ArtSpoken

Live. Right. Now.

Live. Right. Now.
Ashraf Johaardien: A brief meditation on the rooms where decisions get made.

The future under construction

The future under construction
Ashraf Johaardien: Imagination, Infrastructure and Future Engines at Fak'ugesi 2026.

Provenance

Provenance
Ashraf Johaardien: A brief meditation on the frontier between what a body knows and what a mind can name.

Artists Interrogate the Machine

Artists Interrogate the Machine
Ashraf Johaardien: Everyone talks about AI as if it's one door. Three Fak'ugesi featured artists walk through it in three different directions.

African Imaginaries Initialising at Fak’ugesi

African Imaginaries Initialising at Fak’ugesi
Ashraf Johaardien: Imagination is easy to invoke but harder to sustain.

The journeys that continue to carry us

The TUT Dean’s Concert
Bongani Nicholas Ngomane: The TUT Dean’s Concert became a powerful journey through memory, music and legacy, carried forward by a new generation of artists.

When science comes alive on stage

STEAM
Bongani Nicholas Ngomane: The Adventures of STEAM transforms science into theatre, where young minds learn through laughter, music, movement and imagination.

Wiring Faka + Ugesi

Shonisani Lethole
Ashraf Johaardien: The Name is an Imperative.

SamSays Profile – Elroy Fillis-Bell

Elroy Fillis-Bell. Photo: Samantha Nupen.
Samantha Nupen: The man who asked: What can a South African ballet company be?

Amashumi amathathu nesithoba

Amashumi amathathu nesithoba
Ashraf Johaardien: Thirty-nine means two different things. To a child, an answer, said once and set down. To a festival, a promise still being kept.