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The remains of a conversation

What do South African artists tell us about us?

Via a conversation based on a shared experience with South African artists, I want to discover a truth about the society we live in.

What do artists do or think?

And what does that say about us?

That's what I'd like to explore with this series.
English South Africa Arts · Personal Journals
4 Episodes

01 Odette Graskie | The beginning of a beginning

What I am left with after my conversation with artist Odette Graskie. I believe that artist make something out of Nothing. The German philosopher Heidegger explains in his essay 'The Origin of the Work of Art' that he believes we can understand our society when we look at the work…
Season 1 / Episode 1 10 min

02 DuduBloom More | The weight of elephants

The shared experience of watching the movie Where the crawdads sing. In this episode I share with you what happened during and after my conversation with South African artists DuduBloom More. We talked about the movie Where the crawdads sing. DuduBloom More makes art that consist often of circles in…
Season 1 / Episode 2 9 min

03 Athenkosi Kwinana | A life in South Africa with Albinism

Imaginings as a replacement for pain. Athenkosi Kwinana is an African woman from the Eastern Cape who lives with Albinism. She makes large detailed self portraits. She invited me to listen to an ASMR video. I had never heard of this, so I was curious to explore. However my first…
Season 1 / Episode 3 18 min

04 Natalie De Morney | Where a wish leads to a story

Curls are the treasure. Right in the beginning of our conversation Natalie de Morney shares with me she has the wish to become a death doula. I am reminded of a story I wrote many years ago about a fictional society that has specific customs to deal with illness and…
Season 1 / Episode 4 13 min