Exchange: South Africa
Social Challenge: Youth Empowerment
Artist: Ram Devineni
Exchange: South Africa
Social Challenge: Youth Empowerment
Artist: Ram Devineni
Durban, South Africa
Artist Ram Devineni has extensive experience with projects that use interactive technologies to address social challenges. His workshops in Durban will combine diverse mediums, such as augmented reality comic books, street art, poetry, and documentary film to empower youth to design their own works inspired by local stories.
Video by Dalisu Ngobese, Wandile Malimela, and Sandile Skhosana
(TMD Productions).
Community Projects
Impokophelo
Photo by: Niamh Walsh-Vorster The team that created the “Impokophelo” augmented reality mural engaged young people who have been involved in drug...
A-Pall-Pit
Photo by: Niamh Walsh-Vorster The project “A-Pall-Pit,” is a combination of pop culture art and poetry composed with metaphorical and symbolic...
Water Line
Photo by: Niamh Walsh-Vorster South Africa grapples with the challenges of climate change in communities, while the world experiences the...
Blog
Augmented Reality is Still Magic
American Arts Incubator Opening at KZNSA Gallery. Photo by Niamh Walsh-Vorster. After running a month-long incubator in Durban, South Africa, I realized that augmented reality is still magic to people who experience it for the first time. During the month of April...
Durban’s Vibrant Street Art Scene and the Future of Augmented Reality
Durban has one of the most vibrant street art scenes in South Africa, and at the center of it is KZNSA Gallery located in Glenwood. The district has an eclectic mix of cultures and economic diversity, as well as dynamic youth culture. The gallery has become the...
| Title | Address | Description |
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U.S. Consulate General Durban — South Africa | Durban, Jihoafrická republika | |
Durban, South Africa | Durban, Jihoafrická republika | Exchange Location |
Durban, South Africa
Exchange Location
U.S. Consulate General Durban — South Africa
About Our Host Partner, KZNSA Gallery
The KwaZulu-Natal Society of Arts, founded in 1902 and located in Glenwood, Durban was initially established as an informal locale for artists to discuss, exhibit, and market their work. Over a century later, it is KZN’s premier contemporary art gallery, serving the interests of a broad community of artists and committed to the ethos of “Transformation, Incubation and Activation.”
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