Lo que sabe el agua
‘Lo que sabe el agua’ (2026) is a video installation, part of a larger body...
PhD Visual Performing Arts
I am thrilled to announce that i have recently graduated and officially Dr. Ismail Farouk!...
The Eaters:: Comedores / The Eaten :: Comidos – São Paulo
The work ‘The Eaters:: Comedores / The Eaten :: Comidos’ was realised for a group...
muchoindio
Muchoindio is the title of the artwork that forms part of the digital/online art component ...
Webinar: Performative Meetings: 20 Years of Collaborations Between Social and Artistic Movements
I was honoured to participate in Webinar: Performative Meetings: 20 Years of Collaborations Between Social...
Conversations in Gondwana
Conversations in Gondwana (2019) was a transcontinental, research-driven platform, hosted at the Centre for Contemporary...
Art for Humanity
Art for Humanity (AFH), hosted by the Durban University of Technology’s Faculty of Art &...
archives of the botanical
This set of foraging walks, food, herb and seed shares and curated film screenings was...
ADPAI: Cedric Nunn – unScene
In 2024, I curated a retrospective of acclaimed documentary photographer Cedric Nunn to coincide with...
Cancelled Without Prejudice: MAK Center, Los Angeles, Schindler House
Continuing the Locus Remix. Three Contemporary Positions series, Ismail Farouk, a Fellow in the MAK...
Urban Future Manifestos
Urban Future Manifestos (edited by Peter Noever and Kimberli Meyer with texts by Saskia Sassen...
Smaaklik
Smaaklik is a public artwork created for the City of Gent and Africalia between 2010...
Positions: Contemporary artists in South Africa
My practice was profiled by Cara Snyman in the publication Positions: Contemporary Artists in South...
Venice Architecture Biennale – Cities: Architecture and Society
As part of the 2006 Venice Architecture Biennale, themed Cities: Architecture and Society, curated by...
Planning For Chaos: Urban regeneration and the struggle to formalise trolley-Pushing Activity in downtown Johannesburg.
This article was originally published in the African Cities Reader I. A creation of Chimurenga...















