[vc_video link='https://youtu.be/e6qjvfSNxfI'] For this for forth and final episode of ISINGQI Activations, we were hosted by the Music Department of the University of Fort Hare at the Miriam Makeba Centre for Performing Arts. The premise of this gathering is to demonstrate the decolonial praxis in indigenous...
[vc_video link='https://youtu.be/JCh4TrebEaE'] For this third activation of ISPILI Magazine Volume II ISINGQI we had the honour of being joined by maKhulu Madosini (Dr) as our guest. This volume of ISPILI Magazine being dedicated to her, maKhulu shared so much about her early childhood, the activities they...
[vc_video link='https://youtu.be/eQlMziDPkdc'] The second activation of ISINGQI occurred on the 27th of October 2019 at Heritage Cafe, Port Elizabeth. The intention for the activation was to curate a space that promotes healing through ritual: interaction, collaboration and participation. This was achieved through public performance piece, pop-up exhibition,...
[vc_video link='https://youtu.be/T0jbjUzmRqA'] The first activation of ISPILI Magazine Volume II: ISINGQI | Vibration Activation occurred at William Humphrey's Art Gallery in Kimberley on 12 October 2019. IZANUSI were joined by Mntana WeXhwele to provide sonic divinitions reflective of the work published in the magazine, and also...
The second volume of ISPILI Magazine is dedicated to Eastern Cape born cultural worker, archiver, healer and Xhosa music bow master, Madosini. For this issue, we're interested in the various ways of knowing around ISINGQI/ sound-ing, the diverse vibrational/ sonic dimensions and how they in themselves are modalities...
ISPILI Magazine is an independent annual publication that explores multiple dimensionalities of culture, creative and critical thinking, as well as various modalities of expression, knowing and sensing. We publish anything that can be put on a page: photography, illustrations (hand or digital), paintings, collages, poetry,...
[vc_video link='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4lAkzhP_Vdo'] The first issue of ISPILI Magazine carries an ancient energy that meditates on what and how we can understand the present by exploring the idea, feeling, and concept of SPACE. it interrogates what memory is and how it is packaged in colonial settler cities,...
[vc_video link='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkFG9I6-7oQ'] This episode reflects on the significance of gathering and amplifying our collective vibration so we may access healing frequencies and potentialities by empowering each other through our uniqueness. We are grateful to have had Vuyi Qubeka + Diop Mawu, Vusumzi kaNkoma, the founder of...
[vc_video link='https://youtu.be/IoWnmxw7KSY'] This third episode of ISPILI Magazine Activation explores the importance of allowing space for energy or emotions that have not been addressed to dissolve through creative manifestation. We witness and experience the amount of energy + healing power we can harness + access when...