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Doing it ourselves

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Screen_shot_2010-04-10_at_12.59.05The twin brothers, Hasan and Husain Essop, came to promince with fabulously fake photographs that explored their muslim identities.

   

The printing machine that went to space

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Screen_shot_2010-04-10_at_12.45.063D printing machines are so smart they can even print their own spare parts.

   

Burn this city

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burn1Michael MacGarry is an artist, designer, writer, kak stirrer and some other things we’ve forgotten. For those who’ve never heard of him, Sean O’Toole offers the necessary introduction.

   

Flowing with the funk

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funk1Harlem is not just about Lou Reed’s dope peddlers and southern style soul cooking. Sean O’Toole reports on a current exhibition of young African Art.

   

The big leap forward

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leap1Street art, urban art, call it what you will. One thing’s for sure, people are paying silly money for the work of graffiti artists.

   

The only way is up

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Since 1999, the prices paid for photography at auction internationally have skyrocketed. Sean O’Toole maps this trajectory.

   

Windmills in space

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windmill1It’s time to dust off your Barbarella outfits and unpack your Buzz Lightyear toys. The space age is back.

   

Sometimes a great notion

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notion2It is said that behind every successful publication stands a unique, strong-willed individual, someone whose distinctive personality helps to define it. Sean O’Toole investigates whether this is true of Scope, Loslyf and FHM.

   

Mapping the new city

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mapping1Africa Remix is an ambitious large-scale exhibition of contemporary African art. Sean O’Toole suggests ways to navigating its bigness.

   

Kid making all the noise

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kidHe’s been described as pioneering, innovative, sexy, although doubtlessly no-one has ever told sound artist James Webb that he is a collector of noises.

   

Art trucks of Mali

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truck1On a visit to Mali, Sean O’Toole found himself chatting to local truck drivers about their brilliantly decorated trucks.

   

The perfektion mekanik

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mekanik1What do JM Coetzee, Kraftwerk and a German design studio share in common? Sean O’Toole attempts an answer.