(Image of Orlando,
Soweto circa 1950s with gardens. Included in the photography archive of Black
Gardening practices accumulated for Ejaradini (2018- ongoing) by MADEYOULOOK.
©MuseumAfrica)
Artist Molemo Moiloa will give a talk titled Art For Humanity on Wednesday May 15 at 12 noon at the City Campus,
Durban University of Technology.
Moiloa lives and works in Johannesburg, and has worked in various capacities
at the intersection of creative practice and community organizing. Her academic
work has focused on the political subjectivities of South African youth. She is
also one half of the artist collaborative MADEYOULOOK, who explore everyday
popular imaginaries and their modalities for knowledge production.
Up until recently, she was Director of the Visual Arts Network of South
Africa (VANSA). She also works within the Market Photo Workshop, the School of
Arts and Social Anthropology Department at the University of the Witwatersrand,
and with TML Creative Consultancy among others.
Moiloa has both a BA Fine Arts (cum laude) and MA Social Anthropology
(cum laude) degree from Wits University. MADEYOULOOK was nominated for the Vera
List Center Prize for Art and Politics 2016/17 at the New School, New York. She
was also a Chevening Clore Fellow 2016/17, and winner of a Vita Basadi Award
for 2017.
The AFH Artist Talk series is free and open to the public. All public
events are family and children friendly.
This event is made possible through a grant by the National Lotteries
Commission.
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