SAarts Emerging Artist wins New Media Award and Exhibits in Austria

Ismail Farouk was recently awarded the SABC Highway Africa New Media Award (Individual category) for his collaborative work, with Dutch/Iranian web guru Babak Fakhamzadeh, sowetouprisings.com.



Farouk is also currently exhibiting his work 'Rock Sale' at the Unfair Trade exhibition opening at the Neue Galerie in Austria. The Unfair Trade Exhibition attempts to draw attention to fair trade, above all fair exchange. This exhibition on the subject of global "Un/fair Trade" does not only show art works dealing with this theme, but collaborates with scientists from the fields of economics, sociology and cultural theory. In addition to the curated works, the exhibition also boast an online component. Participants are invited to contribute thoughts, opinions and art work on the subject of "Un/fair Trade" on the Net. At the same time, these texts, opinions and art works will be projected into the museum.