If you’re looking for young womxn who personify the young, creative spirit lingering in Johannesburg, you don’t need to look much further than multidisciplinary artists Jemma Rose and Anne-Marie Kalumbu. They are able to transfer this personification into their work, demonstrating the sense of evolutionary motion that Joburg invokes in creative practitioners. Anne-Marie is a well-traveled creative…
Tshepo Pitso, aka Don Dada, is part of a street culture that has evolved into a movement and a fashion community. Izikhothane are the kings and queens of South African brands, bright colours and flamboyant fashion combinations. Don Dada informs us that they have attempted to erase the fragmentation and rivalry between izikhotane crews by creating…
In this episode we share footage from our visit to the Puma Select store in Braamfontein where we got the info on Select Stories, a series of streetwear collaborations and workshops with Puma to showcase local talent. Our fashion feature sees DOCC founder Nokana Mojapelo translate construction wear into fashion for the streets. We checked…
In this episode we checked out Skullboy’s exhibition The Preoccupied Lives of Islands which explores how cellphone culture has connected us globally but divided us on an interpersonal level. We share Tabita Rezaire’s healing frequencies with behind-the-scenes footage of our cover shoot with her. Hakim Malema chatted to us about his staple look for our…
In this episode we chat to Norwegian womenswear designer Edda Gimnes about the collection that she showed at SA Fashion Week. DJ Okapi shows us the right way to end off the week with old-school SA music on vinyl at The Q-Club in Maboneng. We speak to Young and Lazy designer Anees Petersen about the…
In this episode you see footage from our visit to the August House Open Studio Exhibition where we spoke to artists Neo Mahlangu and Themba Khumalo about the exhibition and their work. Phiko Mditshwa gives a taste of a “cultured look” in our street fashion feature. Okmalumkoolkat chats to us about his party, Partytime Shandees,…
This episode of Bubblegum Club Stories features footage from Stockholm. We speak to musician and model Michael Dangerous who moved to Stockholm from Johannesburg. He lets us in on his modeling adventures and new music he is working on with some big Swedish producers. We also meet Swedish rapper Lilla Namo who chats to us…
This episode features footage from Geneva. CUSS GROUP were part of an exhibition titled Held Together With Water at Le Commun in Geneva. Curator, writer and publisher Roxane Bovet chatted to us about the exhibition and it’s exploration of Post-digital culture and Post Internet art. We also spoke to South African artist Victoria Wigzell who…
In this episode of Bubblegum Club Stories curator of the South African Pavilion Lucy MacGarry chats to us about artists Candice Breitz and Mohau Modisakeng, and their work on identity construction. Tabita Rezaire helps us find the light for our inner fire and gives us a head’s up for next solo show “Exotic Trade”. Director…
This week we visited new media artist Simphiwe Xulu, aka Mr MediaX, at Assemblage Studios to check out the beginnings of the logo he created with Sanele Omari Jali for the “I Make Africa’ project being hosted in Harare. We also share some behind the scenes footage from our latest cover shoot with the talented…
In this week’s episode of Bubblegum Club Stories we feature artist Mbali Dlamini who tells us about screen prints she was invited to create with Artist Proof Studio which will be shown at the Art Africa Fair. We visited Shelflife at Keyes Art Mile for all the sneaker heads, where VEZ fullstop let’s us in…
In this week’s episode of Bubblegum Club Stories we feature Bogosi Sekhukhuni for his first solo exhibition with Stevenson gallery in Johannesburg, titled Simunye Summit 2010. We chat to founder of the online store RHTC, Mpumelelo Mfula, about their recently opened space in Braam and his vision for local streetwear. We also visit artist Blessing…
