FAKA – Queenie by Romance Films

FAKA is back with its ever impressive duo titles Queenie. Check out this FAKA Queenie by Romance Films listed under Music Video, Special Categories at Ciclope Festival....

07 Apr, 2019

‘Gqom chose me’ – Womxn claim their space in South Africa’s electronic music scene

Emerging and established musicians like DJ Prie, Zinhle Ngidi and more talk to us about the intricacies of being part of the gqom scene....

03 Nov, 2017

The 7 ways South African art is discussing the politics of sex

From Nakhane to siblings Kim and Laura 'Lady Skollie' Windvogel, we look at ways creatives are changing the way we discuss sex and identity politics....

10 Oct, 2017

‘Out of This World’: 4 Joburg artists in new groundbreaking doccie talk queer and trans visibility

The anticipated i-D documentary hosted by Mykki Blanco and shot in Joburg captures queer and trans realities in contemporary South Africa. We speak to a few of the artists featured in the film....

09 Oct, 2017

Selfie love! 10 SA creatives reflect on selfies as affirmation and self-expression

"Selfies as self-affirmation." Ten creatives speak on seeing, capturing and sharing their beauty through self portraiture....

31 Jul, 2017

‘Awe, Ma Se Kind!’ – Performance artists Desire Marea and Negiste Yesside Johnson in convo

Performance artist Desire Marea sits down to interview Lagos-born, Joburg-based Negiste Yesside Johnson, whose video trilogy is on exhibition in Cape Town and travels across Europe this month....

04 May, 2017

“Ancestral gqom gospel sounds” – FAKA drop their debut EP ‘Bottoms Revenge’

Collaborative art duo FAKA drop their much anticipated EP 'Bottomless Revenge', a collection of authentic homegrown sounds....

28 Oct, 2016

On visibility and the illusion of the Safe Space

From the childhood home and the bustling city, to the club and the online realm, Desire Marea reflects on the notion of safe spaces for black, queer bodies....

22 Sep, 2016

Watch FAKA’s lo-fi, glitchy tribute to black queer individuals

Filmed across a number of locations, FAKA's latest video is an ode to black queer bodies apologetically embracing themselves and their visibility in the world. ...

13 Jul, 2016

2015 Highlights // The Breakthrough Artists

9 breakthrough South African artists and duos who've been at it this year, guns blazing, making work that's vital and impossible to ignore....

18 Dec, 2015

FAKA Channel the Spirit of Brenda Fassie in This Raw and Unadorned Gqom-Gospel Performance

An ode to the legendary Brenda Fassie, art duo FAKA describe their new video 'From a Distance' as a “Gqom-Gospel lamentation for dick”. Watch it here. ...

11 Nov, 2015

Young South Africa: FAKA | Redefining Representations of Black Queer Identity

FAKA is a cultural movement and online platform that promotes young black queer voices in current South Africa’s sociopolitical sphere....

29 Jun, 2015