Yesterday was my first JUMP for my Marathon JUMP series for INFECTING THE CITY. I’ll be JUMPING for the next 7 days. I really have to give my hat to PENINSULA RUNNERS for helping me out! They are delivering the bed to every location Every day for 8 days straight! Props!! Yesterday we were at…
Read MoreKelly’s “Shack Couture” image for PLAY JUMP EAT hits ELLE DECOR with OBAMA print from Cape Town’s very own SHINE SHINE
Thanks to Mr. Zsa Zsa Zsa (sp?), we were able to knock on this tenant’s door, & get permission to wrap her shack in Khayalitsha! Special thanks to photographer Charley Pollard, & much-appreciated assistant, Jessica Collins. I love it! 🙂 Kelly in Elle Decor
Read MorePLAY JUMP EAT in DESIGN INDABA MAGAZINE:
MY “PLAY JUMP EAT” INTERVIEW:
Dear Kelly, 1. Tell me about the day you realized you are an artist? When an art rep selling $30,000 paintings that I loved hunted me down to see the “rest of my work”, after seeing the signs I’d drawn for an apple stand. 2. Please finish the sentence: An artist is…… a person expressing…
Read MoreMy Play Jump Eat Story:
I contacted a photographer back in the States. I told her I had to sit in a bathtub filled with eggs in the middle of a field, with my hair ratted with a bird’s nest in it, bright, red lipstick, & cowboy boots sticking out. a pitchfork resting on the tub. a chicken on the…
Read MorePLAY JUMP EAT as BOOK:
(in negotiations!): This book is about Cape Town. This book is about people. This book is about PLAY, JOY, BEAUTY, ABUNDANCE, & JUXTAPOSTIION (aka, something a little different). This book is Desmond Tutu jumping on a bed. This book is a fat, black woman from Khayalitsha showering in the middle of a barren field wearing…
Read MoreI Remember When:
I… wrote in perfect cursive, in straight lines! Yes – I remember the day when I thought – I don’t have to do this! This is My book!, I can write however I like! In fact, I can write or paint or draw or… with my knees, butt, ear, chin…upside-down, on my head, with my…
Read MoreSome Quotes from the “Baby Mama”, & More: Live from Oak Couture
Ndumi Matiwane, Model for “SCRAPS Tree:” **Well my name is Ndumi and I work for the Cape Town Fashion Council. Im a fashion and music lover and soon to be baby mama.It was a very strange co-incidence that when i was dressed up for oak couture my dress and tree were kind of childrens fantasy.I…
Read MoreHow Far Do You Delve In? My Progress Report:
Alrighty – our shoots are wrapping up. We have 5 left. As I look back on the 20+ we’ve already done, I am So Happy to be able to scroll through them all in my IPhoto. Yes! And, the behind-the-scenes pics are Lovely as well. I So crave/desire to make a book. We’ll see!… Here’s…
Read MoreBED JUMP in the Media!
Pics to come, but here’s a little snipit in the press from our jump with Freshlyground on Signal Hill. ps – my original vision was witih Zolani (the most Adorrrable lead-singer!) to be jumping in mid-air (visually at least) – between Lion’s Head & Table Mountain. It turns out it was super foggy that night,…
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Contemporary Artist: Kelly Wainwright 