Infecting finale

So infecting has come and gone. The boys built two beautiful shacks and the performances constantly kept the ever changing crowd amused.  I really appreciated one guys comment about the mermaid out of waters performance:

"Hey, Shes a seal" 

"Ah, I think shes a mermaid out of water"

"Are you sure shes not a seal?" 

"Yup"

"I dont get this art shit"

I couldn't help admiring the bleak robot made of milk cartons ambling around. I wish I had seen more and spent more time with the boys. On the last day I got to meet an amazing man teaching children to stick fight and organise stick-fighting tournaments. Fuzzy got involved. Im not sure who the winner was... Lets just keep Fuzzy's dignity intact and say it was him.. 

Massive thank you to 

Fuzzy Slippers

Nolan Dennis

Hanno Van Zyl

Themba Stewart

and infecting the city....

To paint and to build

Today I shot the Mafuta Ink boys, Hanno van Zyl and Themba Stewart (our amazing project manager) painting the interiors of our shacks in studio and building on our sight... Infecting the City is going to be interesting. Especially cause Im still not exactly sure what is going on besides our intervention.

Im loving shooting this process. Im having so much fun with the boys and really enjoy shooting people naturally.

Next post.. building and finished product...

The Cage- strip joint turned art hub.

The "Golden eggs Sick hens" project for Infecting the city (jump to previous post) has now moved into studio. What an incredible space! It used to be Cape Towns seediest strip club The Cage. Now its our secret seedy art pit. Beautiful stuff is happening with the Mafuta Ink boys and Hanno van Zyl.

-Infecting The City- starting at Harare

Infecting the city is a week long performance festival in the CBD and im photographically documenting Mafuta Ink (Nolan Dennis and a Mr Fuzzy Slippers) and Hanno van Zyls installation that they are doing outside the Cape Town train station. Essentially they are building shacks in the city, but its not really as simple as that -read the concept here- . We went into Harare with Cinga and interviewed people. The whole experience was interesting to say the least. You can forget how "dramatic"  South Africa is. From its miracles to its tragedies. Its contradictions and its extremities. -read interviews here-