To this writer, comparing the creating of art to giving birth smacks of pre-modernist religious romanticism and teenage art angst.
A new film explores citizen-driven design and lessons to be learned from the West’s mistakes.
Viviane Sassen explores the spaces between home and away, night and day, life and dreams.
More Capetonians are realising that growing their own vegetables is the healthiest way to go.
A number of new projects intend to create jobs, generate microeconomies, educate school children, build the community and beautify the landscape.
Filmmaker Gary Hustwit’s documentary about everyday things we take for granted shows at this year’s Design Indaba Film Festival.
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/ 24 February 2009
This year’s Design Indaba will try to define the South African aesthetic. Nadine Botha asks what that means and how it can be achieved.
"The most exciting dance comes from the moments of fusion, of contorted bodies and sassy hips, and the theatrical characterisation, rather than the abject geometry of classical ballet." Nadine Botha contemplates the evolution of ballet as performed in <i>Windows</i>.
Nadine Botha reports on dance pieces that show how our existence is a mixture of being and pretending.
Nadine Botha braves an African sweat lodge — semi-naked and with a bunch of strangers.