Rapper

Jack Parow – Image Ⓒ Wouter du Toit

Jack Parow is known for his pep-store broek style and general anti-coolness. So uncool that – according to his recent single ‘Bloubek’ – ‘he eats fucking hipsters and shits out fixie bikes’. Cool enough, however, for sexy swimsuit model girlfriend Jenna Pietersen, he somehow made it from Boerewors curtain-protected Bellville to dangerously trendy Cape Town – he says it’s ‘overpopulated by the hip graphic design crowd’.

His first with one small seed was ‘somewhere like Mr. Pickwicks’ and – according to him – it caused him ‘great social anxiety and overall discomfort because people originally from Joburg or some other country like Italy were acting like they’re Capetonian’. Once his nervousness was overcome, he was inspired to write ‘Cooler as Ekke’, which further ‘established his feelings on what he thought about one small seed and all the ‘cool’ people’. So much that he references the mag in the song. ‘Jy dink jy’s cooler as ek, omdat jy die nuwe issue van one small seed het.’ Shortly after its release he was featured in issue 18 of one small seed magazine.

Nag van die Lang Pette (2014), available at South African music stores now, is his most recent project. He worked very hard on this album so he hopes that it’ll inspire more people to work hard for the first time. Cool or uncool – his rhymes will continue to piss off conservative mense due to the raw wit, side-splitting humour and (true!?) portrayal of culture. Jack Parow is SA’s ‘zef darling’ and will be in the Rainbow Nation’s hearts forever.

It (one small seed) triggered the first time I really felt, fuck, people are idiots and shit, trying to follow the trend doesn’t pay off… Btw, is one small seed still being printed or do they give it away at the robots (traffic lights for the international people who will obviously never read this) like those little joke things that you get if you tip the beggar? – Jack Parow

SAM NORVAL – Photographer

Images Ⓒ Sam Norval

Photographer Sam Norval lives in New York and has photographed celebrities such as Clint Eastwood, Flea, Norah Jones, Billy Joel and B.B. King. Yet he says that the first time he was allowed to explore his own style was when he did his first shoot, after he got back home to South Africa, for one small seed. Deep into that Darkness Peering… for issue 13 was an homage to Tim Burton that perfectly accentuated Sam’s ‘dark and moody style’. According to him it was the first time ‘I was really allowed to explore that genre. I was allowed to be as creative as I wanted to be’. Further ‘photography firsts’ were to follow as he shot:

Just for Kicks for Issue 14

It was a first for me to shoot six girls in one editorial, it was a first for me to shoot on a construction site and it was a first for me to shoot in 40 degrees heat. It was a first for me because I was able to explore different styles.

Sam Norval house party just for kicks from one small seed on Vimeo.

South Beach Featuring Bryce Thompson for Issue 17

It was a first because we played on people’s perceptions of metrosexuality, homosexuality and heterosexuality. Taking somebody out of that comfort zone and really exploring that space with them – that was something unique and something first.

South Beach Fashion Shoot from one small seed on Vimeo.

The Self-Made Shoot for Issue 23

It was also a first in a sense because I was exploring very new lighting, a very new concept – it was very self-reflecting I think. The subject matter, how we were achieving it – it was all kinda a first for me. The lighting was very bright, it was very washed out, it was very clean as opposed to my typical work, which tends to be a bit more dark and moody.

Self-Made Shoot from one small seed on Vimeo.

Right now, Sam is working on yet another first. It’s a big project for VH1 for which he’s shooting a big cross-section of hip-hop artists, such as Lil John, Waka Flocka, Future, Russell Simmons and many more. ‘It’s also a first for me because we’re looking to make a book out of it. It’s really really exciting,’ he explains.

one small seed was the first publication to allow budding talent to be a part of the new voice of creativity in South Africa. I think that’s the most important legacy that one small seed has had. If you’re an aspiring artist or creative, you have an outlet, you have a vehicle to really explore your creativity and are encouraged to do so. It was the first publication to allow its readers to submit. – Sam Norval

Image Ⓒ Sam Norval

Image Ⓒ Sam Norval

The Butterfly Effect has been inspiration for endless pop culture storytelling – such as the 2004 movie with Ashton Kutcher of the same name or 1985’s Brazil by Terry Gilliam – but more often it’s used to explain what appears inexplicable. As most of us know, the theory states that a subtle action can cause a catastrophe. Creativity, it seems, works under similar principles. A simple thought, a fleeting comment, a blatant discovery – even a mistake – can trigger the most ground-breaking ideas. Therefore, as creatives, we need a platform to constantly inspire and be inspired.

In South Africa, one small seed set out to do exactly this. As Giuseppe Russo said in issue 16, ‘The seed, which means the vision to believe in yourself and in who you are, had to be planted in South Africa first.’ Today ‘the South African creative movement’ – with Cape Town being Design Capital 2014, major international music festivals such as Sónar gracing our shores and more and more SA artists present across the globe – is truly ready to compete with the world. It’s no longer ‘creativity in a wheelchair’ that needs help up the success stairs, SA is up on its legs and ready to conquer. If all goes well Cape Town and Joburg will soon be mentioned in the same breath as New York, London and Berlin, so there’s no longer a need to focus on one country specifically. Our re-launch as a digital magazine is about to kick-off and we’re now no longer presenting South Africa to the world, but the world (South Africa being a part of it) to the world.

When was the first time you came across one small seed?

Leave a comment below or tweet @onesmallseedSA and @VodafoneFirsts to share your #first!

Special thanks to Lindiwe Suttle, Jack Parow and Sam Norval for their great work and getting back to us so quickly! Further influencers who featured in one small seed are, for example, Dominic Peters of Goldfish, Bryce Thompson, Sean Metelerkamp, Andreas Waldschuetz, Lungelo, Dylan Culhane, Anton Kannemeyer, Spoek Mathambo, Pieter Hugo, Hendrik Vermeulen and JD, Teargas or The Blackheart Gang. Watch out for a Part II!

Words: Christine Hogg

Image Ⓒ Sam Norval

Image Ⓒ Sam Norval

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one small seed Issue 11 – Part 2

ISSUE 11 FEATURES:

• PHOTOGRAPHER: WARREN VAN RENSBURG
• PHOTOGRAPHER: GERHARD UYS
• PHOTOGRAPER: DYLAN CULHANE
• INTERNATIONAL: 24 HOURS IN LUANDA
• PEOPLE: REVOLUTIONARY FERNANDO ALVIM
• FASHION: SHUNNOZ & TEKASALA
• ARTIST: LINO DA MIAO
• FASHION: MURDER AT THE MILKBAR BY BRETT RUBIN
• FASHION: QUEEN OF MY CASTLE BY LUKE FOREMAN
• FASHION: TICKET TO RIDE BY RICHARD KEPPEL-SMITH
• FASHION DESIGNER: CLIVE RUNDLE
• ARCHITECTURE: URBAN AMBLING WITH DOUNG ANWAR
• ARCHITECTURE: SUBURBIA BY ROBERT SILKE
• ART / DESIGN: ARTIST MICHAEL MACGARRY
• ART / DESIGN: YOUNG GUN DAN TING CHONG
• ART / DESIGN: ONCE UPON A ZOO BY ERIKA KOUTNEY
• MUSIC: DOING DISCO WITH THE DIRTY SKIRTS
• MUSIC: BITING REALITY WITH THE REALIST
• MUSIC: ZEBRA & GIRAFFE
• MUSIC: REASON TO PANIK – JAX PANIK

]]> https://www.onesmallseed.com/2011/03/issue-11-online/feed/ 2 https://www.onesmallseed.com/2008/09/flashback-armchair-stand-ups-issue12/ https://www.onesmallseed.com/2008/09/flashback-armchair-stand-ups-issue12/#comments Wed, 03 Sep 2008 17:54:25 +0000 http://www.onesmallseed.com/?p=21930 Stand-up comics: You get a few of them together in an online chat room, ask one straightforward question, and it all just spirals into irreverent bedlam. Sheesh! At least my initial suspicions have been confirmed – these people are all quite thoroughly cooked in the head. Dylan Culhane bears witness to the senselessness…

Joey Rasdien

Stand-up comedy is a nerve-wracking profession no matter where in the world you find yourself. Is there anything in particular about SA audiences that make your chosen career paths especially daunting?
John Vlismas: why does everyone think that comedy is such a terrifying job? I often wake up sweating because I dreamed all I could do was bank.
Bevan Cullinan: Hi, what the fuck is going on? John, look another… ‘comedy is a scary difficult career’ question
JV: ja, I’m very brave
Joey Rasdien: john vlismas hoe lyk hulle… awe….
BC: hey Joey
JV: joey, which FHM chick did you have to kick out bed today?
JR: Loyiso’s ex… Laamy….. wassup bev
BC: so… what are you wearing?
JV: my denim shorts, grey sweater and salty balls…
BC: Is this some random prank to get us chatting… because if it is, it would be a lot easier for me to walk downstairs… my finger is sore from typing already
JV: So this is how paedophiles get lucky…
BC: Does anyone mind if I do this chat session with my clothes off?
JV: only if you hook up the i-cam
BC: (flex) I thought this emoticon was a bending turd, but I realise it’s some wanker’s arm…How will they transcribe emoticons?
JV: They will say “then he made a bendy turd come on the screen.”
Judy Jake: (wave) Aloha, sorry I’m late.
BC: FINALLY… someone else to talk absolute shit to…
JV: That’s okay, Judy – we’re just admiring Bevan’s bendy turd… amazing.
JJ: Hello Mr Bevan, haven’t seen you in long time.
BC: Hellooo, been laying low after I tried to throw Zuma with a bendy turd. Where are you guys chatting from?
JV: I’m sitting on a leather chair with my balls out, you guys?
BC: roast chicken position with my ass up against an eighties glass desk
JJ: Drinking coffee, chain smoking on my bed.
JR: Having a shit, smoke and skype
BC: he means jerking off
JR: come to think of it….

JOHN LOYISO AND MYSELF can shit wank smoke skype whenever we want…. benefits of not having a day job

LG: the day is not for jobs – it’s for other shit like going to the zoo…..
JV: (ninja) look, a gay guy.
BC: He is beautiful.
JV: It’s me in a dream.
BC: You move so well john… it must be after you lost your moobs…
JV: (bow) shame, here’s a banker in the mirror when he’s alone after all of the other people have gone home.
BC: (beer) Look a sperm sample from a giant… You do realise we are going to run out of lame emotiwhatsits and then we’ll actually have to talk to each other… I’ll start, Hi, I’m a 24 year old blonde from California, I love the outdoors and long walks on the beach and looking to meet friends, what’s your name.
JV: My name is Colin Moss – I am a thirty something metrosexual and I secretly want to kill and wear Danny K like a coat.
BC: He would look good on you Colin.
JJ: Hi I’m Mandoza, most people think I’m male, but I’m not. I just impersonate a male gangster to sell albums to stupit people.
JV: (punch) these are my angry balls – salty and angry. Oh, and Jude, you spell stupid with a d, love.
JJ: Oh sorry, that was the Mandoza in me coming out.
BC: I’d like to get back to the original question. Comedy in South Africa is only difficult when you’re not funny, then you are normally called a ‘novelty act’ or an ‘idols finalist’
JV: I think that’s true, it sometimes feels like the easiest job in the world, but we all have those nights where it’s like trying to remove a lionfish from your starfish when it’s angry…

John Vlismas

BC: or sometimes you think it’s a good idea taking a gig for a bunch of Koreans who thought they had booked a drag act because of ONE FUCKING picture of you that is still floating on the net
JJ: I don’t know what the fuss is all about. COMEDY ROCKS!!!
Loyiso Gola: yo
JR: young loy n da house
BC: FINALLY…
JV: What time do you call this, Mr Gola
LG: been online all this time, I call this 5:19
BC: Have you been staring at our session all this time while touching yourself in your naughty place?
LG: yes.
JJ: Stereotype, stereotype, stereotype, this is not good Loy
JV: I think stereotypes are actually underrated as the fastest way to establish a common reference point in a mixed crowd – it doesn’t matter what pseudo liberal people whine about, we all seem to hold stereotypes of ourselves as dear as the ones we have of others, so is a common set of stereotypes, agreed on by a democratic process of majority consensus really such a bad thing?
LG: what the fuck is john talking about?
JV: Anyway, a study of any culture is nothing more than a vast and rubber stamped stereotype, so fuck the critics.
JJ: Wow, John, I’ve never seen so many big words in one sentence before. I’m feeling a bit intimidated now.
LG: john why are you so intense dude?
BC: Stereotypes are an excellent way of establishing the lowest common denominator in a crowd and has been successful as a means to make people laugh since the 16th century.

BC: It’s worked for clowns, soapies and politicians.

LG: it’s worked for me too.
BC: EXACTLY… I think I’m going to buy a pair of long beige chinos and a long sleeve blue shirt because everyone is doing it and it’s a real cool stereotype
JJ: I love stereotypes, they make it easy for me to call myself a good judge of character.
BC: good, so it has been decided… stereotypes will be our yard stick for comedy.
LG: have you guys heard about the death of Bernie Mac and Isaac Hayes.
JJ: Oh yes. I heard yesterday. Pneumonia.
JV: Bernie and Isaac – do you think they were murdered by Scientology? Or is it a virus that only kills middle aged African American entertainers?
JJ: Here I am thinking HIV was the worst!
JV: No the deadliest catch is crabs, I saw it on Discovery.
JV: Lo, how was the Soweto comedy fest for you?
LG: wasn’t there, I had a gig in PE
BC: good choice lo… go to the gigs that pay!
JJ: It wasn’t about the money. I was giving back to the community!
JV: Ja, I like giving to the community, like the English gave small pox to the native Americans.
LG: the community can lick my balls……..
BC: I’ve heard many of them have already famous guy
JV: Ja, you player…
BC: (puke)

Judy Jake

JV: this is first time I’ve ever been in a chat room… I could never whack off at this pace!
JR: Loyiso and myself are in chat rooms at 02:15 in the morning at times… now that is cool
BC: more complicated than a relationship and you don’t even have to look at the person
LG: i’m back bitches…….
BC: yes we know you’re black
JV: why is it always about colour with you people?
BC: another perfect stereotype… 2 points for john
JV: am I winning yet?
JJ: I’m not black. I’m African! Fuck it I’m Black, so what?
BC: Joey can’t work the computer… blame it on apartheid
JV: Judy, you’re not black are you? OMG, this changes everything. What will the children look like? Joey, I suppose.
JJ: hahahahahaha. That’s why I stopped going for blind dates. My name always made them think I was white.
JV: I haven’t seen colour for years.
JJ: Well studies say that most men are colour blind
BC: Hey whatever gets us laid…
JV: like that time you hired that girl with a beard, Bev
BC: Hey, she really knew how to spoon
JV: dude, when you’re that big you “ladle”
BC: I think Loyiso’s coupon at the internet cafe ran out
JV: why hasn’t he sent a “please skype me”
BC: I don’t know dude, this is what happens when you let a couple of comics loose in a chat room without a mediator. Comedy is not a pretty thing
JV: I once ended up doing coke in a toilet at a night club with a she man who said “do anything you like to me” so I kneed him in the balls and took his coke.
BC: as I was saying… not a pretty thing
JR: the sex of a monkey in a non paying zoo were dodos and grey african birds cross fuck
…?

Bevan Cullinan

Loyiso Gola

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