Tammy Langtry and Naadira Patel spotlight the opportunities and pitfalls that come with working in an informal art economy.

Tammy as curator and Naadira as artist give us a sneak peek into the exhilarating and exasperating journey of navigating money and community when making art. They reflect on the politics of private and public funding in South Africa, and contextualize the precarious labour that comes with bringing independent artistic vision to life.

Tammy is an independent curator and coordinator of Lapa, Brixton. Naadira is the creative director of softwork studio and the co-host of Are We Our Work.