Day 60 . 21 .06.2011

Exams are over...

I am officially done with exam, which means that the free time that I have from now until Sunday will be spent mostly working. There is a collaborative photographic exhibition brief that I was sent, which is called Bodyworks. The brief is exciting as it is about the human body and I am allowed to do a nude shoot. I have been longing for such and can’t wait to meet with my model and long time friend Morgan Strutt, who attends Michaelis at UCT and is currently studying Fine Art. I can rely on her for amazing ideas and 100% involvement in every way.  I am meeting up with her on Thursday, so by Friday we should start shooting and experimenting with ideas.

I know I have a lot on my plate already with the solo project I have been focused on for the past two-three months; however, I really want to work with someone again in creating a beautiful piece. I won’t lie; it’s been a while since I did.

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Day 57 . 18 .06.2011

Back to reality…

I had a great three days of celebrating but enough is enough. I haven’t worked on the music I want to be played on the night of the opening. I don’t have an excuse as to why I haven’t thought about a plan to make it a reality, but I do know it should be a priority.

I was looking back at the team of people assisting me in making my night everything I need it to be, and other than Deryck van Steenderen the gallery manager, they consist of women only. This wasn’t one of those intentional things, I guess it just happened. I have no complaints and instead it excites me. Its about time women dominate even more.

June is coming to an end and this frightens me, as it means the exhibition is around the corner. I knew that time would fly but this is overboard. I am hitting the streets of Johannesburg. I love this city but I need a vacation. Can’t wait to see all my family and spend quality time with each and every one of them, especially my cousins. It might be impossible to do so in a space of 5 days, but I will make it work.

The birthday celebrations are over and so its time to start studying as I write on the 21^st June.  Wish me luck ya’ll.

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Day 44 . 05 .06.2011

Inspiration


On the 14^th post, which was on the 6^th May, I mentioned that designer and stylist Tshakgi Mannya of Aluxism approached me, offering to do collaboration in designing a garment for me to wear on the night of the opening of my exhibition. As I said in the last post, she is inspired by everything and that’s what Aluxism means. Her brand, Aluxism is the movement of being inspired, which is expressed in her own interpretation of her daily surroundings through fashion.

Ms Mannya is in Cape Town for the weekend and on Friday when we met, which was tons of fun, she mentioned ideas of creating a jumpsuit. One can never go wrong with a jumpsuit. She proposed using lace for the top half of it, and still hasn’t thought of the material for the bottom half. I love lace. If I had to give personality traits to the material lace, I would say it is sensual, feminine and understated. However, she also mentioned tea stains on the material. These are just ideas, so I will confirm the final design when I see her later on today.

I spent the day outside. I never thought it was this possible to experience so many moments of seeing beauty. This week’s weather was bewildering, as some days would start off warm and then an hour later extremely cold. The Gods were moody this week and finally today, they were at peace. My phone is giving my problems and so I can’t upload the image I took, and I didn’t take my camera with because I was walking the dogs. Have a beautiful Sunday and good luck to all those writing exams.

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