Working with no budget is just the norm

Where hunger dwells you’ll find a thirst that’s difficult to quench.This is a amazing collective from Port Elizabeth that should be hitting it big time,that’s my prediction.I’ve been thinking a lot about arts and education and where it fits in this society of mine! So 2014 has been exciting thus far,there’s obviously challenges.Talent like this often gets overlooked by incompetent officials that does not understand the value in creating a arts economy.So working within the confines of such a space is haaaaaaaard.Ideas and endeavors often remain at the doorstep.So i been thinking,been plotting and praying.What South African society is facing at large is dependency on state parastatals.Which firstly is very dangerous,especially for a country that’s so fresh out of apartheid.I see it often,artist sleeping on the doorstep of political parties trying to score a tender.So what do you do when there’s no investment from the private sector,when society at large does not place a monetary value on our arts? For a sector to grow there needs to be a investment,there needs to be currency flowing between artist.So i’m sitting in a catch 22 situation but that does not mean we should stop making our arts,that does not mean we we have to change our message to be accepted by the powers that be.This video is just a sample of the talent that’s to be found in the Eastern Cape at large.I particularly love that there’s been a sort of awakening with the community,a self realization that we cant wait for anybody to do shit.Collaboration is key,this happens to be a instalment of the collaboration that we working on.I’m looking forward to some traveling endeavours in September,where i will be building with Berklee College of Music and a few other institutions.Keep your ears and eyes open for us.We coming…