Category Archives: Art Is A Human Right

2013 Nov. 6: Moving On To Only Stay Behind

    There are amazing particles in life that we miss because we look too hard for all the wrongs of our past We compare two things from two different worlds Because we travel new roads with old shoes We … Continue reading

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2013 Nov. 4: From Market Photo Workshop to Bremen University

      by Fikile Mazambani   Zanele Muholi’s name has become synonymous with her visual activism which she calls “Visual/ Art activism – an artistic approach to hate crimes” such that one can almost overlook that she is a … Continue reading

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2013 Nov. 3: Everything so close yet so far apart

by Xana Nyilenda 2013/09/20: I shut my eyes for what felt like a brief moment in passing. I woke up to realize I had passed out on the bed for a good three hours. It sounds like enough resting time … Continue reading

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2013 Nov. 2: The best performance of Athi Patra Ruga in Paris

Performing The Future white woman of Azania. Procession-deambulation of d’Athi Patra Ruga. Video taken with iPhone 4 by Valerie Thomas in Paris. More on Athi Patra Ruga

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2013 Oct. 26: Last week-end I Frieze(d) in London

When:    17 – 20 October 2013 Where:  Regent’s Park,London, UK   Related links Frieze Talks Sexuality, Politics and Protest It has been 20 years since ACT UP, Gran Fury and queer activism reshaped the power of contemporary art and protest. … Continue reading

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2013 Oct. 25: Black Lesbian French artist paints Mandela

My name is Pauline N’Gouala, I’m 27 and I live in Paris. I am an artist who likes to use art as a mirror. I am a fraternal twin and as a child I thought that everyone had the same … Continue reading

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2013 Oct. 18: Collaborations are essential

   by Lerato Dumse Four days after the opening of the 2013 Carnegie International. An exhibition at the Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (USA), which features 35 artists from around the world. Zanele Muholi’s work is part of … Continue reading

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2013 Oct. 16: I am a beautiful young dyke, a woman lover

Oyama Mbopa is a freelance artist who specialises in acting, dancing, singing as well as stunt performance.  She was born in the Eastern Cape in November of 1981 and grew up with her mother and three siblings. She is a … Continue reading

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2013 Oct. 7: Art enthusiasts converged

by Lerato Dumse “I was in a very abusive relationship and in love with a certain person. When mama came to Joburg after receiving a threatening call, my ex lover told her that she was madly in love with me. … Continue reading

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2013 Oct. 11: Meet our own lesbian actors

A video production by Inkanyiso media. Synopsis to be posted later.    NB: ***We apologize for Kopano’s wrongly spelt surname.   Previous videos 2013 Sept. 29: Soweto Pride 2013 and 2011 May – GDX – SIPD Exchange Programme and 2011 Nov.: Trans … Continue reading

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