Urban Future Manifestos (edited by Peter Noever and Kimberli Meyer with texts by Saskia Sassen, Zvi Hecker, Ai Weiwei) is a compelling anthology of interdisciplinary responses to urgent global urban challenges — including migration, economic shifts, political tensions, and ecological concerns. It was inspired by the MAK Center’s Urban Future Initiative (UFI) Fellowship program, which …
As part of the 2006 Venice Architecture Biennale, themed Cities: Architecture and Society, curated by Cassim Shepard, I was invited to produce a short film profiling Johannesburg. The film, titled JHB626GP, combines digital photographs, archival film, video, and kinetic flash animations to capture the unique urban rhythms of Johannesburg. It explores the city’s historical legacy …
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This article was originally published in the African Cities Reader I. A creation of Chimurenga and the African Centre for Cities: https://chimurengachronic.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/African-Cities-Reader-I-Online-high-res.pdf By Ismail Farouk Joubert Park presents a particular context of the Johannesburg inner city in decline. situated centrally in the downtown area, Joubert Park boasts two large taxi interchanges and a tightly locked …
God’s Land / South Africa / 2009 / 2’15 / 4:3 In Highlands Hill, Yeoville, a neighborhood in an inner city of Johannesburg, hundreds of worshippers gather daily to pray. This causes friction with the municipality, which has earmarked the area for housing re-development. The City Parks authority has designated the Hill as a “no …
In 2008, I received the inaugural Sylt Quelle Cultural Award for Southern Africa, presented by kunst:raum sylt quelle in partnership with the Goethe-Institut Johannesburg. The award recognised my Johannesburg Trolley Pusher Formalisation Project, which addressed the precarious labour of inner-city trolley pushers who transport goods between Johannesburg’s taxi ranks: http://www.jozi-artlab.co.za/en/sylt_quelle_cultural_award/award.php.html