Artist Patrick Bongoy’s work is concerned with the way human beings might reimagine their relationship with our shared planet – and with each other
For Patrick Bongoy, the zero-waste movement and social consciousness take an unusual form. Creating things from discarded rubber, bound together by hand and curated to make work that is at once gripping and gentle, the Cape Town-based artist is shifting the way art, environment and society come together. Far from his native Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where he obtained two fine arts qualifications, and from which he fled after staging a work of protest art, Bongoy continues to push the limit of form and function to give his viewers a new perspective on often recycled themes (pun intended).
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LUNCH IN THE GARDEN with siblings Bronwyn and Jonathan Cane
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For Karen Dudley, food informs the family dynamic and her home is as multilayered and as delicious a delight as her colourful personality and cooking style
THE TRADITIONAL KITCHEN
The perfect piece to pull together a country-style kitchen is a beautiful wooden table that will age with time and hold its place in the memories made around it.
IN THE FRAME
'The history of architecture is the history of the struggle for light.’
DRINKS AT THE TABLE with David Cope and Donné Bullivant
A dream kitchen renovation meant wine lovers Dave Cope and Donné Bullivant could finally settle down in their wondrously moody City Bowl apartment
THE MODULAR KITCHEN
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SUPPER IN THE BARN with the Thatenhorst family
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BREAKING BREAD
The pendulum has swung back for this nutritious, crusty staple of flour, yeast, water and time – the much-beloved artisanal loaf
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