Perspectives on Performance Art in South Africa

An Interview with Gavin Krastin BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT Gavin Krastin is a South African performance artist and is presenting his newest work, #omnomnom, at the National Arts Festival. Emmaly Wiederholt: Can you tell me about your piece, #omnomnom? Gavin Krastin: Food is very symbolic. Where do we get our food […]

July 3, 2014  |  Read Article

Ten Courses of Fish with Yandisa Mtsotso

BY EMMALY WIEDERHOLT It was a bright sunny winter day in the Western Cape. Eight of us drove an hour north of Cape Town to a little restaurant called Die Strandloper. “Restaurant” might not be the correct term: concrete tables on the sandy beach surrounded several fire pits. Utensils and […]

June 30, 2014  |  Read Article