Botaki Magazine

In this week's Art Lexica, Wesley sits down with multi-disciplined creative director and curator, Jowahri Hlophe. Wesley focusses in on her networks in South Africa, Botaki magazine and creative work in general.

Transcript

Wesley Pepper: [00:00:00] Hey greetings everybody, uh, Wesley Pepper, uh, and you’re tuned into my podcast Wesley Pepper’s Art Lexica, which is brought to you by spudcaster and baobulb. Greetings, everybody, uh, to all my new and returning listeners. Welcome. Welcome. Welcome one. Welcome all thanks for tuning into today's episode. Uh, lets just start with a recap on last week.

[00:00:29] Uh, thanks to my brother Zama for coming through. It was really a blessing, it was really cool speaking to him and, uh, Yeah. And it's really cool. Talking about is a, about water and lights I hope you guys support the brother. You know, if you are interested in knowing more about the book on how to get hold of it, I mean, you can always see it on the social media pages, or you can just give me a shout and I will definitely forward you, his details.

[00:00:53] Yeah, man, big up to that, man. Um, so it's really exciting talking about, about a poet that actually put a physical book together because, you know, as in last week’s episode I mentioned, you know, that doesn't happen too much over the past or pretty much since the pandemic has started. Yeah. I mean, I just remember that the art giveaway is still up for grabs, you know, just like subscribe or comment to this current episode and you can win an artwork done by yours truly.

[00:01:13] And remember. Still only available for, uh, subscribers based in South Africa and that's as a, well, this is a money thing. So yeah. Anyway, uh, moving on, um, today's episode, I'm talking to a really, really cool lady. We're talking to Jowahri Hlophe. Uh, uh, California she's actually based from, or, uh, she's from California in, uh, in the United States, but she's actually now finally, uh, made a full-on move to South Africa.

[00:01:40] So welcome to South Africa, my sister. Um, so Jowahri is a very, very interesting, uh, sister and she's a, uh, a creative director. A curator, a real, just creative entrepreneur. I think that's quite a, I think that pretty much captures everything. Um, and she's done and she worked with a whole host of, uh, artists, uh, both locally and abroad.

[00:02:04] And I know that. Uh, being based here she's, uh, looking to start a magazine and we're definitely gonna be talking about that. Um, about Botaki magazine? Uh, what's it about Android is also very well networked, uh, across Africa. So we talk about a network, um, some of the cool artists, you know, You know, the people she knows and work with, et cetera.

[00:02:26] And we we'll find this a little bit about them. And, um, I think she's quite an interesting lady, you know? And, um, yeah, I mean, I'm very excited about, uh, about the Botaki magazine to see, you know, given that in South Africa, we don't really have. A large variety of art magazine. So I'm always willing to, uh, to support anybody who is willing to, um, add on to that.

[00:02:47] So, yeah, I mean, that's going to be really exciting. I hope you guys enjoy the episode and as always, you know, our talk to you straight after this. 

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[00:03:12] Wesley Pepper: [00:03:12] Okay. Jowahri Hlophe Uh  uh, firstly, um, I know that. Are you a South African citizen yet. Now that we’re on that, or are you still a us citizen? Jowahri Hlophe: Soon I’ll be...