Category: Arts & Culture
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Aliens have been all the rage lately, and Kolaja is adding to the buzz. Set for production in September, Kolaja is a Black British Sci-Fi Adventure film telling Joseph and Rehe’s story. Joseph is a regular teenager who feels like an “alien” at home. One day, a young humanoid alien, Rehe, crash-lands in his backyard, changing Joseph’s…
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Media and adverts have ingrained into popular imagination that only skinny White people surf. However, Diana Cardwell notes in a New York Times article that there is a growing community of Black surfers because “surfing with other Black people can foster a profound sense of healing.” Therefore, filmmaker Bola Adeoshun and director Lolly created the short documentary…
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As you enter the first room of A World In Common: a new exhibition at TATE Modern featuring African contemporary photography, you are welcomed by the bold work Nigerian Monarchs from acclaimed photographer George Osodi. In his portraits, Osodi gorgeously depicts royals, in full regalia, from kingdoms across the country that have challenged, and keep on challenging, histories of…
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![AFRIKA YOUNG: London to CapeTown’s Extraordinary Squad of Young Dance by Rocio Chacon [@ro.ci.cha]](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/light-in-me-and-the-moonsun-bright-sky_photoby_Rocio-Chacon-20-web-crop-1140x850.jpg)
Emerging from the artistic hub of Cape Town, JazzArt Dance Theatre stands as a haven for a new generation of exceptionally talented and innovative young dancers. Recently, their brilliance caught the attention of budding photographer Rocio Chacon, who presents her latest masterpiece, “Afrika Young.” With almost half a century of nurturing dance and honing young…
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![Everything that went down at WizKid with Nando’s [@nandosuk]](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/image00002-1-1140x850.jpeg)
Tottenham Stadium, typically a football hub, was transformed into a pulsating Afrobeat arena for global star Wizkid. Wizkid. We at GUAP had the privilege of experiencing this spectacle from Nando’s exclusive box, a unique viewpoint that offered more than just a concert. The evening kicked off with a performance by Masego, setting the stage for…
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![Amol K Patil [@amolkpatil] Is First To Recieve the DBF-KMB Award](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Installation-view-of-Amol-K-Patil-The-Politics-of-Skin-and-Movement-2022.-Photo-by-Kochi-Biennale-Foundation-_-Joseph-Rahul-1140x850.jpg)
Indian-origin artist Amol K Patil is the first recipient of the Durjoy Bangladesh Foundation/Kochi-Muziris Biennale (DBF-KMB) Award, a multi-year exhibition and lecture programme spotlighting South Asian artists. He was selected thanks to the formidable impression his The Politics of Skin and Movement installation left at the recent Kochi Biennale. As a part of the award, Patil is set to…
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Kwame Kwei-Armah’s play, ‘Beneatha’s Place,’ spans from the 1950s to the present day, following a black couple who move from the US to Lagos amidst the struggle for Nigerian independence. The couple relocated with hopes of escaping the pains of prejudice. Despite being predominantly set in Lagos with a black protagonist, it would be naive to…
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If like me you were an Ace Hotel regular back in the day, you’ll remember the beautifully spacious and bright spaces inside, and the iconic parties. Now that Ace Hotel is no more, One Hundred Shoreditch is breathing new life into the gorgeous space on 100 Shoreditch High Street. Earlier this month GUAP had the…
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![flat 70’s Artist Fundraiser is supporting emerging marginalised talent [@_flat70]](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Shopfront-1140x850.jpeg)
flat 70 the non-profit arts organisation is hosting an artist’s fundraiser at the South London Gallery on July 26th to celebrate three years of programming. The fundraiser will run until August 23 2023 to garner support for emerging and early-career artists. Founded in February 2020 by siblings Anthony and Senam Badu to hold space for…
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![Florence Goupil’s Indigenous Community photography restores Hope in Humanity [@florence.goupil]](https://guap.co/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Screen-Shot-2023-07-20-at-3.29.34-PM.png)
While many lives were saved in the beautiful unification of ancient knowledge and community care, COVID still took the lives of many elders. Their deaths marked the larger interruption of the life-saving transmission of knowledge about biodiversity within their communities. Florence Goupilbegan cataloged Indigenous relationships with the natural world in her The Healing Plants series to preserve…