How to Cheat Death When You’re Dead Broke
No one in Durban is getting paid enough, especially not contributors to DIY. If your wallet is light, the resourceful Sheshela Maduna has a few tips for having a good time in Durban on a budget. ...
Jaedon Daniel Has The Keys To His Future
Jaedon Daniel is a creative force who is steadily taking over Durban from behind his keyboard. Bob Perfect chats to the young maestro about his musical upbringing, collaboration and so much more. &nbs ...
The New KZNSA Wall is Not What You Think
The KZNSA Gallery has a freshly painted wall thanks to three of Durban’s muralists; Mook Lion, Kev7 and Sphephelo Mnguni with the help of several young future-taggers. Words and images ...
KZNSA – Artists in Focus: Q&A with Sibusiso Duma
In collaboration with The KZNSA gallery, Niamh Walsh-Vorster uncovers the intentions behind the artist currently exhibiting at The Mezzanine Gallery, Sibusiso Duma. Walking into the Park Conte ...
Can Plants Help Us Decolonise?
Plants in their natural habitat are not static, but they do move very slowly. They’ve served as witnesses to our history, and have their own stories to tell. To most people, plants gro ...
Is The Hilton Arts Festival Still a Thing?
South Africa’s most expensive private school hosts an art festival every year, and in 2018, overbearing yummy mummies in yoga pants got trashed by John Vlismas and the Drakensburg Boy’s Ch ...
PatternNation Keep Things Colourful with Silk n’ Strokes
It’s been a while since we’ve been blessed with the bold and bright colours of Pattern Nation since Cydney Eva and Costa Besta disappeared off to Canada, but they left us with this just be ...
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PatternNation Keep Things Colourful with Silk n’ Strokes
It’s been a while since we’ve been blessed with the bold and bright colours of Pattern Nation since Cydney Eva and Costa Besta disappeared off to Canada, but they left us with this just before they went away… Silk n’ Strokes a PatternNation Collaborative shoot bringing together artists and creatives from Sweden, England, Taiwan, […]
Is The Hilton Arts Festival Still a Thing?
South Africa’s most expensive private school hosts an art festival every year, and in 2018, overbearing yummy mummies in yoga pants got trashed by John Vlismas and the Drakensburg Boy’s Choir made everybody cry. Lumumba Mthembu and Niamh Walsh-Vorster saw the whole thing. The organisers of the 2018 Hilton Arts Festival saw fit […]
Can Plants Help Us Decolonise?
Plants in their natural habitat are not static, but they do move very slowly. They’ve served as witnesses to our history, and have their own stories to tell. To most people, plants grow in the abstract. In South Africa, we’re blessed with lush flora, so much so that during the period of colonisation […]
The Almost Perfect Podcast – Carvin Goldstone
Yup, we’ve started another podcast. This time our editor Bob Perfect goes one on one with successful(ish) people in an attempt to learn from their mistakes. First up, Carvin Goldstone. I’ve been threatening to start this podcast for at least a year now but now you know, I don’t make threats, only promises. This […]
Durban Animators Making Moves – First Thursdays Focus
We all spent our early years lost in the vividly coloured and twisted cartoon worlds of Ghibli, Animaniacs and Walt Disney, but how many of us realised we could make worlds like that? The practice of animation actually predates cinematography, if we consider the manipulation of shadows over light projection to be considered early animation […]
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