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Improvising the image: The Centre for the Less Good Idea hosted the second iteration of their expansive experimentation with intention, deep listening and meaning-making: Sounding Pictures. Photos: Zivanai Matangi
CENTRE FOR THE LESS GOOD IDEA

Lost in Joburg, found in sound

Stripping films of their original scores, ‘Sounding Pictures’ invites musicians and audiences alike into a charged, unpredictable experiment in collective interpretation

  • Simone-Claire Louw
5 min read
By fighting for her artistic voice, Sindile Mthembu is taking the evolution of theatre beyond the traditional realm
CENTRE FOR THE LESS GOOD IDEA

Playwright and performance artist Slindile Mthembu explores theatre in the ‘third space’

By fighting for her artistic voice, she is taking the evolution of theatre beyond the traditional realm

  • Kgomotso Moncho Maripane
6 min read
Slindile Mthembu Old Soul Waiting Credit: Hymie Sokupha
CENTRE FOR THE LESS GOOD IDEA

Exploring theatre in the ‘third space’ with Slindile Mthembu

By fighting for her artistic voice, theatre-maker, playwright and 2022 M&G 200 Young South African, Slindile Mthembu, is taking the evolution of theatre beyond the traditional

  • Kgomotso Moncho Maripane
6 min read
Conversations: Thabang Monoa (left), Khwezi Gule (right) and Njabulo Zwane (not in photo), set up a winter and summer school. Photo: Andy Mkosi
BLACK ART WRITING

The Portfolio: The Johannesburg Art Gallery Summer and Winter School

By facilitating a community for thought, the Sekoto School hopes to ground various discourses to do with black life

  • Thabang Monoa
3 min read
Marcus Wyatt has been experimenting with new ways to make music for digital stages. (Photo: Stéphane Olivier Vuille)
CENTRE FOR THE LESS GOOD IDEA

The Happenstance at the House on the Hill

During the grind of lockdown, musicians exchanged notes on modes of creating through the barrier

  • Gwen Ansell
6 min read
CENTRE FOR THE LESS GOOD IDEA

The Portfolio: Wezile Mgibe

Drawn to collaboration, Wezile Mgibe seeks new ways of performing and presenting his work

  • Wezile Mgibe
3 min read
Responding to provocations: (from left) Artwork from season seven at the Centre for the Less Good Idea (Stella Oliver)
ARTISTS
Video

Old artistic forms find new mediums in uncertain times

Music, art and theatre are moving online as cultural workers adjust to lockdown

  • Kwanele Sosibo
8 min read