Ask the Kliptown youth which million words their pictures tell about and you will see the effects of climate change in their community. The German developing agency, GIZ has committed itself to supporting IdaloYethu and the South African Department of Environmental Affairs (DEA) in preparing for the climate summit COP 17, which starts in Durban on 28 November 2011. Part … [Read more...]
Through the eyes of under privileged talent
Artwork created by our very own Cape Town youth was put up on exhibition on the 8th September at the Grand in Granger Bay. The young men whose work was exhibited are all participants in Mamelani's Youth Development Programme, Project Lungisela, which prepares young people for the transition out of state care, particularly children's homes. This photography project was … [Read more...]
South Africa’s first international land art festival
Outdoor Site_Specific Art (or Land Art) combines natural elements like landscaping, permanently sculptured elements, rocks, sticks, soil and plants to create artworks which heighten and challenge appreciation of the beauty of our natural surroundings. Although in time the artworks will be reclaimed by the environment, traces remain to challenge the interpretation and enjoyment … [Read more...]
Weather & season song
in this cape of storms waves rear on hind legs like polar bears slashing the sky. gale wind drives rain parallel to the earth through the vineyard, splitting the oak, flooding the Flats, cracking the sea wall like an egg shell. sweating dog summers pant and howl in the face of a fynbos fire that chokes the air and hurls pine cone grenades at houses and sears … [Read more...]
