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South Africa: Sex At the Specs - Sex Workers Protest in Sea Point
GroundUp, 7 April 2015
On 2 April activists and sex workers held a protest at the Perceiving Freedom sculpture in Seapoint to commemorate the 2003 Sizzlers Massacre and raise awareness of the need to… Read more »
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South Africa: Ray-Bandits - Who Are the Real Vandals of the Sea Point Promenade?
Daily Maverick, 19 November 2014
On Monday night, the hulking pair of Ray-Ban sunglasses, installed on the Sea Point Promenade under the guise of public art, was given a very public blow: it was vandalised. Or was… Read more »
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South Africa: Tokolos Collective Graffiti Bomb Sea Point Ray-Bans
GroundUp, 18 November 2014
Guerrilla graffiti artist group Tokolos Stencil Collective struck again on Monday night, this time targeting Michael Elion's controversial giant Ray-Ban sunglasses on Sea Point… Read more »
South Africa: 'Mandela-Inspired' Artwork Defaced
The Tokolos Stencil Collective has claimed responsibility for defacing an art installation in Cape Town, saying the "Ray-Ban Madiba speaks to a society that does not see. A tokolos has given the atrocious piece of art some lasik. May we all remove our myopia. Aluta continua!" The artwork was installed by artist Michael Elion, with with the City of Cape Town as part of World Design Capital 2014, and is said to be a tribute to former president Nelson Mandela.
The Tokolos Stencil Collective is an anonymous group of stencil and graffiti artists, activists and other concerned citizens in South Africa. They have claimed responsibility for defacing several landmarks in Cape Town, including this installation in Sea Point - saying they have intervened in "white supremacist corporatist art".
Standing in the middle: Michael Elion's Mandela-Ray Ban installation, called "Perceived Freedom", has been met with criticism since it was installed in a South African beachfront suburb.
