Art & Photography/2014/1 hr 2 min/Reel № 14.001
ByAthi-Patra Ruga, Nandipha Mntambo, Zanele Muholi, Hans Ulrich Obrist
State of the Art ft. Athi-Patra Ruga, Nandipha Mntambo and Zanele Muholi
A Better Future Through Design/Recorded 2014
A close reading, kept within reach.
Athi-Patra Ruga takes art & photography as a lens on the larger question the festival keeps returning to: what design owes to the people and places it works among. The talk moves from specific projects toward a broader argument about practice.
Recorded in South Africa in 2014, the conversation is grounded in Athi-Patra's own working method — the compromises, the constraints, and the moments where the work taught them something they didn't expect.
The closing turn is characteristic of the archive: less a conclusion than a provocation, handed to the audience to carry into their own disciplines.
Three contemporary South African artists share the intensely personal visions that come to life in their work, alongside top curator Hans Ulrich Obrist.
About the speaker
Athi-Patra Ruga
Cape Town/South Africa
Athi-Patra Ruga is an artist who explores the border-zones between fashion, performance and contemporary art.
Nandipha Mntambo
Cape Town/South Africa
Nandipha Mntambo is a South African artist and 2011 winner of the Standard Bank Young Artist Award for Visual Art.
Zanele Muholi
Johannesburg/South Africa
Zanele Muholi is a visual activist raising awareness around gender, race and human rights.
Hans Ulrich Obrist
London/United Kingdom
Hans Ulrich Obrist is one of the most influential individuals working in the world of art today. He is committed to redefining notions of contemporary art.
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