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Decolonization as Art Practice

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“We can expand art to the extent that when we talk about art, we are speaking of a conscious, creative approach that is in response to images, and through response, creates its own images. Art thinking, art behaving, art conversing, art writing- these are activisms of art production that make use of our innate creativity in decolonizing and re-imagining our space.”

Thuli Gamedze on how art can function within activist spaces.
Statue of Cecil John Rhodes, Copyright photo: SABC.

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