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account last week, Faith47 showed us why she has a global reputation for producing some of the most compelling and poetic street art of our time. The Cape Town artist's spectral images speak for the dispossessed, humanising the urban landscape with their strange mythological beauty. Her #DITakeover showed apparitions of animals and giant figures that look like they might turn their backs on you and disappear. Faith showcased the walls she's adorned in urban environments from Warwick Triangle in Durban to an apartment block in Vienna. Murals in Miami, Toronto, Gaeta and Khayelitsha got the signature Faith47 … >

change. Design Indaba Trust, Faith47 and Thingking have … The Harvest mural by Faith47. Photo by Rowan Pybus @makhul … project by Design Indaba Trust, Faith47 and Thingking … >

change. Design Indaba Trust, Faith47 and Thingking have teamed … Harvest by Faith47. Photo by Rowan Pybus @Makhul … HTUP by Design Indaba Trust, Faith47 and Thingking leverages street … >

quot;Freedom Charter" by Faith47 … >

Design Indaba Trust, Faith47 and Thingking, which aims to activate the public into making a difference in their communities. Combining public art with crowdfunding, its goal is to raise money for streetlights in Monwabisi Park in Khayelitsha. A mural by Faith47 … Harvest mural by Faith47 lit up at night. Photo by … >

She’s no stranger to Design Indaba, now Faith XLVII returns to our annual conference on creativity to present a never-before-seen performance >

African street artist Faith47 and designer consultancy Thingking in February 2014. #ANOTHERLIGHTUP uses street art to entice the public to create measurable change in the community of Monwabisi Park, Cape Town. The initiative's members consulted with the organisation VPUU (Violence Prevention through Urban Upgrade) whose active groundwork in Khayelitsha has seen a marked decline in crime over the last few years. Together, they devised a plan to raise money for streetlights in a high-crime area in Monwabisi Park. These will light up a 500m pathway that joins public taps with community meeting places to make the area a safer space for community members and - in particular - children, who are most often the victims of violent crime. Faith47 … >

South African artists Imraan Christian and Faith XLVII deconstruct a pivotal moment in the country’s 2015 student uprising. >

mural was because his friend, Faith47, had a studio in there and … >