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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
Flicking through: Musician Msaki and artist and composer Neo Muyanga collaborate on her film Kuthi Mandithethe at Sounding Pictures, an exploration of live scores to short silent films.
ARAGON ELOFF

Picturing the sounds of silence

Sound and silence collided in Sounding Pictures at The Centre for the Less Good Idea in Joburg

  • Isabel Olson
6 min read