Art Meets A Podcast

Hello friends Welcome to Art Meets a Podcast! A space to talk about artistic African and philosophical production. Join us as we dig deep with our friends to find out how the arts and cultural movements from Africa and its diaspora have framed our contemporary moment. We’ll be chatting with visual artists, curators, art historians, writers and other cultural practitioners. There are histories to learn, contradictions to unfold and various points of view that don’t always agree. We’ll be haggling with our friends and swapping out academic jargon for easy colloquialisms. Join us as we create this rich tapestry where African thought and practices are celebrated. New episodes published every Friday.

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Love and reflection in an anti-Black world through Arthur Jafa’s, “Love is the Message, the Message is Death”, and our tribute to Black voices doing all the things

Precious & Pyda  More info here. 

08-28
32:20

Okay, so you got the degree, but now what? Transitioning from art school to the business of arting. Part 2

Lauren von Gogh, Precious Mhone & Pyda Click below for resources.  More info here. 

08-14
42:55

Okay, so you got the degree, but now what? Transitioning from art school to the business of arting. Part 1

Tammy Langtry, Precious Mhone & Pyda.  Featuring, Nobukho Nqaba, Michaela Limberis, Sven Christian More info here.

08-06
34:13

Ubuntu: let’s work together, you are my person and I am your person. How are we finding each other in this chaotic world?

Michaela Limberis, Refilwe Nkomo, Precious Mhone, Pyda More info here. 

07-30
52:30

Those who whisper to the earth on our mortal behalf with poetry and performance. The art and ecology of Precious Okoyomon & Otobong Nkanga.

Precious Mhone and Pyda.  More info here. 

07-23
22:05

…I really do have to insist on inserting myself into the narrative! Reclaiming history and expanding the archive.

Sethembile Msezane, Pyda More info here. 

07-16
41:13

Passing the time and doing things while we wait for the end of the world. The art of endurance performance with Senzeni Marasela.

Senzeni Marasela, Tammy Langtry, Precious Mhone and Pyda More info here. 

07-02
58:48

Looking into the void and creating new worlds. Talking to world makers and asking them things about their worlds.

Manyaku Mashilo, Michael Jacobs, Precious Mhone and Pyda More info here. 

06-25
01:14:03

Tafadzwa Tega talks about hope in his work and we talk about the horror of migration in the films, His House & Atlantics.

Tafadzwa Tega, Precious Mhone, Pyda Spoiler alert! Film discussion during part 2 of the conversation.  Atlantics, 2019 by Mati Diop  His House, 2020 by Remi Weekes More info here

06-18
40:00

Are African dictators the outward expression of Black African Existential Dread? A deep dive into Kudzanai Chiurai’s work and others

Gcotyelwa Mashiqa, Precious Mhone and Pyda More info here  

06-11
49:03

Relationships to the self in Africa. Who am I, who are you and how are we humaning together?

Tammy Langtry, Gcotyelwa Mashiqa, Precious Mhone and Pyda Spoiler alert: Film discussion at 49:20.  US, 2019 film directed by Jordan Peele More info here

06-03
59:34

Season 1 Trailer: “Existential thought and concepts of Ubuntu coming from Africa."

Hello Friends  How have you been feeling? A little existential maybe? A little dread maybe? I know we are currently sandwiched in a tightly pressed “Covid Panini '' which comes with a side order of vaccine for the price of socialising again. It feels like the zombie apocalypse is upon us and the end of the world is near. We’ve understood Existential Dread as a philosophy which involves questioning our existence and purpose, from what  feels like a crisis of the individual. So we thought it would be interesting to put Existential Dread next to the African philosophy of Ubuntu; a philosophy that broadly says that a ‘person is a person through other people.’ If Existential Dread is about an internal individual crisis of being, can Ubuntu offer us another way of being that is about a communal questioning? Let’s get deep into the chats this season as we try to figure out some things. 

06-02
01:18
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