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Rajni Perera’s embellished photography explores identity alongside surreal dreamworlds
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“After all, immigrants are the first travellers in time and space.”
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14 Aug 18
Advice from past Design Indaba Emerging Creatives
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Here's what illustrator Daniel Ting Chong, director Anthony Silverston, artist Paul Senyol and furniture designer Neil Grantham have to say.
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8 Aug 18
9 creatives to look out for this Women's Month
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To celebrate Women's Month, we're highlighting the work of some of our former participants in the Design Indaba Emerging Creatives programme.
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6 Aug 18
Edel Rodriguez on childhood, nationalism and a nation on fire
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The Cuban-born illustrator was dubbed "America’s Illustrator-In-Chief" by Fast Company.
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6 Aug 18
These striking images offer an alternative view of Nigerian diversity
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“One of the biggest statements I try to make with my work is that there is no single Nigerian culture.”
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2 Aug 18
Egyptian comic book artists are writing their way out of censorship
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"It wasn’t just a political revolution, it was also an artistic revolution. This is reflected in the art scene of Egypt.”
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23 Jul 18
Design Indaba 2018: More than a soundbite
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Seven speakers whose insights transcended a character limit at Cape Town's annual festival of creativity
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17 Jul 18
Design Indaba 2018: A copywriter's expert opinion
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Jeff Harvey details his experience of Design Indaba Conference 2018 for Bizcommunity.
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17 Jul 18
Emerging Creative alumna Thabo Makhetha launches crowdfunder
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Design Indaba Emerging Creatives alumna Thabo Makhetha is now crowdfunding to produce her own textile designs.
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16 Jul 18
The untold history behind William Kentridge’s most ambitious project to date
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“The colonial logic toward the black participants could be summed up by: ‘Lest their actions merit recognition, their deeds must not be recorded’.”
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12 Jul 18
Tanzanian photographer uses social media to break away from the conservative country
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When art must conform to the law of the land, some artists find acceptance on social media.
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9 Jul 18
These images are a vivid and electrifying depiction of isolation
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Step into Andrea Koporova’s haunting Ghost Town.
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3 Jul 18
Photo series takes a non-binary look at vulnerability
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Photographer Zara Julius explores vulnerability in the lives of gender non-conforming people of colour.
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2 Jul 18
Looking to Afrofuturism 3.0
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"Before you actually physically pursue freedom or build a better future you have to imagine it first."
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29 Jun 18
Talking cultural clashes and interrogating stereotypes with Gerhard Human
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Armed with a prying nose for truth and sense of humour, this artist delves into contentious social assumptions in vibrant style.
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28 Jun 18
Hossein Fatemi photographs the duality of life in Iran
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The award-winning photographer has spent over 15 years documenting the lives of young people in the country.
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22 Jun 18
Sethembile Msezane on why she uses her art as resistance
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South Africa’s history is wrought with erasure. Sethembile Msezane is reclaiming the narrative with her work.
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22 Jun 18
Artist turns Ghana's symbol of scarcity into political art
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Serge Attukwei Clottey uses Ghana’s ever-present yellow oil gallons to make a political statement about the environment, history and consumption.
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21 Jun 18
Nigerian artist Dennis Osadebe on isolation, the future and African art
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“For art in a whole continent to be limited to just one label – 'African Art' – is a problem.”
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21 Jun 18
This photo series examines the ways in which black women are forced to comply in society
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Emerging Creative 2018 participant Stephanie Kenyaa Mzee also talks about xenophobia and why her work centres black women.
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15 Jun 18
Albus: The photo series challenging established standards of beauty
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Art & Photography
On #AlbinismAwarenessDay, a look at Justin Dingwall's groundbreaking photo series exploring the aesthetics of albinism.
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13 Jun 18
Photographer visually deconstructs the myth that being queer is un-African
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Celebratory, bright and vibrantly coloured, Limit(less) pictures what freedom can look like for the black queer body.
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11 Jun 18
Wura-Natasha Ogunji on reclaiming the female voice through public performance and protest
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The performance artist’s work explores the tense relationship between women, society, space and politics in Lagos.
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1 Jun 18
Get to know Andy Mkosi, the rapper taking charge of her own story
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The South African artist’s work sits at the intersection of music and photography to create a unique kind of storytelling.
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29 May 18
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