Swell: Empire on the rocks
There is only blue sky and ocean, interrupted by the brown rocks and pale sand of the Eastern Cape. Waves swell and break, white sea foam churns. Then an inflatable … Read More
Month: July 2021
Dumza Maswana under promises and over delivers
Occasionally, an artist comes along who is touched with a rare capacity to define the times for those who care enough to hear him out. This is possible in part … Read More
Initiation: Weird intimacy of violence
Initiation begins with violence: it’s sounds, screams, contorted movements. The perpetrators are not seem but the victim is lying on a grey and white striped blanket similar to the traditional … Read More
The Apology: You won’t be sorry
Aaron McIlroy is hardly apologetic. At the start. His ad exec Danny is in hiding for being a dumb, insensitive wit oke. In his room, a typical white room of … Read More
Feya Faku sextet: Calm amidst the chaos
There is an unassuming radiance issuing from the way trumpeter Feya Faku fields a performance every time he ascends the bandstand. It’s akin to what I imagined poet Seihlamo Motsapi … Read More