My friends from Illume Creative Studio in Rwanda just release visuals in celebration of their company and their new space in Kigali. These folks were a great support to me on my trip to Kigali and Capetown that sparked a South and East African tour that took me through South Africa, Kenya, Ethiopia and Rwanda. […]
Tag Archives: art
Haute Caribe_ T & T Fashion
Haute Caribe: The World of Trinidad & Tobago Fashion from Wedge15 on Vimeo. Trinidad is always in my mind. My parents and my entire family are all from that small island just north of Venezuela. Yesterday I was walking around Toronto doing errands and ended up walking next to a father and daughter who were […]
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Hilman Curtis_ Rest In Peace
HILLMAN from Hillman Curtis on Vimeo. I’m watching this in that strange state when you realize how much someone has affected you only after they are gone. This happened to me recently with the death of Maurice Sendak (creator of Where The Wild Things Are) a little while ago and when Miriam Makeba passed away. […]
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The Noise of Cairo_ Doc Teaser
A long documentary teaser for The Noise of Cairo I didn’t even finish watching it before I posted it. So interesting to see the creativity that a major change in social order can release. It asks the question “how did the revolution of 2011 change Egyptian artists and their work?” via (my favourite blogger) Tigist […]
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Graffiti in Kabul_ Kabul at Work
via Poor but Sexy
The Boombox Project_ Drop Culture
I pulled this from the Manifesto blog quite a while ago but never posted it. The Boombox Project is an interesting project and a beautifully shot short doc piece on it’s creator.
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Juan Carlos Noria_ Two Artists in Juan
Quentin Vercetty has the bad habit of calling me ‘Unkle Kamau’ he spells ‘Uncle’ with a ‘K’ for some reason. I hate it. He also has the habit of posting videos that he thinks I will like on my wall, I enjoy that. Mr. Vercetty posted this on my wall earlier today and it made […]
Press Pause Play_ Full Documentary
This is going to take about an hour and a half of your life, but if you’re an artist in 2012, it will be worth it. I’ve been following the trailers for months now; thank you to my friend Alison Isaac for passing me the full documentary.
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Kehinde Wiley_ The World Stage (Israel)
Kehinde Wiley is a photographer and artist. I was first introduced to Kehinde Wiley by my friend Felicia Mings (an powerful artist and curator in her own right) who was obsessing about purchasing his book ‘Black Light‘. Since that time I’ve paid attention to what Kehinde is up to and recently saw this video on […]
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Denzel_ Manifesto 2011
I noticed this year that friends of mine have been calling it “Manifesto Season.” If you are in Toronto and you’re into hip hop of a certain kind you probably know about the Manifesto Festival of Community and Culture. This is the first promo video for the festival that is already underway. I met Denzel […]
