Looking to the past to help us forge ahead, together

by Danielle Olivier | Sep 3, 2020 | MOCAA Voices

By Tandazani Dhlakama, Assistant Curator at Zeitz MOCAA The term, ‘radical solidarity’ is one that we at Zeitz MOCAA have ruminated over since our Executive Director and Chief Curator Koyo Kouoh used it during an online conversation earlier this year....

#SlowLook: Idéogrammes, signes, symboles et logos (Hommage – Youssouf Tata Cissé et Germaine Dieterlen) by Abdoulaye Konaté

by Danielle Olivier | Sep 3, 2020 | MOCAA Voices

A chance to take a moment and look deeper at some of the artworks Zeitz MOCAA has exhibited: This month, we look at Idéogrammes, signes, symboles et logos (Hommage – Youssouf Tata Cissé et Germaine Dieterlen) (2020), a site-specific work by artist, Abdoulaye...

#MoloMOCAA: Phumza Ntamo

by Danielle Olivier | Sep 3, 2020 | MOCAA Voices

My name is Phumza Ntamo and I am a Ticket Desk Assistant at Zeitz MOCAA. I started my journey at the museum in 2017 as a Sales Assistant in the shop. Last year, I moved to my spot in the Front of House where I am one of the first faces to greet visitors. Every day I...

#SlowLook: ‘Fantôme Créole Series (Papillon, No 2)’ by Isaac Julien

by Danielle Olivier | Jul 30, 2020 | MOCAA Voices

The diptych Fantôme Créole Series (Papillon, No 2) is taken from Isaac Julien’s film Fantôme Afrique (2005), a film the artist made in conversation with his earlier work True North (2004). Fantôme Afrique is set in the city of Ouagadougou in Burkina Faso, a...

#MoloMOCAA: Tammy Langtry

by Danielle Olivier | Jul 30, 2020 | MOCAA Voices

#MoloMOCAA is our series in which we meet the people who work at and visit the museum: My name is Tammy Langtry, and I am a Curatorial Assistant at Zeitz MOCAA. Currently, we are all wondering how we can make sense of this world with its constantly shifting plates...

The power and potential of the work we do

by Danielle Olivier | Jun 30, 2020 | MOCAA Voices, Uncategorised

Hello everyone, I’m Storm Janse Van Rensburg, Senior Curator at Zeitz MOCAA As I am writing this, South Africa has been 94 days in lockdown. I cannot recall when last I have been in one place for more than three months in a row. Time has gone by incredibly fast and...