This Audio is Visual is an award winning arts podcast, profiling visual arts and artists across the continent and diaspora. We educate through sharing stories about key players of the visual arts sector. This episode is no different with guest Eitan Stern,Director & Lawyer at Legalese. Stern shares insights on Copyright and Laws around it. This is …

Liz Neofytou is the co-founder of Artborne Framing, based in Victoria Yards, Johannesburg. She speaks to us about the process and emphasises the importance of framing, and how it is used to protect the art piece and preserve it over time. Seated at their gallery space, she shares that although the company started last year, the business is going we…

The 6th and final episode of season 2 features Bantu Mahlangu, a Johannesburg based photographer. Mahlangu extensively documents events and the entertainment space in South Africa. A friend of his opened him to the idea of potentially studying at the Market Photo Workshop because he always carried a camera on him. Since then, Mahlangu has worked wi…

For the latest episode of This Audio Is Visual, our guest co-host Sabelo Mkhabela sits down with rapper and art director @ByLwansta (please always say the “By”) to chat about the importance of visuals and rollouts. With album art reduced to a mere thumbnail in the internet age, ByLwansta believes rollouts are more important now than ever as artists…

A week back we asked you guys to please help us gather questions we could ask @sisterbozza, who recently came back home from France. In conversation with fellow artists Puleng Mongale, the two talk candidly about language barrier when it comes to open calls/callouts, Sisterbozza's process and what their definition is of the term She Bad Bad. This a…

This Audio Is Visual is a podcast engaging photographers and visual artists on their work. The fifth episode of the second season features Durban born photographer Andile Phewa, a Market Photo Workshop alumni whose interests are centred on fashion and nightlife. In the episode the photographer shares insights on invoicing and other photography busi…

The fourth episode of season 2 of This Audio is Visual features Keabetsoe Makgoane. In this episode of TAIV, @AndyMkosi sits down with Keabetsoe Makgoane to take a deeper look behind the intention of their photography. Kea who was born and bred in the South of Johannesburg speaks about how their heritage can always be found in their photography. Ke…

In our third episode of the second season of This Audio is Visual, we have Ayanda Charlie sitting down with Sabelo Mkhabela. Sabelo is the current South African Arts and Culture Editor for OkayAfrica. In this episode, he unwinds his tumultuous journey to being a contemporary cultural writer who doubles as a photographer. However, Sabelo does not co…

Episode 2 of Season of This Audio is Visual was recorded at The Forge in Braamfontein. The Forge is a pan-african and progressive cultural venue in Braamfontein. The episode features "vibey" Zimbabwean born photographer and 3rd year film student Thabo "downtownthabz" Mthombeni on his journey through the lenses. From the importance of community, ack…

The first episode of season 2 features fine artist and printmaker, Amichai Tahor. He tells of his appointment to take over the late Andre Meintjies' studio in Braamfontein, where he identified an opportunity to create a linkage between image makers and print makers. "There's a lot of investigation that needs to be done into the act of producing an …

This Audio Is Visual is a podcast engaging African photographers on their work and journey as image makers. It is both a masterclass and blueprint archive for new image makers. The conversations will vary according to what each photographer specializes in. The first 2020 episode features Puleng Mongale, a self-described storyteller with a love for …

This episode of This Audio Is Visual features Elijah Ndoumbé, a multi disciplinary artist who works to challenge the dominant narrative around members of their communities as pathologized beings. Originally raised in France with roots in Cameroon, Elijah travelled to South Africa to continue studying for degrees in African and African-American stud…

This Audio Is Visual is a podcast engaging African photographers on their work as image makers. A masterclass and blueprint archive for new image makers. Episode 6 spotlights self taught Johannesburg based, film photographer Andile Buka. In this episode Andile speaks on pursuing connections with fellow creatives, photographing familiar peers with a…

Recorded at the Market Photo Workshop Library, the 5th episode of This Audio Is Visual features Tshepiso Mabula a photographer from Limpopo. They are based in Johannesburg, Soweto. The 45-minute-plus conversation with Mabula touches on a number of topics namely Identity, growing up in a staunch Christian household and their upcoming exhibition UKUG…

This Audio Is Visual is a podcast engaging African photographers on their work as image makers. A masterclass and blueprint archive for new image makers. The conversations vary according to what each entrepreneur specialises in, while some episodes will spotlight new image makers. Episode spotlights Johannesburg based Koketso Tube, a young contempo…

This Audio Is Visual is a podcast engaging African photographers on their work as image makers. A masterclass and blueprint archive for new image makers. The conversations vary according to what each entrepreneur specializes in, while some episodes will spotlight new image makers. Episode 3 features Jabulani Dhlamini who was born in the Free State.…

This Audio Is Visual is a podcast engaging African photographers on their work as image makers.A masterclass and blueprint archive for new image makers.The conversations vary according to what each entrepreneur specializes in, while some episodes will spotlight new image makers. Episode two features Tseliso Monaheng a Lesotho born, South Africa bas…

This Audio Is Visual is a podcast engaging African photographers on their work and journey as image makers. It is both a masterclass and blueprint archive for new image makers. The conversations will vary according to what each photographer specializes in. In the first episode, I sit down with the Johhannsesburg-based photographer Nonzuzo Gxekwa. N…