The Spanish art collective, Boa Mistura (meaning ‘Good Mixture’) have released a book documenting their time spent in Cape Town last year. They were only here for one month as part of the /A Word Of Art artist residency, but this did not stop the five men; Arkoh, Derko, Pahg, Purone and Rdick from doing anything half-hearted.
We’re not sure if the book is going to be available for purchase, but we do know that there will be a local screening of their Cape Town film, Diamond Inside, in the near future.
A short video on CNN’s Inside Africa about Ricky Lee Gordon a.k.a Freddy Sam, a Cape Town artist and curator who is doing amazing work uplifting communities with street art murals.
Video produced by Rowan Pybus at Makhulu Productions.
Read all about Wide Open Walls 2011 in our Rest of Africa section. The project took place earlier this month in The Gambia and featured some great artists from all around the world.
All of these projects are doing great work for communities - creating inspiration and beautifying neighbourhoods like Woodstock - and the diverse mixture of artists and art styles is something exciting to see.
Rejuvenation Project: Percy Bartley House
Artist in Residency programme
The Artist in Residency programme has brought some wonderful international artists to the city of Cape Town. It is all about having artists and musicians from other countries, as well as other parts of South Africa, living and working in a studio at the WOA headquarters in the Woodstock Industrial Centre.
The visiting artists have each published their trip in a unique blog:
We Are Visual (Hamburg, Germany)
Dec 2010 to Jan 2011
http://awoa-residency.blogspot.com/
Tika (Switzerland/Berlin/Rio)
Jan 2011 to March 2011
http://awoa-residency-tika.blogspot.com/
Peter Aerschman (Switzerland)
Jan 2011 -March 2011
http://awoa-residency-peter.blogspot.com/
BoaMistura (Madrid, Spain) :
March - April 2011
http://awoa-residency-boamistura.blogspot.com/
Indi Go (Canada)
http://indigoestocapetown.wordpress.com/
David Shillinglaw (UK)
http://awoa-residency-davidshillinglaw.blogspot.com/
And South African artist Senyol is set to visit Finland.
http://awoa-residency-paulsenyol.blogspot.com/
I Art SA
I Art SA is a community mural project aimed at promoting artists and interacting with the communities of Woodstock and Soweto. An exhibition will be held after each project which will raise funds for Write On Africa to help those in need.
Features news, pics and event info to keep you updated with what is happening in the South African graffiti scene. Also featuring some international news.
