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A new Approach to travel media

 

Learn about a country's society through its contemporary art, without exoticism.

Where Art Thou talks with artists worldwide to see their communities through their eyes. 

 

Creator/Terhys Persad

 

episodes

 

Be Coloured on Your Own Terms

Rory Emmett talks about identifying with the term 'Coloured' in today's South Africa. 

Cape Muslims Fight for Recognition

Thania Petersen explains the importance of Muslims in Cape Town, and South Africa. 

lungi makes petrol bombs for a living

Lungiswa Gqunta shows resistance and beauty through used alcohol bottles. 

outsiders Might not get it

Johannesburg based duo Rendani Nemakhavani and Kgomotso Neto Tleane mix sleek fantasy with gritty reality in this episodic photo series. 

traditional healer & Contemporary artist

Buhlebezwe Siwani balances being an internationally known artist with being a traditional South African healer, or Sangoma. 

 

Featured
Baltimore International Black Film Fest
Baltimore International Black Film Fest
Grand Prize Winner
Grand Prize Winner

Where Art Thou won the Grand Prize and the Video Prize at the Orlando Public Library, with winnings totalling $1250! Proceeds will go to funding season 2 in Mexico.

Finalist Africa World Documentary Film Festival
Finalist Africa World Documentary Film Festival

Where Art Thou has been picked as a Finalist for the Africa World Documentary Film Festival! 

Elle South Africa
Elle South Africa

'Filmmaker Terhys Persad is dismantling stereotypes about identity through her engaging web series, Where Art Thou. It recasts Western Travel Narratives from voyeuristic to respectful by answering the question: What can art tell us about a country?"'

Ebony
Ebony

'What do you get when you mix a love of art and travel? In this web series, host Terhys Persad interviews artists in South Africa about their work and learns about the culture, history and society. You've never seen art history like this before.'

Design Indaba
Design Indaba

'Through Where Art Thou, Persad wanted to challenge the common perceptions about South Africa. To do this she engaged artists whose work had a social, political, or cultural connection to South Africa.'

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