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Thina Dube – Artist Feature

Wesley Pepper — Sun, 25 Sep 2016 15:42:43 +0000

Using his own skillfully crafted handmade paper, Thina Dube’s work explores the politics of language in South Africa, and the ways in which individual identities are dramatically shaped by what languages they can or cannot speak. In particular he is interested in English as means of control and manipulation in relation to indigenous South African [...]

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Abdul Dube – Artist Feature

Wesley Pepper — Mon, 04 Apr 2016 21:39:02 +0000

Our visual sense takes up 50% of our brain’s resources. Because of this, pictures truly are worth the proverbial 1000 words. In neurology, this is called the pictorial superiority effect. If information is presented orally, after 72 hours one will only remember approximately 10% of what was heard. But when a picture is added, [...]

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