Championing Cultural Expression, Or Creativity’s Value Confirmed

Feb 20, 2021 | ARTiculate

[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] The Intergovernmental Committee of UNESCO’s 2005 Convention on the Protection and Promotion of the Diversity of Cultural Expressions met recently. This meeting occurred as COVID-19 has caused a crisis in...

Insight: Culture In Crisis, Or Curing Creatives’ Covid Concerns

Jan 16, 2021 | ARTiculate

[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] UNESCO has assessed the measures taken by governments to respond to the impact of the COVID-19 crisis on culture professionals and on the sector as a whole, an impact which appears to be more severe than...

SAGA Memorandum To Petition: Remember Our Legends

Jan 5, 2021 | ARTiculate

[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] By JACK DEVNARAIN Jack Devnarain is the chairman of the South African Guild of Actors (SAGA). If interested in responding to the below appeal, please sign this petition.     Since the inception of...

Opinion: Paint Your Fence, Even If You’re Sitting On It

Dec 26, 2020 | ARTiculate

[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] By HOWARD FELDMAN It’s that time of the year when we are asked to consider the past 12 months, and then look towards the next. It is never easy to do so, but this year, given its complexity, presents us with...

Opinion: Rolling Back The Year, Or Onwards And Upwards/Downwards

Dec 9, 2020 | ARTiculate

[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] By HOWARD FELDMAN This is my worry. We have become so accustomed to blaming 2020 for our woes that we seem to assume that the moment we pop open the champagne to celebrate the new year, everything that...

Opinion: Avoid Post-Crisis Crashes, Or Take Leave Before Leaving

Nov 13, 2020 | ARTiculate

[vc_row][vc_column width=”3/4″][vc_column_text] By HOWARD FELDMAN When on holiday in the Kruger Park recently, I woke up on more than one occasion to find myself alone in the chalet. In all instances I was completely unaware of the betrayal that was taking...