Since debuting ‘Return of the Astro-Goth’ four years ago, Blackrok has gone on to reach incredible heights. But why aren’t we celebrating her in SA? Tsepang Molefe takes a closer look.
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Meet Githan Coopoo: the jewellery designer whose minimal earrings make a big statement
Self-taught jewellery designer Githan Coopoo crafts sculptural, unconventional pieces out of clay. Find out more about the designer here.
Not your average casting agency: My Friend Ned champions the unusual and the enigmatic
The local casting agency, which has recently expanded to Joburg, is home to a host of new models, whose bold personalities emerge through their distinctive looks and attitudes.
Iced Gems: A Q&A with the bakers behind LionHeart pâtisserie
Owning a small business is full of risk and rewards. Get to know the entrepreneurs behind online-based Pâtisserie Studio, LionHeart.
Highlights from Design Indaba 2017: Day 3
Our favourite moments from the final day of the 2017 Design Indaba conference.
Highlights from Design Indaba 2017: Day 2
All the best moments, talks, performances and laughs from day 2 of the 2017 Design Indaba Conference.
Highlights from Design Indaba 2017: Day 1
All the best quotes, talks, performances and even dance parties from day 1 of the 2017 Design Indaba Conference.
Josh Kempen announces the release of his downright dreamy debut album ‘The Morning Show’
Hear the exclusive preview of three tracks off of Josh Kempen’s new LP and read our chat with the pop musician about his writing and recording process.
A visual record of grief and absence by Nombuso Bhogolo
Cape Town-based visual artist Nombuso Bhogolo’s haunting photo essay evokes the passage of time and one’s unavoidable mortality.
‘These Aesthetics Are Not New’: Introducing Callan Grecia
Part of a Masters of Fine Art exhibition, Callan Grecia’s ‘These Aesthetics are not New’ seeks to interrogate the relationship between IRL and URL and how our ways of seeing are ingrained in thousands of years of visual literacy.
Close your eyes and listen: An evening with Samthing Soweto
Coming from the melting pot of cultures that Soweto is, the artist experiments with neo-jazz, alternative and a capella in a slick and emotive way. Kgomotso Moncho-Maripane speaks with him ahead of his much anticipated album launch.
Merging the personal with the material: An interview with conceptual artist Brett Seiler
Zimbabwe-born, Cape Town-based fine artist Brett Charles Seiler engages with queer identity through performance, painting and installation art. Read our in-depth interview with the artist here.
Plastic Crowns: a narrative as self-portrait by Phumzile Khanyile
We chat to the talented recipient of the 2015 Gisèle Wulfsohn Mentorship, Phumzile Khanyile, about her solo exhibition ‘Plastic Crowns’.
Re-defining fashion: Young South African designers with a point of view
Style and vision abound! Check out a few of the home-grown talents at the cutting edge of contemporary local fashion that we’ve been enjoying.
Of resistence and romance | Jazz as Heritage
A writer and jazz-lover revisits a few of her earliest memories of the genre and takes a look at jazz as not only a style of music, but as a form of heritage.
