The final billboards in the Highway Notice Project series are up and are dedicated to the project and campaign [BLACK GIRL LIVE].
March 2021 saw a collaboration between Koleka Putuma and African Ginger, with their artwork on the billboard on the M1 Freeway, near Braamfontein Shunting Yard.
[BLACK GIRL LIVE] was founded in 2019 by Theatre Practitioner, writer and poet, Koleka Putuma -Artist, Manyano Media is a multidisciplinary creative company established to create employment and development opportunities, as well as platforms for independent poets, playwrights, theatre directors, set designers, costume designers, lighting technicians and editors in South Africa who identify as black, queer and woman.
African Ginger is Seth Pimentel, an illustrator, painter and experimental visual artist. Seth pushes the boundaries of visual art's conventions by merging traditional and digital work into a hybrid of experimentation. Continuously drawing and developing his style and approach, Seth often creates in order to approach and discuss mental illness, his practice highlights the nuances in his own personal experiences of dealing with mental health, through this he seeks to build visual bridges to others.
Visit the website / online store (https://www.kolekaputuma.com/shop) to pledge your support to the [BLACK GIRL LIVE]
Curator | Bronwyn Lace
Production Manager | Shruthi Nair
Cinematography and Editing | Keya Tama and Noah Cohen
Cinematography Intern | Bukhosibakhe Kelvin Khoza
Photographer | Zivanai Matangi
Sound Designer & Engineer | Zain Vally
Assistance & Transportation | Boss Lekhoaba