Southapedia Mural Festival - Durban, South Africa

We are proud to announce the first official Southapedia Mural Festival in the heart of Durban! Southapedia is an arts initiative, and we believe public art is a powerful and important tool to inspire and ignite communities. This festival will run over two weeks, incorporating seven of Durban and Cape Town's artists, each with their own unique vision and style, creating original murals on three different walls. In
addition, a workshop will be held with the local community, which will give the youth the opportunity to be introduced to graphic design, illustration and muralism.

Schools and Universities are welcome to do a free tour on their own accord between 9 am and 4 pm daily in the times indicated below. A movie screening will be announced shortly after the final production of murals. The public is invited to come by and watch the process of the murals unfold, and please do feed the artists:) If you would like to discover more about where the murals will be going up, please follow the @southapedia Instagram account where all will be revealed soon. Any questions, please DM (@southapedia) or send an email to: southapedia@gmail.com and visit www.southapedia.com

At a later stage a guided tour of the murals will be made available and all proceeds will go towards further commissioned murals.

Selected Artists:

@paul_senyol - Cape Town
@mook_lion - Durban
@waynebks - Cape Town
@blessing_samukelo - Durban
@resoborg - Durban
@creativejunkiesfoundation -Durban
Gabriel Katsande - Durban

Mural Production Schedule:

Paul Senyol + Wayne Beukes

29 July - 02 August

Mook Lion + Creative Junkies Foundation

29 July - 02 August

Resoborg / Gabriel Katsande / Blessing Samukelo

29 July - 10 August

Videographer:

@snoop_media

We are highly appreciative of the following partners and sponsors to help make this grassroots program possible. Sean Stretch from @openplanstudio , @innovatedurban @nathaniyer from www.Iyer.co.za,
@happyhippodurban @studio3durban , Alan Burke, @nacsouthafrica and
@jamclothingsa

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INSPIRED BY///Duane Smith

I recently met Duane for the first time while up in Durban for the 'Broadcasts' exhibition. The exhibition featured paintings by Wesley van Eeden, Christian Mugnai and myself. Pete Reynolds edited and co-directed a beautiful short documentary of our time as artist-in-residence in Finland. Duane Smith documented daily life in Durban, as well as shot a number of portraits for the exhibition.
Duane has a sharp eye for detail, color and composition. It was a great pleasure to work on the mural while Duane shot some photos of our work in progress.
To view Duane's online portfolio, click here.
To view his photos from the exhibition, click here.

Broadcasts KZNSA Gallery installation view

Installation view of my work at 'Broadcasts', KZNSA Gallery, Durban.
click image to see large version.

broadcasts

Our Lives Of Deckadence