Introducing....EARGROUND! The Pilot episode featuring our host Plot Mhako.


Plot Mhako (@plotmhako) is a Zimbabwean creative powerhouse. He's an award-winning journalist, entrepreneur, and champion of the arts, founding organizations like Jibilika and earGROUND (@eargroundafrica) to empower young creatives. From dance festivals to hip hop summits, his work fosters expression and opportunity across Africa and beyond."

EARGROUND - Pilot with Plot Mhako

Introducing....WIRED! The Pilot episode featuring our host Ana Ćuković.


Ana is a former chair and current member of Wirecar Auto-Workers Association of Detroit (WAWAD). She is a late-stage PhD Candidate in Sociology and Anthropology at Central European University and University of Vienna. Her research focuses on the role of migration and city-making in Detroit, as well as the role of private foundations in historical and contemporary urban change. Ana was born in Yugoslavia and migrated to Michigan with her family in the late 1990s. She is a Global Teaching Fellow at Al-Quds Bard University in Jerusalem, Palestine. Ana's first wire-car was a Yugo 45.

WIRED! - Pilot with Ana Ćuković

Introducing....WIRED! - Episode 1, featuring our very first guest Victor Nyakauru.

Born on the 18th of October in 1977 in Harare, Zimbabwe, Victor Nyakauru (@nyakauruvictor on Instagram / @nyakauruvicto on Twitter / Victor Nyakauru Sculptures on Facebook ) enjoyed all forms of art from his childhood. Growing up in Chitungwiza, he attended Zengeza 5 primary school and later went to Zengeza High school, where Victor joined the art club. After High school, he worked briefly as a sales merchandiser before enrolling at the National Gallery Visual Art Studios from 2004 to 2007. In 2008, he was awarded the Masimba Hwati Young sculptor of promise and also the outstanding mixed media work
at the NAMA awards.

He has exhibited at National, Regional, and International platforms. In 2011, he won the prestigeous Robert Sterling Clack Fellowship for African artists in Vermont USA. In 2014, he was invited to the
International Sculpture Symposium In Icheon (ISSII) South Korea.
In 2017, he was also invited to the First Afrocentric Arts Festival in Hong Kong. He is also a former sculptor Instructor at the National Gallery School of Visual Arts and Design. He works as a full time artist in Chitungwiza. In 2024, he will represent Zimbabwe at the 60th La di Bienniale Venenzia at the Zimbabwe Pavilion.

WIRED! - Episode 1

WIRED! - Episode 1 with Victor Nyakauru

Introducing....WIRED! - Episode 2, featuring guest Vusi Mbata.

Born on the 29th February 1976 at Mkhambathini outside Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu Natal Province, Vusi Mbata started his primary education in Inkanyezini Primary School. His secondary education at Banqobile High School, continued to Witwatersrand Technikon known as University of Johannesburg doing an Industrial Design. 


"Because of growing up in a family without much money, I ended up dropping out of my studies to look after my siblings as my both parents passed away during the political violence that took place in my community. As I am a self-taught artist with an intrinsic passion for being automotive design (buses, train, aeroplane, and etc.). The passion stems from a dream that one day. Determined to make the living out of craft, I started exhibiting my work at the Tatham Art Gallery, Pietermaritzburg, BAT Center in Durban, Royal Agricultural Show in Pietermaritzburg, Perth Art Play Melbourne, Standard Bank National Arts Festival in Grahams town, Draadkar and Town Arts Festival - Northern Cape and many more. I was also an ambassador on Road Safety Campaign working with KZN Department of Transport, promoting road safety to schools, communities, towns and taxi ranks. I've done all that in association with the department. I was also working with the community to share my skills with them for the purpose of influencing them on how to make money by using found objects/recycled material. I conducted a series of workshops in the Northern Cape - Philipstown, Petrusville and Vanderkloof , where I taught them on how to make metal cars and wire cars. These series of workshops was funded by the National Arts Council of South Africa."

- Vusi

You can find Vusi on Facebook here for updates on workshops and how to purchase one of his cars:

Vusumuzi Mbata
https://www.facebook.com/vusumuzi.mbata.75

WIRED! - Episode 2 with Vusi Mbata

Curated and produced by Dyani Douze, Sadza Space’s radio station program will feature DJ exchanges between Zimbabwe and Detroit, conversation around food, art, and culture, and much more.

Sadza Space is the new home for the Zimbabwe Cultural Center in Detroit (ZCCD) and the headquarters for the Wirecar Auto Workers Association of Detroit (WAWAD).

Our mission is to create a community where borders are porous, relationships are formed, and collaborations through art, music and food are created.

WIRED! - Episode 2 with Vusi Mbata

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