In two days, Suidoosterfees 2026 opens its doors at Artscape Theatre Centre. The city will gather alonside artists, collectors, and audiences moving through spaces where story, identity, and memory are placed on view. But there is always a moment before. Before the rooms fill.Before the works are framed by conversation.Before meaning is negotiated in public. …
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Eland Dreaming — What Surfaces Before the Crowd Arrives
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Unpacked: Joshua de Bliquy
Hummingbird Tuningfork by Joshua de Bliquy just unpacked on Unsung Art. There is a moment before speech. A pause so subtle it often goes unnoticed; the space where emotion gathers but language has not yet formed. In Words Don’t Come Easy (2013), Joshua de Bliquy captures that suspended threshold. The figure emerges from layered teal …
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Episode #20 – ‘Unpacked’ with Roxy Kaczmarek
We took some time out of the busy schedule of Unsung Artist, Roxy Kaczmarek and chatted to her about the concept and inspiration behind her growing body of work. “Kaczmarek brings into focus how city dwellers are informed by and in turn inform the urban landscape” using the mediums of printmaking, silkscreen and painting. If …
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Episode #14 – Unpacking the Artist Concept with helo samo (part 1 of 2)
In part one of this two part episode, we chat to helo samo as we unpack the concept and stories behind his creations. helo samo is a mixed media artist using methods from illustration, installation, animation sound, film and photography to portray the relationship between dreams, human behaviour, nature and different states of consciousness.
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Episode #8 – ‘Unpacked’ – Chatting About Portraiture with Matt Holland
We chat to Matt about his long, tortured history with portraiture and what attracted him to it and why he is so obsessed with it. Turns out portraits are not the only thing he obsesses about, but you have to admit that he is pretty damn good at drawing them!
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Episode #7 – ‘Unpacked’ Charcoal Chat with Dean Jensen
A funny and insightful discussion with artist, Dean Jensen about the medium of charcoal and his relationship with it. He believes that it is a medium that can be extremely tactile and expressive and that you should not be too precious with it
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Episode #5 – ‘Unpacked’ Chatting Charcoal with Chris Lombard
We had an insightful and very informative chat with artist, Chris Lombard about his accidental first love: charcoal. Looking at it, it is a simple “charred stick” that can be used to create amazing artworks by scratching it on paper.
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