Intraparadox, Interview with Michael Selekane. Migration Melodies.JHB. 23 October 2024

Intraparadox, Interview with Michael Selekani. Migration Melodies. Asisebenze Art Atelier, JHB. 23 October 2024. IrieAmbient1

[I]n this podcast, I am in Johannesburg at Michael Selekane’s studio 202 located at the Asisebenze Art Studios (Asisebenze Art Atelier). This interview was conducted against the backdrop of the exhibition of his new body of work which was scheduled to open on 15 November at The White River Gallery, in Mpumalanga, due to changes in plans and logistics the exhibition was re-scheduled to mid-February 2025.
I approached this interview with an acute interest in locating Selekane at this point in his career as an artist well as to understand the themes he is presently dealing with.

For inquiries about this upcoming exhibition and related matters, the listener can reach the White River Gallery at 082 784 6695.

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© Mmutle Arthur Kgokong, 2024

Reference credits

*All images featured on this podcast have been used with permission of the artist and may not be re-used without consent of the artist. **Image featured in this blogpost as part of the teaser poster was Nomonde Kananda ***Graphics for this blog post teaser poster were done by Mmutle Arthur Kgokong.

+The audio version of this interview, encountered in version .IrieAmbient1 remains the property of Mmutle Arthur Kgokong except where his name appears alongside that of a featured artist/s or featured guest in the reference statement.
++I am thankful for the White River Gallery, Dana MacFarlane for inviting me to talk to Michael Selekane about this exciting moment.

To reference this audio documentation please cite:

Kgokong, M.A. 2024. Intraparadox, Interview with Michael Selekane. Migration Melodies. 23 October 2024. Mmutleak.com-Intraparadox.

[Fact|:] In 2011, when Intraparadox as a concept was germinating, I interviewed Michael Selekane and later on broke my back transcribing the audio file. You see podcasting was not in vogue then. I refer to that interview in the opening remarks of the present podcast. Should listeners be curious about that interview they can access the transcript here:
https://mmutleak.com/2011/09/21/within-the-class-coach/

[Trivial|:] The day I conducted that interview in 2011 I was turning 35.

This post was updated on 19 November 2024 at 09:59