Field Notes

For years, my work has been guided by a simple but powerful conviction: media moves culture. Stories shape how communities see themselves. Narratives influence how societies evolve, and digital media can help shift power, amplify marginalized voices, and open new possibilities for collective imagination. Images, language, and representation determine whose realities become visible and whose futures become imaginable. Media, at its best, expands the horizon of possibility. Thi

Now on show at Gagosian's Le Bourget gallery in Paris, Takashi Murakami's latest exhibition; 'Understanding The New Cognitive Domain' is his first with the gallery in France, and a memorable experience that offers a glimpse into the future of new media and fine art. Having attended the Mark Rothko show at the Foundation Louis Vuitton a day earlier, I was hoping to get a consecutive shot of inspiration from 2 different masters, but left with nothing but a deep sense of what fe

Shoshana Zuboff's thesis on surveillance capitalism has done an amazing job in exposing the extractive nature of mainstream social media platforms, but we are still yet to see any major alternatives that have attempted to remedy this social dilemma with more equitable solutions. Sites like Patreon and Onlyfans have made a step in the right direction towards addressing this, but they are specifically tailored for niche content creators, and don't have the same sense of user ex

Last week South Africa bid farewell to one of its most celebrated young musical talents in recent years, Rikhado ‘Riky Rick’ Makhado. The cause of his death is speculated to have stemmed from an ongoing battle with long-term depression that led him to commit suicide. His family neither confirmed this nor denied it in their official statement following the news of his untimely departure. He will be sorely missed by all, and leaves us with a mystery to solve regarding a possibl

Johannesburg, South Africa - November 30, 2021 - M³C's Chief Content Creator, Thomas Mofolo has been appointed as the new 'Africa Digital & Social Media Consultant' for The One Campaign's 2022 surge campaigns. The mandate for this project is to support The ONE Campaign in Africa via collaborations with its content, digital Innovation and insight teams, to help manage the ONE.org/Africa website, and the Africa team’s social media channels to ensure they remain an effective to