Ma’or Harris
Ma’or arrived in South Africa in 2002 from Israel to study Sound Engineering. After graduating with distinction he pursued an unexpected career as artist manager, which gave him invaluable insight into the live South African music scene.
After a visit to Israel in 2004 where he attended a No Smoking Orchestra concert (Emir Kustarica’s Band, Director of Black Cat White Cat) in Raanana, Ma’or contracted a bad case of Balkan madness. By the time the band struck their second chord, the whole crowd was on their feet. By their second track the crowd had climbed onto stage with the band, and joined them in singing and dancing whilst sticking paper money on the musicians foreheads. A sign of utmost respect! This is when Ma’or decided that his mission was to spread this feeling, to share it with South Africa, to expose as many people as possible to it. This was the birth of his career as Impresario.
Angela Nemov
Angela Nemov is predominantly a set and costume designer for the theatre, which is perfect for Balkanology as these parties are typically one big theatre piece! Balkanology is not just a party – it is another world. The design of this world is fundamental, and everything down to the smallest detail is taken into consideration.
Her job is to transport the party reveler into an exotic, foreign reality: a world of pigs, chickens and goats, of straw (fireproofed) scarves, baubles, flags, caravans, fires, hair curlers, bird cages, unhinged gates, garish things, garnets, gismos, moustaches, gypsies, gypsy gold, gypsy pots, random farm debris, wash basins, washing lines, replete with washing… this complete immersion in her fantasy world allows for an alteration of consciousness and an ability to really let go.
In addition to theatre styling, Angela is also involved in space design such as event and party décor, interior decorating, styling for individuals, corporate identity, promoters, bands, musicians and people who just generally can’t dress themselves. Her achievements to date include graduating with distinction from the University of Cape Town (2005) with an MA in Theatre Making and a nomination for a Fleur du Cap award for best theatre design for ‘Antigone’ directed by Sean Matthias. She was most recently in charge of the production and styling for a new music video for Freshlyground, directed by Ian Gabriel.
Twoshoes Graphic Designers
Quint’s childhood was spent barefoot and herding imbuzi (goats) in the foothill of KwaZulu Natal and in the suburbs of Harare, where Toby lived, it was so hot that no one ever wore shoes. When they reached the big city they bought a pair to share. It works for them.
Although great believers in free speech they care more about what the message looks like and prefer to arrest your attention with art and technology. Incredibly powerful and compelling visuals and images are their way of representing an idea. When typography talks everyone listens. Even in the new South Africa there’s value in white spaces and no one needs to speak all 11 official languages for the message to be loud and clear.
Quint and Toby say it’s ok to judge a book or album by its cover. The design on a T-shirt should attract attention and provide pleasure – who needs substance when you can have form? Posters, billboards, TV and podcasts. Pet food and parties. Local looks much lekkerer and visual puns hit home the hardest.
Let this dynamic duo realize your potential, they’ll keep both feet, bare or otherwise, firmly on the ground as they elevate your image, but hey that’s enough chatting its time to go graphic and get designing.
VJ Kolači Kuhar
VJ Kolači Kuhar je jedan dug pa išaran istorija pečenje kolači pa delikates dok snimanje pa snimak. Muškarac uživati torta pa je kuhan palačinke umjesto kraljevstvo. Lice od u prezentu jedini trideset tri pa još je je osvojio mnogobrojan nagrada umjesto njegov magarac kobasica.
