The restless debt of the third world beauty

A lot of ya'll probably been knowing this for a minute but i just discovered that we have our very own Bansky, and her name is Faith47. I had seen a lot of her work prior but did not know it was her until Esther shared this find with the team in our "sharing is caring" portion of our weekly status meetings - thanks Estheeezy.

Bellow is a vid done for an exhibition Faith47 had in Berlin, it was titled “The restless debt of the third world beauty”

Faith wrote piece that went along with the exhibition which sums up the title nicely - read it.

“South Africa geographically is segregated in terms of class and race.
People live within their community without ever experiencing or interacting across their borders.
We remove ourselves from people and places that we do not experience at first hand.
They simply
do not exist.
This is not specific to South Africa but is reflected in the world at large.
We feel so far removed from each other but in reality we are so very close.

The restless debt of third world beauty
is my personal exploration into parts of the South African landscape that
juxtapose beauty and strength with hardship and neglect.

Both the female and the third world have been oppressed and raped.
Despite this they are powerfully resilient and form the backbone of strength in society.
Their voices silenced in the media with its strong western male gaze.

There is frustration and resistance that results from this situation.
And this restless debt is what I am looking at.
The resilience and strength.
The angry calm
silent shouts
something humble and bullet-proof in a violent world."

Check out more of her work here.