ALBUM OF THE WEEK: NOVEMBER, WEEK 03
November’s third Album of the Week – Collection/Samples – is by Cape Town-based one small seed network member, Caroline Vos. Join onesmallseed.net today and have your own work showcased!
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‘Art is like a Weapon’ | Q&A with LoRo VeRz
Dazzlingly vibrant and playfully grown-up is the work of Brazilian graffiti artist, illustrator and humourist LoRo VeRz. After graduating from the Central Saint Martins School of Art and Design in 2001, he has exhibited in cities around the world and has customized adidas trainers for the 2012 Olympic Games. And just recently, he was asked to transcribe...
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KINKY DISCO | INTERVIEW WITH THIAGO KANAN
Summer is here and our sun-kissed surroundings scream to be transformed into sexy dance floors. What we need are sensual cocktails, enticing beats and Thiago Kanan, the man behind the Kinky Disco parties, to organise the whole thing. The season has just started , so we got Kanan to explain how he has managed to satisfy so...
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A MUSIC LESSON WITH CHRISTIAN TIGER SCHOOL
Luc Vermeer and Sebastian Zanasi form the psychedelic/dream hip-hop duo with the random name: Christian Tiger School. Influenced by the LA beat scene, they are bringing the fresh sound to South African shores – with success. The launch of their debut Third Floor earlier this year, their opening set for Little Dragon and performances at...
PO10c Presents: Discotheque x MyCityByNight
The third PO10c Presents: Discotheque x MyCityByNight happened on Friday 22nd October at The Assembly in Cape Town. We went to check out if the promising line-up lived up to our expectations. Among others, Christian Tiger School, DJ Invizable and Niskerone performed, and all managed to wind the beat-addicted crowd up, to say the least....
San Remo Group Show
Many a Capetonian may have come across the run down yet beautifully mysterious white washed house that has the words ‘San Remo Guesthouse’ written on its walls in Krynauw Street, Gardens. Situated in the hip hub of the Mother City, it seemed about time that it ceased being a crack house and went back to...
NIGHTLY PLEASURES WITH BEATENBERG, BEACH PARTY AND EXORSISTAHS
Saturday, October 13th was the night of the YOH! Early Halloween party, which featured, amongst other things, a screening of William Friedkin’s The Exorcist (1973), performances by Beatenberg, Beach Party and the Exorsistahs as well as very little light. We attended the dark parade and felt homely between the presence of spider webs, vampires and...
SUSTAIN OUR AFRICA – 2012 Summit
The Sustain our Africa Summit, which aims to bring the concept of sustainability in Africa closer to the public, kicks off 24 October at the V&A Waterfront in Cape Town and will run until 26 October. It will also attract a lot of cool events around it, such as an art evening featuring exhibitions at...
THE STALKED
Stalking has become easy in an age of social media. In fact, most of us are quite content to release private information into the whacky world of the www. Christine Hogg speaks to Alice Toich, who examins this phenomenon by painting portraits of Facebook users who she ‘stalked’. “None is so famous than the example...
ROGER BALLEN & DIE ANTWOORD’S ‘I FINK U FREEKY’ AT ERDMANN CONTEMPORARY
The second solo exhibition of Roger Ballen, including stills from the ‘I Fink U Freeky’ music video he directed and work from the Shadow Chamber series, which inspired Ninja and Yo-landi to launch Die Antwoord, opened on September 18th. It seems New York-born photographer Roger Ballen always had an interest in outcasts. This is...
SOUNDGARDEN OFFICIALLY COME BACK WITH THEIR NEW ALBUM KING ANIMAL
8.2 million-record-selling Seattle band Soundgarden‘s new album King Animal comes out on November 12th amongst the come-back spirit of this year. 2012 appears to be the year of grandpa-rocker reunions. Is it the nigh end of the Mayan Calendar or the general fear of remaining wrinkly musicians of an era parents can relate best to?...
