WORDS Amelia Brown
The PPC Imaginarium Awards winners were announced on 18 May 2017 at a gala event at the UJ Art Gallery in Johannesburg.
This art and design competition aims to support and recognise emerging artists and designers by providing the opportunity to showcase their talents through the medium of concrete.
The winners, who submitted works across the categories of sculpture, industrial design, fashion, jewellery and film, were selected by a panel that included architect and director of the awards Daniel van der Merwe. This year no architecture submissions made it to the finalist round.
Last year’s overall winner was jeweller Mignon Daubermann with her tinted cement rings. This year, emerging artist Mziwoxolo Makalima secured the title with his thought-provoking sculpture submission titled Doubt-Queuing. Fashioned out of concrete and mild steel, his sculpture aims to be the voice of a voiceless, subjugated society.
SCULPTURE
Overall Winner and Category Winner: Mziwoxolo Makalima – Doubt-Queuing
INDUSTRIAL DESIGN
Category Winner: Handre de la Rey – “CS Project”
FASHION
Category Winner: Cara Jade Bezuidenhout – “Concrete Journey”
JEWELLERY
Category Winner: Zanele Vilakazi – “Alphga”
FILM
Category Winner: Stefanus Nel – “Ben’s Ladder”
Entries are now open for the 2018 PPC Imaginarium Awards. Find our more online at ppcimaginarium.co.za or on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram or YouTube.