OUR EVERYDAY CONCRETE HEROES
Article featured in Issue 18 – The Original Fake Issue – of one small seed. With hip-hop MCs People under the Stairs rhyming in my ears and change for a loose kept safe, the street is the place I catch myself smiling off-guard. There’s a feeling of wonder. Dialogues I hope one day...
Album Review: Spoek Mathambo – Mshini Wam (2010)
Reviewer: Batandwa Alperstein Spoek Mathambo brings a fresh new flavour with his debut album, Mshini Wam. The beats and lyrics share the same characteristics: simple, cryptic and infectious. Tribal drums meet grinding synths to create an atmosphere of grungy downtown Jozi streets. There is a powerful irony in the special blend of sophisticated cheesiness that...
Picture This iPhone/iPad App
one small seed is proud to announce the launch of the application for Picture This, our photography publication, for iPad and iPhone. Picture This has 12 digital magazine editions to date, each comprising over 100 pages of breathtaking photography created by one small seed network members. Picture This published its first print edition in late...
AJ FOSIK: IN THE TEETH OF STUPEFYING ODDS
Sarah Jayne Fell talks to AJ Fosik about God, acid trips and impending doom, as well as his latest body of work, which fits somewhere roughly in between.
The Plasticity of Pretty
The surreal characters that inhabit Brian Walker’s creations would be right at home in a dark fantasy-comedy film, like Death Becomes Her meets The Addams Family, but with a better makeover. Looking to peel away the façade, Sarah Jayne Fell hunts down the Australian digital artist to uncover whether there are any meaty hidden layers...
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Puma/Kehinde Wiley Fashion Shoot: Afro-Gazing
In celebration of Puma’s longstanding corroboration of African football, the global ‘sports lifestyle’ brand commissioned prominent New York artist Kehinde Wiley to create artworks in honour of the beautiful game and its African superstars. For our fashion section in Winter 2010, one small seed constructed a shoot inspired by his art, featuring the Puma Africa...
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Project Aiko: Rise of the Machines
In issue 19 of one small seed, our feature fashion spread ‘Project Aiko: Rise of the Machines’ shows an exquisite collection by renowned local haute-couture fashion designer Hendrik Vermeulen, adorned by breathtakingly beautiful… female robots. With one small seed editor-in-chief Giuseppe Russo as art director, and photographer Stephen Greeff working his magic behind the lens,...
Issue 16 Online
> ISSUE 16 FEATURES: LOCAL DESIGN: SA’S CONSCIOUS DESIGNERS MUSIC: MASHUP – THE REMIX DEBATE GLOBAL MUSIC EVENT: RED BULL MUSIC ACADEMY LOS ANGELES ARTIST: CLEON PETERSON LOCALLY INSPIRED: THE STORY OF ONE SMALL SEED FETISH FASHION: DARING THE SHOOT NU DENIM SHOOT: HANDS-ON POP EXPLODING THE I: ARYAN KAGANOF & NIKHIL SINGH JAPANESE GRAPHIC...
It’s better than Christmas!
We’re so excited. It’s going to be amazing. It’s better than Christmas. It’s coming March 14, 2011. What’s going on? Well you better watch the video to find out! Starring: aKING, The Dirty Skirts, Daniel Ting Chong, Haezer, Mark Niskerone, Pappa Smurf, Ryan Kruger, DJ Chubbi (YFM), The Plastics, Gazelle, Lindiwe Suttle and more!
Roger Ballen
In November 2010, one small seed TV met up with Roger Ballen for an enlightening one-on-one. Here we found out more about his time spent at the Boarding House, and took a closer look at his photographs. Three photographs that Roger Ballen discusses in this onesmallseed TV exclusive are ‘Pathos’ (2005), ‘Mimicry’ (2005) and ‘The...
Billy Talent
On the 4th August 2010, Billy Talent arrived in South Africa. Their debut destination was Cape Town at the 3 Arts Theatre in Plumstead. Hours before the gig, the one small seed TV crew sat down with lead singer Ben Kowalewicz and drummer Aaron Solowoniuk to talk about their humble beginnings and their experience of...
issue 5 online
Open publication – Free publishing – More art ISSUE 05 FEATURES: ARCHITECTURE: INSTANT HOUSING ARCHITECTURE: FROM RURAL POVERTY TO CREATIVE COMMUNITY SPACE PHOTOGRAPHY: WARWICK SAINT PHOTOGRAPHY: POINT OF VIEW – JONATHAN TAYLOR PHOTOGRAPHY: STREETHEART – BRETT RUBIN PHOTOGRAPHY: THE KAROO FASHION: THE DENIM INSTITUTE FASHION: EMO CHIC FASHION: PASCHOAL RODRIGUEZ FASHION: CREATURE COMFORT GRAPHICS: MASTER...
issue 03
Open publication – Free publishing – More art ISSUE 03 FEATURES: INTERNATIONAL ART: PICASSO COMES TO AFRICA DUTCH-INSPIRED SCULPTURES: DUTCH DYNAMIC SOUTH AFRICAN STYLE: THE CAPE FRANCOLIN ART HOTEL PHOTOGRAPHY: THE NEW NOIR PHOTOGRAPHY: ELINE KELLER-SORENSEN INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURE: ROTTERDAM – A RISING PHOENIX LOCAL ARCHITECTURE: THE REBIRTH OF JOZI GREEN ARCHITECTURE: HOLCIM AWARDS FOR SUSTAINABLE...
