Contributors.

After studying journalism at ML Sultan Technikon in the late Nineties, Sosibo's first break in cultural writing came in 2001, when he was approached to write a music column for the Daily News, which evolved into covering other artforms for Independent Newspapers. 

His initial introduction to visual arts writing came out of my proximity to the Durban arts scene, in particular the 3rd Eye Vision visual arts collective. It was through their support and later that of the Mail and Guardian arts editors that Sosibo developed a stronger voice.

His  approach to writing about the visual arts blends journalistic inquiry with critique in order to illuminate the artists’ formal preoccupations and their career trajectories. 

Moloi is a writer based in Cape Town. She is interested in the spaces we occupy and navigate through and how these influence the people we become. Writing is a tool Moloi uses to understand the world around her and to explore the things she is excited and intrigued by, particularly history, art, language and architecture. She is fascinated by cities; their complexities and their potential. Her work has appeared in Art Forum, Elephant Art, Mail & Guardian and the British Journal of Photography. She recently curated "Practices of Self-Fashioning", an exhibition exploring queer mobility, at the Goethe-Institut in Johannesburg.

Voni Baloyi worked in a commercial gallery in Cape Town after obtaining a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Art History and Law from the University of Cape Town in 2020. She has also recently completed Honours in Curatorship with the Centre for Curating the Archive at the University of Cape Town.  Her research interests deal with notions of pleasure and eroticism in imaginings of black women, and with how public perceptions of rest influence the ways in which labour is conducted and exploited. She aims to deliver meaningful

stories that are not only a benefit to the art ecosystem, but also a wider South African audience at large.

Marakalala is an emerging arts and culture researcher and writer from the small town of Mokopane, Limpopo. She has obtained a Bachelor of Arts Honours in Psychology and is yet to receive a Master of Arts in History of Art - both studied through the University of the Witwatersrand. Her writing interests constitute explorations of the influences of objects of art on our natural, social, and psychological worlds as well as the influences of these worlds in the creation of art. Her art interests are in abstract images and objects, and especially those made using unorthodox materials and in affectively charged ways.  

Reid is an artist, writer and curator based in Johannesburg. Her creative and critical writing has been published by the Daily Maverick, Wanted Online, Mail & Guardian, News24, Botsotso, Jungle Books (CH), Portside Review (AUS) and several gallery imprints. She is also the commissioning editor and co-founder of wherewithall, which supports independent curatorial practices in Johannesburg through an equipment store, research library and project commissions.

Seleke is a creative designer, writer and artist. She is interested in ideas around access, collectivity and narratives. She graduated from the Witswatersrand University with a BA (Honors) Fine Arts. She views language as a tool of power that allows for dialogue, knowledge production and exchange. As predominantly a performance and installation artist, her research is practice and process

based. She established the Differant Creative Studio, and is also  a part of the artistic collective anticlockwise, which is centered around re-thinking and re-imagining narratives and experiences as black

women in contemporary Johannesburg. She has published articles on Creative Feel.

Tsholofelo enjoys collaborating with people and spaces and her mantra is"  “One day we will laugh about it....”

Ngubane is a performer, writer and researcher with experience working in television broadcasting, reporting for print, as well as online, in addition to market research and public relations. He is a keen trend analyst, with a deep interest in current affairs and making sense of the world by connecting the dots. Over the years, he has grown interested in consumer research and trend-driven innovation, and, most specifically, the social and cultural factors that influence consumer behaviour.

Stevens is a Joburg-based artist, writer and curator. Writing was something he fell into by chance; he was geared to become a commercial artist having studied graphic design, fine art and multimedia design. He has written on theatre, dance, music and visual art. "I hope to present each art form and subject in an accessible manner to those who have not previously been exposed to art but also to unearth new and exciting view points for those who already interact with the arts. "