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Short story collection | Once Removed (2024)
Short story collection | Once Removed (2024)
In March 2024, my debut collection of short stories, Once Removed, is out with South African publisher Botsotso.
David Mann
Feb 12
Exhibition | Moments of Making (2023)
Exhibition | Moments of Making (2023)
For Season 10 of The Centre for the Less Good Idea, we put together an exhibition, installation, and film screening under the collective…
David Mann
Dec 11, 2023
Season 10 of The Centre for the Less Good Idea
Season 10 of The Centre for the Less Good Idea
From 18 to 22 October 2023, The Centre for the Less Good Idea hosted its 10th Season of collaborative, experimental, interdisciplinary…
David Mann
Dec 11, 2023
Guest editor | Cue 2023
Guest editor | Cue 2023
For the duration of the 2023 National Arts Festival, I was invited to take up the role of editor in chief of Cue, the specialist arts…
David Mann
Oct 30, 2023
Talk | Four Ways to Lose Your Lover: A conversation about three books with Ashraf Jamal, David…
Talk | Four Ways to Lose Your Lover: A conversation about three boo...
In March, the author and art critic Ashraf Jamal invited Sven Christian, Alexander Opper and myself to discuss his three books, The Shades…
David Mann
Apr 29, 2023
DE.A.RE: Uncivilised Paradigms
DE.A.RE: Uncivilised Paradigms
Over a few months in 2022, I joined 49 participants from around the world in the online lecture series, Uncivilised Paradigms.
David Mann
Feb 14, 2023
‘Brave Bora’ and ‘The Best Nest’ | Bookdash 2021
‘Brave Bora’ and ‘The Best Nest’ | Bookdash 2021
I took part in the September 2021 iteration of Bookdash, a South African social impact publisher of free books for very young children.
David Mann
Nov 28, 2021
Publication | Rogue Words I
Publication | Rogue Words I
Rogue Words I is the first in a series of zines exploring the the nature of seemingly disparate or haphazard texts, and how words shift our…
David Mann
Sep 16, 2021
Publication | Rogue Words II
Publication | Rogue Words II
Rogue Word II is a zine that documents the process and production of a public text project that formed part of the 2021 Infecting the City…
David Mann
Sep 16, 2021
Writing Workshops | Graduate School of Architecture’s Unit 14
Writing Workshops | Graduate School of Architecture’s Unit 14
A series of workshops aimed at conceptualising and building up the abstract architectural site through creative and critical writing.
David Mann
Jun 8, 2021
(Un)Infecting the City | Rogue Words
(Un)Infecting the City | Rogue Words
A poster campaign for the 2021 Infecting the City festival in Cape Town.
David Mann
Jun 8, 2021
The Poetry Minute | There Is Something To Be Said
The Poetry Minute | There Is Something To Be Said
A minute-long text-based video work about the act of writing, produced in collaboration with The Centre for the Less Good Idea.
David Mann
Jun 7, 2021
#FromTheArchive: Themes from 7 Seasons of The Centre for the Less Good Idea
#FromTheArchive: Themes from 7 Seasons of The Centre for the Less G...
Images by Zivanai Matangi
David Mann
Dec 20, 2020
Writing on the 2020 vNAF
Writing on the 2020 vNAF
The National Arts Festival, held annually in Eastern Cape’s Makhanda, was faced with the great challenge of presenting itself in a virtual…
David Mann
Jul 23, 2020
Ja. mag 20 (a goodbye of sorts)
Ja. mag 20 (a goodbye of sorts)
We (Niamh, Youlendree, and myself) published the final edition of Ja. Mag in June this year.
David Mann
Jul 7, 2020
Writing Site: A series of online workshops with Unit 14
Writing Site: A series of online workshops with Unit 14
Towards the end of March I was set to lead a two-week engagement with Unit 14 — a group of Masters students at The University of…
David Mann
May 18, 2020
The Centre for the Less Good Idea’s online performances
The Centre for the Less Good Idea’s online performances
Writing for an online programme of performing art.
David Mann
Apr 13, 2020
The Ja. magazine x Project Space artist book
The Ja. magazine x Project Space artist book
The good folk over at The Project Space recently teamed up with Pulp Paperworks to bring out an artist book collection exploring the…
David Mann
Mar 9, 2020
Writing, photography, and zine-making workshops (2019)
Writing, photography, and zine-making workshops (2019)
A series of free workshops hosted by Ja. magazine at the KZNSA gallery
David Mann
Jan 6, 2020
Profiles of South African artists (2019)
Profiles of South African artists (2019)
Creativity at work was a monthly profile piece for Creative Feel magazine
David Mann
Dec 9, 2019
The Centre for the Less Good Idea Season 6
The Centre for the Less Good Idea Season 6
Writing on the themes of work and labour, and their impact on our contemporary, urban lives.
David Mann
Nov 29, 2019
Looking back to move forward: The Vuyani Dance Theatre book
Looking back to move forward: The Vuyani Dance Theatre book
Aroundmid-2019, I was asked to contribute some writing to Looking Back to Move Forward, the 20-year…
David Mann
Oct 11, 2019
The Centre for the Less Good Idea Season 5
The Centre for the Less Good Idea Season 5
Season 5 of The Centre for the Less Good Idea saw the exploration of the theatrical epic in the short form, as well as the possibilities…
David Mann
Jul 7, 2019
Guerilla Publishing: A Ja. magazine talk at the National Arts Festival
Guerilla Publishing: A Ja. magazine talk at the National Arts Festival
For the 2019 National Art Festival talk programme entitled Critical Consciousness, Ja. magazine presented a talk on our journey as a…
David Mann
Jul 7, 2019
The Art of Performance column (2017–2019)
The Art of Performance column (2017–2019)
‘The Art of Performance’ was a monthly column I penned for Creative Feel magazine from April 2017 — February 2019.
David Mann
Jul 7, 2019
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