At the National Arts Festival I participated in Giving Poetry Wings, part of the inaugural Creativate digital technologies mini festival. Spearheaded by Thuthukani Ndlovu from the Bloemfontein Literary Festival, the event brought together 20 poets and visual artists from across the country for four days. It was a unique opportunity for collaborations, finding stimulating ways of intersecting skills and learning from others’ creative processes.
The workshops ended in an exhibition of works conceptualised and created within 48 hours, which included 20 posters and a short film by Chosen Flower based on a poignant poem by the luminous Xabiso Vili. We also attended a monthly poetry reading hosted by Harry Owen. This presented a fascinating juxtaposition of a generally older, whiter set with younger, blacker poets from all over the country...
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