Depasco’s, corner of Long & Kloof, 11am to 1pm. This Jump was Hilarious. First of all, the minute I set the bed up, some reporters from THE DAILY VIEW arrived. The next minute, a photographer from the CAPE ARGUS. Next – ETV. It was like a paparazzi for bed-jumpers! My favorite jumper of the day…
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Jump #2: went to the beach!
I pitched up @ Greenmarket Square to discover a “ghost town”. I tried St. George’s mall @ Strand, to Guarantee to some “traffic”… NOTTA! All of Cape Town was at the beach, my friend! It was HOT! It was Sunday. It was Valentine’s Day. My friendly bed-runner Andrew & I decided it wouldn’t benefit anyone…
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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
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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…
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Contemporary Artist: Kelly Wainwright 