Nelson Mandela famously said: “If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you speak to him in his own language that goes to his heart.”
In a country with 11 official languages and countless other unofficial languages people are often forced to live in a world where they find themselves perpetually lost in translation.
An exhibition at the Standard Bank Art Gallery in Johannesburg,
Photographs in Our Mother Tongue, curated by Same Mdluli, showcases the works of more than two dozen prominent South African photographers from the bank’s corporate collection.
The exhibition asks if an image truly does speak 1,000 words or if the same linguistic barriers that divide so many, exist in an image as well. These questions are by no means simple to answer – the exhibition title perhaps provides a lens through which to address them.
Theater to Stream: Stars Gather for âMiscastâ and More
Other highlights include a new show by Kristina Wong, Joshua Harmonâs âBad Jewsâ and âBroadway by the Year.â
Gavin Creel, left, and Aaron Tveit singing âTake Me or Leave Me,â from âRent,â during the 2016 âMiscastâ gala. Credit.Jenny Anderson
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âIt is about access.â That, put plainly, is the main reason the Young Vic in London will continue to livestream shows even after in-person theater resumes. âAccess is our driver,â Kwame Kwei-Armah, the theaterâs artistic director, said in a recent interview. âAnd this is a way that we make that access just a little more here and now.â
LAKELAND, Fla. (PRWEB) May 12, 2021 A scholarship program supporting talented students in achieving their technology-fueled goals at Florida Polytechnic
Last week, in Femail magazine, Claudia Connell listed 25 reasons why she loathes staying overnight in anyone’s home. ‘It struck a chord with readers, who commented online or emailed me to say that, secretly, they hate it, too,’ she says. ‘But having people to stay with you is no picnic, either. I once hosted a girl from New Zealand who brought a strange man home from the pub for sex.’ Here, a selection of Mail writers reveal their worst-ever house guests.
SHE SNEAKED INTO OUR BED
Jane Alexander, 61, is an author and lifestyle journalist who lives in Exeter.
I’ve had many iffy house guests over the years, and the common denominator is always an excess of alcohol. I serve too much; they drink too much; it all gets messy.
‘Photographs In Our Mother Tongue’: The new South Africa under scrutiny
10 May 2021 Hasan and Husain Essop’s Facing Giblah, 2010, inhabits the mode of self-portraiture, accounting for several photographs in this Standard Bank Gallery exhibition.
Former president Nelson Mandela famously said, “If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you speak to him in his own language that goes to his heart.”
In a country with 11 official languages and countless more unofficial languages, people are often forced to live in a world in which they find themselves perpetually being lost in translation.