Olivia Steele | Neon: Afrikaburn 2017
Olivia Steele featured her artwork You Are The Only One in this year’s AfrikaBurn – her first (but certainly not her last) piece to be displayed on the continent.The neon harnesses a bespoke, minimalist DJ stage (constructed with salvaged wood and mirror, also designed by Olivia); thus the two elements work in tandem, creating an engaging and inspiring Gesamtkunstwerk of […]
Hamaji Magazine | Kolmanskop, the ghost town of Namib desert
In the middle of the dry and barren expanses of the Namib Desert lies the foundations of a once flamboyant city. On the soft curves of the dunes emerges the remains of the city of Kolmanskop, a ghost town once the diamond capital of the world. Today, it seems difficult to imagine that these dilapidated barracks […]
Travel | Morocco, A journey to the desert
The temperature was easily 90 degrees as Mohamed wrapped my head with a long blue chech, the sun protection worn by Moroccan desert nomads. Nearby, camels snorted and moaned while handlers outfitted them with saddles for the imminent journey. Behind us loomed a long two-story dune and an ocean of sand, undulating toward the vanishing […]
