Two churches and a cricket field
‘Welcome to Frontier Country’ says a sign on the side of the road as you navigate the potholed route to Makhanda. ‘Frontier Country’, like the formerly-named Grahamstown and its colossal … Read More
Author: Dave Mann
Neurotic notes on Human Study #1
I leave the waiting room and enter the studio of Brussels-based artist Patrick Tresset, halfway across the world. There are no introductions and he wastes no time getting started – … Read More
Another Kind of Dying prizes collaborative storytelling
The union of interactive media and a solid story seems to be the winning formula when it comes to virtual plays. This year’s Distell National Playwright piece, Another Kind of … Read More
A portrait of the maskandi artist as a mentor and friend
When Nthato Mokgata was awarded the 2020 Standard Bank Young Artist Award for Music last year, the two of us met up for an interview at a quiet Johannesburg restaurant … Read More
Jigsaw makes the vastness a little more bearable
“Hey! How’s it going? You there? Hello? Can you hear me?” It’s the opening line to virtual conferencing calls across the globe. The faulty video, the delayed audio, the usual … Read More