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A non-profit intersecting waste, youth & arts.
Inner city & beyond ♻️🚀
Curators of @brixtonlightfestival @heyhillbrow
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Remembering @heyhillbrow a few weeks back, through the eyes of @emile_bosch_

Thank you for these beautiful images and slices of memory, as we flew through the streets.

🪶 taken in The Windybrow Arts Centre by @shade_community

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CLUBHOUSE CAMP : We are preparing our annual great immersion into nature at the end of this month. Our Youth Programme is going to the big outside, carefully programmed by Shade with the gracious @sima_kade_retreat , who are sharing their beautiful space with us. We leave the eclectic Clubhouse studio, taking our art-in-works to organic organisations of the forest, mountains and stars. The Magaliesberg offers hiking trails, river paths and rock pools, a place to mediate time in birdsong, rise and rest with the light from flames and build transient homes in the outdoors.

We are working to cover the costs of our camp and reach out to you for donations to help us with transport and food.

WE GOING TO THE BIG OUTSIDE 🏕️ 🦅 ⛰️ taken in Sima Kade Bush Camp by @shade_community

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@heyhillbrow took to the streets and skies in a communal flocking of freedom and flight. Our long list of thank yous and bows, is an ode to the many hands (and wings) that made this year’s parade flutter. To all the youth and children in our groups, thank you for sharing, playing and inspiring many over the holiday artists programme and the parade.

@dlalanje , Shade’s Clubhouse, @gcebiledlaminifoundation in collaboration with Child Welfare, @fightwithinsight_za @lefikalaphodiso Johannesburg Society for the Blind, Three2Six, @windybrowartscentre Junior arts, Teens and Literacy groups.

To our A-team and all round magicians:

A @windybrowartscentre & @shade_community Production
Curator & Designer - @limb_its of Shade
Co-collaborator - @gerardbester
Site Specific Director and Facilitator - @dlaminigcebile and Yolanda
Parade Director - @kylalliandavis
Choir Director & Facilitator - Sibusiso Shozi & Muzi Radebe
Physical Theatre - Tensso Mhlanga & Muzi Trust
Sound Designers - @jarredparenzee & @muhammad_dawjee_
Production Manager - Noxi Mabuza
Textile Design Facilitators - @imbalivisualliteracyproject
Murals - @th3_rivas69
Showrunner - Lesley Mosweu
Assistant Showrunner - Inathi Mdyuba
Fabricators - @trust_muzi & Brian Kubheka
Wardrobe Mistress - Sindisiwe Mjali
Art Assistants - Phumlani Ngobese, Simphiwe Ndlovu, Thomas Chihovo
Photography and Archiving - @mpho.the.eyecon
Security & Ushers - Bad Boy Security, Market Theatre Labbies and Hillbrow Theatre
Volunteers - Sipho Ndlovu, Christiaan Bloem, Lumka Dumezweni
Catering - @gourmetgimba

To the wonderful artists, a bow!
@jam_theatreco, BDI, Tinevimbo Dhomiyo, Lesley Sibanda, Luke Buckland, The Black Kings, Hillbrow Theatre, Philani Ngawuveke, Zweli Buthulezi, Ma Tonic and @kebraethiopia - thank you for your beautiful offers.

Thank you to all those who donated time, materials, skills and energy.

Images by @intermission & @mpho.the.eyecon
Music by @black.kings3
Edit by @limb_its

We are still floating! Thank you to all those who attended the parade, in sharing what is possible when we look up! taken in The Windybrow Theatre by @shade_community

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Hey Hillbrow! Let’s Dlala! : ARISE.

The making of the parade was a two week artist residency intensive at @windybrowartscentre with youth from across Joburg’s inner city and beyond, in collaboration with artists and makers. Through the lens of youth photographer Mpho Mukono @mpho.the.eyecon accompanied by a score of migratory birds and an improvisation by the Black Kings @black.kings3 (a teen vocal trio from the Windybrow Arts Centre).

“When we hear sounds of calling, we respond - moving our bodies, imitating expressions. Our arms are free, they flutter, as though we have wings too and along these interwoven colours, we move with the wind. We sing and mimic sounds of freedom. Within this interaction, we are free, we far, yet we are at home.” - Mukono

Hey Hillbrow! Let’s Dlala takes to the streets and skies on 08 August 2026 at 10am at the Windybrow Arts Centre.

Come fly with us. taken in The Windybrow Theatre by @shade_community

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Hey Hillbrow! Let’s Dlala has been a wonderful two week artist residency style programme with all our groups and wildly talented artists, makers and dreamers.

Snippets taken from the mural, artworks, performance and rehearsals with @th3_rivas69 @dlaminigcebile @master_tensso @trust_muzi Sibu & Muzi @imbalivisualliteracyproject

Join us on the 8th August 2026 for a parade of flight and freedom.

🦅 🌌 ⭐️ 🪐 🌍 ☁️ 🌞 🦢 by @shade_community

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Hey Hillbrow! Let’s Dlala! - ARISE, takes to the skies. Just as birds migrate across lands and share messages from afar, we are taking up the airspace.

This year’s theme, ARISE, looks to the seasonal journeys of birds as a provocation for freedom, communication and collective movement. We are filling airwaves with birdsong and collaged soundscapes of the city, the sky and over 350 children and youth in several programmes. A collaborative flocking between local youth organisations; @dlalanje @shade_community @gcebiledlaminifoundation & Johannesburg Society for the Blind, @innovationofexcellence @lefikalaphodiso @fightwithinsight_za @mesorgsa and the @windybrowartscentre

In celebrating music of freedom, we will end the parade with the mighty @kebraethiopia

In the lead up to our parade, the Windybrow Arts Centre has turned into a creative maker-space for all the participants. This two week multi-disciplinary, artist residency/holiday programme ranges from Textile Design with @imbalivisualliteracyproject , Choral Works with Sbusiso Shozi and Muzi Radebe, Physical Theatre with Philani Tenso Mahlanga and Muzi Trust, Street Art with @th3_rivas69 , Site Specific Theatre with @gcebiledlaminifoundation and Parade Direction with @jhbmaskandmovement
The sonic library made in collaboration with the participants, will inform the soundscapes curated by Jarred Parenzee and @muhammeddawjee The programme also invites youth and children to shadow these artists and production teams, to co-design the works and foster intergenerational collaboration.

Hey Hillbrow! Let’s Dlala! is presented by @windybrowartscentre and @shade_community in collaboration with organisations and artists from Johannesburg and beyond. Join us at 10am at Windybrow Arts Centre on the 08 August 2026.

Come glide, fly and flutter as we celebrate in the streets and in the skies. 🦅 taken in The Windybrow Theatre by @shade_community

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Across the gardens of RMB Latitudes Art Fair, a series of site-responsive installations unfolded to create a sensory "oasis" that extended beyond the exhibition spaces and into the surrounding landscape.

Visitors were invited to move through the grounds as both audience and participant, encountering works that respond to place, scale and season.

In the garden just outside the Manor, the Maker Oasis brought together Imbali Visual Literacy Project and Emely van Heesch in a collaborative interactive installation of floral and organic materials. Alongside the Maker Oasis, The Book Tree offered literacy activities that invited young visitors to pause, read and create.

On the mountainside, Shade and ORMS partnered on a bold printed installation, while Shade's interactive, site-wide game featured Imbali, Emely van Heesch and The Book Tree, encouraging visitors to explore the fair in a playful new way.

Just outside the Glass Marquee, Emely van Heesch presented her Radial Disc Installation, climbing up the mountainscape in a striking site-responsive intervention.

Thank you to our wonderful partners: Shade, ORMS, Imbali Visual Literacy Project, The Book Tree and Emely van Heesch for helping bring the gardens to life.

#RMBLatitudes #RMBLatitudesArtFair #RMBLatitudesArtFair2026 #LatitudesOnline #ArtFromAfrica by @shade_community

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Hey Hillbrow! Let’s Dlala! 2025 - Time Travel through Dreaming presented by @windybrowartscentre and @shade_community

We are a little late in sharing the magic that was co-curated by the many voices of children from across Hillbrow and the surrounds in collaboration with @dlalanje @mesorgsa @fightwithinsight_za @gcebiledlaminifoundation Johannesburg Society for the Blind, Clubhouse youth, @lefikalaphodiso @innovationofexcellence & Windybrow’s Jnrs, Teens and Literacy groups.

Thank you to all the artists, performers, makers, dreamers, production teams, security, waste reclaimers, caterers, musicians, fabricators, volunteers, photographers, facilitators, journalists, donors, supporters, our curators, directors and attendees in realising this slice of magic in the streets of Hillbrow. Many, many hands contributed to this dreamy world we built together.

Thank you to @craigmaarschalk for making this beautiful film, with video support from @sentech__croozers Percy Zimuto and this immersive score by at @thisisjbs

Much love from the curators @zygoatboy and @limb_its

This year the Hey Hillbrow! Let’s Dlala Parade will take to the streets of Hillbrow on the 8th of August 2026.
A weekend celebrating the 70th Anniversary of The Women’s March. Stay tuned for updates. Coming soon! taken in The Windybrow Theatre by @shade_community

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Playce at #rmblatitudesartfair was an omnidirectional, intergenerational game curated by @shade_community

Mapping the fair, collaborating with galleries and playfully showcasing the work of Shade and friends within our ecosystem in the oasis of @shepstone_gardens

Thank you to @cromeyellowmc @artistproofjhb @koooooos @asisebenze @kevincollins9380 @ladyskollie @monotypebabe @yolandamazwana_art_ @dadakhanyisa for being a part of our game.

Shade presented works within the game across the fair, to feel, make and explore art through tactile invitations of play and do. (Verb-ing the artworks and art-in-works)

Thank you to our fellow artists and some new friends for playing with us. @naledichai @davidgara_ships @iomakandal @kanaladorp.press @edition_verso @windybrowartscentre @francois.knoetze @cammiezoe @limb_its @imbalivisualliteracyproject @akashaschool @africanreclaimers @natashacarstens

Finally to the kids of Clubhouse, our Brixton youth programme - thank you for inspiring us to play with adult-children, for sharing your works and energies and being constant reminders of the collective potential.

Stills images : @intermission @aletpretorius
Original music : @thisisjbs
Edit : @limb_its

Shout out to the birds 🩷
Big love to our team, fabricators and support. @mpho.the.eyecon noxi, ma Lucy, Gavaz, @orlioh @francis.m.burger and kai x taken in Shepstone Gardens by @shade_community

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JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA - MAY 23: Youth participants learn their roles as game guides on May 19, 2026, for Shade’s Playce installation at the RMB Latitudes Art Fair at Shepstone Gardens in Johannesburg, South Africa. This intergenerational game draws from a network of artists, youth programmes, and archives intersecting waste, youth, and art, allowing attendees to interact with art through touch, sound, and making to promote meaningful engagement. On May 23, 2026, visitors participate in activities while playing the Playce game, where the children stationed throughout the venue act as youth guides to help adult participants navigate the rules and interactive elements of the game. (Photo by Gallo Images/Alet Pretorius) by @shade_community

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We are live! Shade presents Playce at Latitudes - an intergenerational game mapping the fair and Shade’s work with many collaborators over the years.

Come PlayCE. Follow the pink dots…

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Follow the pink dots 🌸🌸💗🐽🎀🩷🦩🎟️

#RMBLatitudes #RMBLatitudes2026 taken in Shepstone Gardens by @shade_community

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The game Playce, claiming agency of space through play, draws from a network of artists, youth programmes and archives from Shade’s ecosystem intersecting waste, youth and art. ⁠
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Curated by Shade for RMB Latitudes Art Fair, Playce collaborates with artists, exhibitors and experimentalists to offer an intergenerational game that allows attendees to go beyond looking and into feeling, hearing, touching and making. The game aims to promote a culture of meaningful engagement with art. By collaging artists with trees, exhibitors with soil, artworks with architecture, and whispers with water to create an oasis for discovery. ⁠
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To engage in Playce is to interact with a series of immersive installations consolidated into a game of tactility, observation and rewarded curiosities. To be at Playce is to find belonging and carve one’s own space in the art world by offering an omnidirectional exploration for artists, children, adult-children and all those in-between.⁠
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RMB Latitudes Art Fair will take place at Shepstone Gardens from 22–24 May 2026. Don't miss your chance to experience Playce! Get your tickets before they sell out! Follow the link in our bio for more info and to purchase tickets.⁠
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#RMBLatitudes #RMBLatitudesArtFair #RMBLatitudes2026 #RMBLatitudesArtFair2026 by @shade_community

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