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18/02/2025

In commemoration of the fighting spirit of 16 June '76, Pan African Space Station presents a live recording of a once-off performance of SOCIAL BREATH by ASHER GAMEDZE and the BLACK LUNGS, a collective featuring some of Cape Town’s finest improvisers in creative black music, including: Sean Sanby (bass), Nobuhle Ashanti (keys), Jed Petersen (tenor sax), Tumi Pheko (trumpet), Athi Ngcaba (trombone), Garth Erasmus (alto sax), Tina Mene (vocals), Ru Slayen (percussion) and Asher Gamedze (drums).

Grilling hot session that was a pleasure to document. Tune in via link bio.

17/02/2025

In commemoration of the fighting spirit of 16 June '76, Pan African Space Station presents a live recording of a once-off performance of SOCIAL BREATH by ASHER GAMEDZE and the BLACK LUNGS, a collective featuring some of Cape Town’s finest improvisers in creative black music, including: Sean Sanby (bass), Nobuhle Ashanti (keys), Jed Petersen (tenor sax), Tumi Pheko (trumpet), Athi Ngcaba (trombone), Garth Erasmus (alto sax), Tina Mene (vocals), Ru Slayen (percussion) and Asher Gamedze (drums). Grilling hot session that was a pleasure to document. Tune in!

In commemoration of the fighting spirit of 16 June '76, Pan African Space Station presents a live recording of a once-off performance of SOCIAL BREATH by ASH...

17/02/2025

Defend Our Defenders is a human rights defenders campaign aimed at highlighting the threats, attacks and assassinations of community activists and whistleblowers which continue to escalate with impunity. It was a pleasure to assist in telling this story.

12/03/2024

Moments from our sound and video editing workshop this past Friday with Columbia GSAPP students. Held as part of Ilze Wolff's architecture studio - 'Dollar Brand's African Space (and Liberation) Programme'.

"Sound is defined by vibrations that travel through the air or another medium and can be heard when they reach the ear. Yet there is more to it when one imagines the hearing process as an involuntary command placed upon the body to be processed instantly. This realization can lead us to use sound as a means to inoculate one another with positivity, encouragement, and a connective awareness if we so choose." -- Georgia Anne Muldrow

21/02/2024

On 28 October 2023, the Chimurenga Factory hosted Malcolm Jiyane's Tree-O, which invokes the sonic tradition set by two of the bandleader's mentors, Johnny Mekoa and Jonas Gwangwa. Give thanks that we could document the moment.

28/11/2023

Centre for Humanities Research announces the debut broadcast on Cape Town TV of a collection of films made in its Documentary Film Programme on 1 December, 2023 (https://buff.ly/415lAYc).

The programme, convened by Francois Verster, Premesh Lalu and Fernanda Pinto de Almeida, and now in its tenth year, focuses on participants engaging with and making documentary film to translate humanities research into moving forms. Films in the series range from short one-minute experiments to half-hour long films, and include Rui Assubuji’s award-winning THE ART OF HEALING and various other films that have had screenings internationally.

The series was co-curated by CHR fellow and ACF director Malik Ntone Edjabe, and will run weekly on CTV until 19 January, 2024.

The series will also be available for viewing online at: https://buff.ly/3Rije4G.

The Centre for Humanities Research research is pleased to anounce the debut broadcast on Cape Town Television of a collection of films made in its Documentary Film Programme on 1 December 2023.