by 2summers | Jul 26, 2019 | Arts and Culture, Limpopo
I spent seven days driving 1500 kilometres (about 1000 miles), mostly alone in my very tiny car, through Limpopo. An 800-year-old baobab tree above the Madi a Thavha Mountain Lodge in northern Limpopo. I drove Limpopo — South Africa’s northernmost province...
by 2summers | Mar 19, 2019 | Arts and Culture, Johannesburg, Museums and Buildings, Sandton and Surrounds, Townships/Informal Settlements
I recently found myself not cycling on a cycle ride through Alexandra Township. It was a hard job riding around Alex in a comfortable car, photographing the cyclists as they toiled in the hot sun. But someone had to do it. I was supposed to cycle, but there...
by 2summers | Feb 28, 2019 | Arts and Culture, Food and Drink, Johannesburg, Johannesburg City Centre
In Braamfontein there is a tiny, tree-lined street called Reserve Street. It’s more of an alley really, in a block created by Jorissen and De Korte Streets to the north/south and Melle and Biccard Streets to the east/west. Beams cross over the street, draped in...
by 2summers | Feb 17, 2019 | Arts and Culture, Johannesburg, Johannesburg City Centre
I’m stating the obvious here, but making art is hard. Writing words, shooting photographs, painting paintings, printing prints…It’s all freaking difficult. But sculpting sculptures — especially sculptures made from white-hot molten metal that...
by 2summers | Jan 22, 2019 | Arts and Culture, Johannesburg Day Trips, Museums and Buildings
UPDATE: The Long March to Freedom Art Walk is fully booked. Hopefully we can organize another one soon. Last January I visited the Long March to Freedom National Heritage Monument in Fountains Valley, Pretoria. I was enchanted by this glorious phalanx of 100 bronze...