Sky Dladla is an indigenous instrumentalist from Cape Town. Her projects vary from instrument-making to performance. She uses her creativity to preserve the knowledge and craftsmanship of indigenous instruments as an aim of transmission for many generations to come.
Yonela Makhoba’s art is an exploration of the body as a site of experience, the “situation” of her existence. She is from Ngqamakwe and Cape Town. Her work focuses particularly on the black, femme, queer body she finds herself in and ones of other bodies in South Africa.
Sisonke explores the spatial, emotional and spiritual temporalities by engaging ideas of everydayness, the real and imaginary, dreams and memory, the unseen, as well as the sonic, mythical, ritual and cosmic. They are a traditional healer and poet from Mthatha.
Wezile Mgibe, from Nelson Mandela Bay and Johannesburg, is a visual artist and performer who’s work confronts prejudices and advocates against social inequality, and creates a platform for critical self-reflexivity within unwelcoming spaces.
Lolly Mhongo’s stage name is Mabunjwa Ngodaka which means moulded in mud. She is from Lusikisiki and is an indigenous African musician, a community activist and a story teller. Her work is based on the philosophy of rediscovery of self and identity pre colonialism through art and culture.
Baz Bailey, a cinematographer from Cape Town, is an adventurous spirit who has a passion for capturing people, light and spaces. He witnesses moments of wonder and serenity and transform them into still and moving images.
Fundiswa Douw is an architecture graduate from East London. Her design inquiry explores the transformation of rural and urban spaces by facilitating integration and spatial agency with the intention of promoting identify, skills development, and community upliftment.
Khangelani Makhasi, a visual artist from Centane, works on issues influenced by the dilemmas Africans face on a daily basis, such as religion and tradition. His mission is to utilise his work as a vessel for powerful conversations when on display.
