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David Mann
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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
Feature | Encountering fiction in South African works of art
Feature | Encountering fiction in South African works of art
For Latitudes, I wrote a follow-up to my text on encountering art in South African fiction. This text looks at how South African artists…
David Mann
Aug 1
Prose | 2 lions
Prose | 2 lions
I have a short bit of non-fiction in the 2023 edition of Ons Klyntji.
David Mann
Oct 25, 2023
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Feature | Translations stemming from process: Jillian Ross Print at Remai Modern
Feature | Translations stemming from process: Jillian Ross Print at Remai Modern
For Latitudes, I spoke with Jillian Ross and Brendan Copestake of Jillian Ross Print about their exhibition at Remai Modern.
David Mann
Jun 21
Review | One plus one equals something else: Michael MacGarry at Everard Read
Review | One plus one equals something else: Michael MacGarry at Ev...
For Wanted, I reviewed Michael MacGarry’s solo exhibition at Everard Read, The System Absorbs All Opposition.
David Mann
Jun 21
Review | Near and Far: journeying through a private collection
Review | Near and Far: journeying through a private collection
For Wanted, I wrote about an exhibition of (mostly) South African landscape works in a rare public exhibition at the Keyes Art Mile.
David Mann
Jun 21
Feature | Nurturing memory and materiality in Sepideh Mehraban’s artistic practice
Feature | Nurturing memory and materiality in Sepideh Mehraban’s ar...
In February 2024, I visited Sepideh Mehraban in her Woodstock studio during the Cape Town Art Fair. We spoke about her practice, the…
David Mann
May 11
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
Feature | Occupying the Gallery
Feature | Occupying the Gallery
The team behind Occupying the Gallery reached out to see if I could put together a few words on their process. I had a chat with Mary…
David Mann
Dec 11, 2023
Review | Focussing the Lens: A review of Caitlin Stobie’s Thin Slices
Review | Focussing the Lens: A review of Caitlin Stobie’s Thin Slices
For the journal, Current Writing: Text and Reception in Southern Africa I was invited to review South African-born, UK-based poet Cait…
David Mann
Nov 5, 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
Essay | Performance Art’s Impact on the World
Essay | Performance Art’s Impact on the World
In early 2023, I was asked to contribute an essay on performance art for Contemporary Lynx Magazine’s ‘Movement’ issue.
David Mann
Aug 9, 2023
Field Notes | 11 days of art, theatre, and music in Makhanda
Field Notes | 11 days of art, theatre, and music in Makhanda
For Creative Feel, I share my notes on the 2023 National Arts Festival.
David Mann
Jul 27, 2023
Review | Storytelling as Free Falling
Review | Storytelling as Free Falling
This review was first published in Cue.
David Mann
Jul 27, 2023
Review | Namaste Bae: Blessings and Kombucha
Review | Namaste Bae: Blessings and Kombucha
This review was first published in Cue.
David Mann
Jul 27, 2023
Review | A sound to break open the sky: Linda Sikhakane’s Iladi
Review | A sound to break open the sky: Linda Sikhakane’s Iladi
This review was first published in Cue.
David Mann
Jul 27, 2023
Review | dSimon: Artificial Theatre
Review | dSimon: Artificial Theatre
This review was first published in Cue.
David Mann
Jul 27, 2023
Review | Don’t Let the Sun Set on You Here: dance as dialect
Review | Don’t Let the Sun Set on You Here: dance as dialect
This review was first published in Cue.
David Mann
Jul 27, 2023
Review | The Agents — What a vaab!
Review | The Agents — What a vaab!
This review was first published in Cue.
David Mann
Jul 27, 2023
Fiction | Once Removed
Fiction | Once Removed
My short story ‘Once Removed’ was published in the 10th issue of The Portside Review, a project of The Centre for Stories in Aberdeen…
David Mann
Jun 16, 2023
Field Notes | On abstraction, fireflies & follies
Field Notes | On abstraction, fireflies & follies
For Creative Feel, I share my notes on the Latitudes Art Fair, Open Studios Joburg, Sylvaine Strike and Andrew Buckland’s Firefly, and…
David Mann
Jun 8, 2023
Review | Into the Megatext: Chronicling the life and work of South African sculptor Bruce Arnott
Review | Into the Megatext: Chronicling the life and work of South ...
For The Daily Maverick, I wrote about Into the Megatext, the exhibition and publication on the life and work of Bruce Arnott.
David Mann
Jun 8, 2023
Field Notes | Theatre in the city, respite in photography
Field Notes | Theatre in the city, respite in photography
Field Notes is a monthly collection of notes and reflections on art, architecture, and performance for Creative Feel.
David Mann
May 15, 2023
Review | ‘Breaths of Joburg’ | Celebrating performance and play in the city
Review | ‘Breaths of Joburg’ | Celebrating performance and play in ...
For Creative Feel, I reviewed the public performance run of Breaths of Joburg.
David Mann
May 15, 2023
Essay | Bev Butkow’s reflective connections
Essay | Bev Butkow’s reflective connections
For The Daily Maverick, I wrote about Bev Butkow’s recent installation in Hong Kong. All images are courtesy of Anthea Pokroy.
David Mann
Apr 29, 2023
Review | Collaborations
Review | Collaborations
While on residency in Vienna in 2022, I visited mumok’s Collaborations group exhibition and wrote about it for Springerin magazine. The…
David Mann
Apr 29, 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
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