![]() ![]() ![]() Ballen is no stranger to the distorted features of people populating Die Antwoord's videos see, for example, his 1993 portrait of Dresie and Casie, twins with incredible Neanderthal faces. Ballen photographed a series of tableaux vivants during the video shoot, and it's these that you can scope out for the next month at Stills in the form of archival prints. The sketches also provide the backdrop to the award-winning 'I Fink U Freeky'. ![]() In his illustrated world, bird men have vaginas which they fondle, bird women have spurting penises, and totem poles of smiley faces tower next to nonsense slogans. Ballen's trademark? Glyph-like symbols scrawled with messy but deliberate lines. These drawings are by black-and-white photographer Ballen, a native New Yorker working out of South Africa who channels Jean-Michel Basquiat's style (shared more recently by Jody Morlock). Known for their unique aesthetic, statement-making videos and catchy beats, photographs from their acclaimed cult YouTube video 'I Fink U Freeky' (2012) by frequent collaborator Roger Ballen are now on display at Stills Gallery.ĭie Antwoord's older videos like 'Fatty Boom Boom' and 'Enter the Ninja' are super-striking, too, with their cast of freakish faces and the bold primitivist artwork embellishing both walls and clothing. Between lead singer Yo-Landi's creepy innocence and a frankly traumatising shock ending, you'll get the gist of the quirky rap-rave band's modus operandi. Cape Town duo Die Antwoord's new music video 'Cookie Thumper' will probably burn into your longterm memory. ![]()
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