Qondiswa James speaks about her provocative 2022 performance We are everywhere – which comprised a public intervention in Cape Town’s Company’s Garden, a film, and a battle rap by James’s developing alter ego, the tragic clown – which interrogates invisibility through acts of witnessing, reflection and disruption. James invites us to consider the socio-political functions of public art interventions and how these can be mobilised towards transgression.
About Qondiswa James
Qondiswa James is a cultural worker living in Cape Town. She is a highly prolific and award-winning theatre-maker, performance artist, film and theatre performer, installation artist, writer, arts facilitator and activist who recently completed her Masters in Live Art, Interdisciplinary and Public Art through the Institute for Creative Arts, University of Cape Town.
