Molemo Moiloa and Nare Mokgotho from MADEYOULOOK discuss their interest in everyday black practices in South Africa, and reflect on their understanding of what it means to have a relationship with nature. They speak about sixteen years of working collaboratively and highlight several of their projects. Molemo and Nare also share insights into the process behind their multimedia installation Dinokana, which was commissioned for the South African Pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 2024 and can now be experienced in South Africa for the first time as part of the Structures exhibition.

Mentioned in this episode:
Njabulo Ndebele’s writings on the ordinary
Ejaradini (MADEYOULOOK, 2018–present)
Michel Foucault’s work on the ‘unsaid’ in The Archaeology of Knowledge (1969)
Santu Mofokeng
Corner Loving (MADEYOULOOK, 2014–present)
Non-Monuments Programme (MADEYOULOOK, 2012–present)
Bang-Bang Club
1913 Land Act in South Africa
1912 Irrigation and Conservation of Waters Act in South Africa
Mafolofolo (MADEYOULOOK, 2022) exhibited at documenta fifteen
Plant Provocations: Botanical Indigeneity and (De)colonial Imaginations (Mvuselelo Ngcoya and Narendran Kumarakulasingam, 2016)
Dinokana (MADEYOULOOK, 2024)
Structures exhibition at JCAF

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Music for the JCAF Knowledge Talks podcast was commissioned by JCAF.
‘INGWENYA’, performed by the Afrikan Freedom Principle, led by Mandla Mlangeni, © MM Publishing.

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