
Life under lockdown: An interview with Usha Seejarim
Artist Usha Seejarim is best known for her reinterpretation of ordinary and domestic objects. Making use of common materials such as safety pins, wooden pegs, irons and brooms, her compositions
Artist Usha Seejarim is best known for her reinterpretation of ordinary and domestic objects. Making use of common materials such as safety pins, wooden pegs, irons and brooms, her compositions
Award-winning jazz musician Nduduzo Makhathini has been making life under lockdown a little bit more bearable through livestream performances on his social media channels. His highly anticipated Blue Note debut Modes of
The Gauteng Film Commission’s (GFC) Africa Month Commemorative celebration aims to create a platform for the creative industries, communities and the continent at large to develop and showcase their creative
With the National Arts Festival (NAF) moving into the virtual space for 2020, the NAF team has been working tirelessly to figure out what a Virtual National Arts Festival (vNAF)
Bassist, composer and producer Shane Cooper (also known as Card on Spokes) is part of the new wave of South African jazz artists pushing the music forward, and is also
Since the COVID-19 pandemic hit, the world has changed irrevocably. Creative Feel caught up with artist Thenjiwe Nkosi to find out what life under lockdown means to her. Creative Feel:
With the National Arts Festival (NAF) moving from its home in Makhanda to the virtual space in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Creative Feel spoke to Alan Webster, Festival
Lockdown in South Africa has brought many changes to daily life for all of us. Creative Feel spoke to Kim Berman, Founding Director of Artist Proof Studio, a professor in
The gladius is a short sword which narrows near the base of the blade. This shape makes the sword effective at cutting as well as thrusting. The gladius is best
In the Curator’s Choice display of edged weaponry at the DITSONG: National Museum of Military History, are Chinese double or paired swords from the early 19th century. The swords are decorated
An unusual tea set designed in 1997 by Peter Mthombeni A teapot will always be a teapot because of its functionality, but a teapot can be more than a mere teapot
The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting lockdown in South Africa have had significant impacts on the creative economy and the daily lives of creatives. Creative Feel spoke to artist Lehlogonolo Mashaba
Shortly before South Africa went into lockdown due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the National Arts Festival team announced that they had made the decision to take the Festival virtual for
Despite the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent lockdown in South Africa, creatives have continued to produce works for the digital space, using tools like Zoom to collaborate virtually. One such project
Swords first came into use in the region of modern-day South Africa with the arrival of European settlers. Before then, the spear had been prominent and the battle-axe was becoming