A podcast about the creative process - the how, the why.
Most artists are inspired by more than just their own medium – so even though podcast host, Matshidiso is a musician, the Arts more broadly, politics, people – in short, life informs the music she makes.
And why ‘Holding up the ladder?’ Because we’re all trying to get somewhere and Matshidiso believes we not only further the arts but each other if we ‘hold up the ladder’ rather than pull the ladder up from under us as we climb.
Website: holdinguptheladder.com
Twiiter: @hutl_
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A podcast about the creative process - the how, the why.
Most artists are inspired by more than just their own medium – so even though podcast host, Matshidiso is a musician, the Arts more broadly, politics, people – in short, life informs the music she makes.
And why ‘Holding up the ladder?’ Because we’re all trying to get somewhere and Matshidiso believes we not only further the arts but each other if we ‘hold up the ladder’ rather than pull the ladder up from under us as we climb.
Website: holdinguptheladder.com
Twiiter: @hutl_
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In today's episode of never before heard conversations from my archive, I speak with gallerist and co-founder of Addis Fine Art, Rakeb Sile.
Addis Fine Art specialises in modern and contemporary art from the Horn of Africa and its diasporas. Along with co-founder Mesai Haileleul, Rakeb started the gallery to connect Ethiopian artists to the world and to spotlight underrepresented talent from the area.
We talk about finding your way. About how there are so few African gallerists who are from the same place as the artists they represent. As Rakeb says, ‘we have to do the work to dismantle that’.
One of things that struck me the most interviewing Rakeb is that our lives aren’t linear. It’s OK to pivot, to course correct, to start again. I’ve interviewed a number of people over the 4 seasons of this podcast and Rakeb is the first to say that she’s learnt more from her failures than her successes.
Guest: Rakeb Sile
Title: How much of Africa do people really want to know?
Music: Mereba, The Jungle is the Only Way Out
Links: Addis Fine Art Website & IG ; Rakeb Sile IG
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