With origins in South Africa and now based in the US, The Awakening recently toured SA in support of their Anthology XV album and to celebrate 15 years of musical releases. Last Friday they were joined by Terminatryx and Subvers at Mercury.
I’ve recently completed a new painting, a classic military-style portrait with a touch of absurdity. Photo below and more after the jump.
Our Fearless Leader
oil & acrylic on canvas, 100 x 75cm
© Laura McCullagh 2014
For those like me who missed Ramfest earlier this month (or for those who were there and wanted to catch one of the headliners again), Vuvuvultures did an SA tour playing one of the last shows on their roster at Mercury last Friday along with BEAST and The Dollfins.
I don’t often go monochrome but it was a high contrast b/w kinda night…
[Mildly NSFW due to VVV frontwoman Harmony Boucher’s transparent dress…]
Just under a year ago, Jaco from Bittereinder asked me if I’d be interested in shooting him, Toast Coetzer and Hemelbesem for their new collaborative project Walkie Talkie. The trick was that all three members were scattered around the place; Jaco suggested three separate portraits stuck together, and from there the idea evolved into something a bit more conceptual.
After lots of back and forth mails about who was in town when and where we could meet to shoot, I finally took the last shot of the triptych (Hemelbesem) in early November. Phew!
It was the first time I’d actually planned an image completely before creating it, and I’m really pleased with how it turned out.
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Last year was the first annual Cape Town Electronic Music Festival, a really cool inner-city weekend event featuring both local and international electronic artists. This time the festival moved to the Grand Parade, a really great and truly central venue, and, even though I only attended one day this time around, I think that this year’s festival was even better than last year’s.
