On the heels of a successful 100 episodes of DiepCity, multi-award-winning designer Noluthando “Texture” Lobese is excited to take you through the essence of bringing the DiepCity world to life.
Texture, who serves as a designer and Art Director of DiepCity is renowned for her artistic and innovative sense that led her to showcase her design expertise on international stages such as an Opera in Konzert Theatre Switzerland, Salzburg Austria, MacDowell Colony in New York, Glimmerglass Opera festival New York as well as the floating stage in Austria.
The world of DiepCity carries with it a strong history and a sentimental story. The texture took time to research the township of Diepsloot to understand its living conditions and the environment to the finest of detail. All props were then sourced from Diepsloot in order to match the personalities and characters of the DiepCity storyline.
“Documenting and archiving plays an important role in what we do as creators, designers, and artists. I believe that by documenting and archiving our own work, we have a better chance of telling our stories genuinely and accurately; without them being fabricated or distorted by other parties who were not involved and did not share the emotions of the events at the time they occurred”, Says Texture. “My goal is to inspire young kids. We do not have many production designers and set and costume designers in our country, I have been fortunate, firstly, that I had a mentor when I started at the Market Theatre in 2008, and secondly that I travel the world learning from diverse cultures and meeting like-minded and inspiring mentors. There is no reason why we cannot design our future.”, she adds.
Texture’s creativity has made many South Africans feel heard and seen through the story that she has successfully portrayed through every piece of furniture and object that makes up the DiepCity set.
DiepCity Art Director, Texture, Shares How She Built Diepsloot https://t.co/RclfSERHIi#ArriveAlive #Diepsloot #ArtDirector @DiepCityMzansi pic.twitter.com/dbRt5qMYXq
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