A project like Indaba can be viewed as a thought provoking project because it exposes one’s way of living to the other. Art has always been honest when it comes to portraying life the way it is. Art confronts issues that most people want to ignore with the purposes of sparking debate and discussion.

Like many other people one question I had in mind when I started thinking about the project was, why would I show the people of Groningen how the people in South African villages live their lives? They have probably seen enough on television about Africa. But when I thought of what people don’t see on television and when they visit South Africa, the similarities, the differences and the communal structures, I was more than inspired to do it.

When people think of the two countries it is almost impossible not think about the socio-economic values, the rich and the poor. This has become a normal way of looking at one other nowadays and we fo ... Lees Meer »